BOARD CHAIR

Jim Evans is a native of Middle Tennessee growing up in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Jim is married to his wife Donna and is blessed with two adult children and two grandchildren. A graduate of Trevecca College, now known as Trevecca University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management. Jim is a licensed in the State of Tennessee as a Real Estate Broker, Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, and Auctioneer.

Jim formed a real estate appraisal company in 1986 and sold it in 1999. In 1999 he joined a group of area businesspersons to form a new bank in Columbia, TN, Community First Bank and Trust. From 1999 until 2003, he served as an executive forming the real estate division for Community First. In late 2003, Jim accepted a position as Senior Vice President of GreenBank/Capital Bank now First Horizon Bank, where he served as Regional President until 2014. In 2014, Jim left the banking industry to form CORE Real Estate. CORE is based in Franklin, Tennessee with
commercial real estate and special use properties as their current focus. In 2025, Jim formed CORE Auctions and The Evans Company which provides additional expertise for real estate related services.

Jim Evans has always been community minded serving in many community roles.

Community Service:

One Generation Away Board of Directors: Chairman 2026 –
Forrest Crossing Homeowners Association: President 2020-
The Laundry Stop/Non-Profit: 2021 – 2023
One Generation Away/Non-Profit: Chairman: 2013-2020
One Generation Away Board: 2013 – 2021
Better Business Bureau Board: 2015-2016
Maury County Jail Ministry Board: 2014 – 2015
Better Business Bureau Advisory Board: 2010-2011
Better Business Bureau Board: 2014-2015
Maury County Legislative Commission: 1994-2003
• Chairman of County Commission: 1998-2003
• Chairman of Budget Committee: 2001-2003
• Member of Planning Commission: 1998-2000
• Economic Development Council: 1998-2001
• Maury Alliance (Chamber of Commerce/EDC merger)
• Founding Member and Board of Directors 2000-2003
• Chairman of Economic Council 2001-2003

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CAREER: Richard Algood is a Certified Public Accountant, and a Certified Global Management Accountant, with 35 years experience in healthcare finance and development. He has worked with hospitals and health systems across the country specializing in reimbursement, regulatory affairs and healthcare operations finance, serving in senior management positions for the nation’s largest healthcare companies including HCA, Quorum, Kindred, IASIS, and RegionalCare. He has also operated a successful consulting practice, assisting several early-stage healthcare services companies.

COMMUNITY WORK: Richard has served on the OneGenAway Board of Directors since its inception and has seen the nonprofit grow from a small community group to a staple nonprofit in the Middle Tennessee community. Outside of his passion for OneGenAway, he has served as board member and treasurer for Hands On Nashville, and board member and finance committee chair for The McNeilly Center for Children.

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CAREER: Dave Krikac is the Regional Vice President of Adult Services at Health Connect America, where he connects adults who have disabilities with job training and employment opportunities throughout Tennessee and beyond. Over 16 years ago, Dave founded the GEAR Foundation, a nonprofit organization aimed at providing job opportunities for adults with special needs. Through the foundation, he founded and operated Our Thrift Store in Franklin, Tennessee, for 15 years, employing about 25 special-needs adults and 25 typically developed adults until the store closed in 2020.

COMMUNITY WORK: With a varied background in nonprofit, corporate, and creative spheres, Dave pursues his passion of connecting people in all walks of life, bringing communities together for the benefit of all. He has a special heart for helping people with disabilities find a path to independence, sparked after his daughter, Sara, was diagnosed with autism. Using their experience with the GEAR Foundation, Dave and his wife, Sandy, travel throughout the region helping other communities launch thrift stores that employ adults with disabilities. Dave also serves on the boards of the for-profit IHL Consulting Group, nonprofit RetailROI (Retail Orphan Initiative) and WonderWoods Nature Program. He is also engaged at Grace Chapel on the elder board.

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I am originally from Wisconsin, but for the past 24 years called middle Tennessee home. The journey here was not a direct one. After graduating from college (in Wisconsin) and law school (in Indiana), my plan was to head south, but my first stop was in Indianapolis.  After two years there, I took a position with a law firm in northern Indiana, and made my home there for 15 years. Not being a fan of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, that was a tough sentence to endure.  But in late 2000, my family and I decided to take the plunge and relocate to Franklin. Yet I remain a loyal fan of the Packers, Badgers, Brewers and Bucks.

While I enjoy my practice of law – as an attorney to several banks, and truly like the clients with whom I have the pleasure to work, I do have a life outside the office. Formerly a distance runner,  these days my free time is generally spent in the woods.  Friends from my younger days would be surprised to know that I have participated in over 35 half marathons in multiple states, two full marathons, a Grand Canyon “Rim to Rim” hike with some friends and business colleagues, a hike around Mt. Hood on Oregon’s Timberline Trail, have completed hiking several sections of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, hiking Mt. Katahdin – the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, and other sections of the AT.  And to truly relax, my wife (Michele) and I, enjoy heading either to or northeast to the coastal communities of Maine, or the beaches of north Florida.

Within the community, I’ve served on several organizations and non-profits:

• The Tennessee Board of Law Examiners Investigating Committee
• Board member and past president of the Williamson County Library Foundation
• Member of the TMA Group Bike Sharing Task Force
• Legal Aid Society 2014 Campaign, Williamson County Chairman
• Franklin Citizens Government Academy, Class of 2014
• Franklin Tomorrow Transportation Strategy Committee
• Franklin Tomorrow, board member
• Leadership Franklin Alumnus, Class of 2012
• The Clean Air Partnership of Williamson County

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