Nashville Yards Adds Three To Executive Team
Pictured (L-R): Christian Parker, Steve Lewis, Rocky Ryan
Southwest Value Partners, owner and developer of Nashville Yards, has introduced three new additions to its executive team for the 19-acre community project in downtown Nashville.
Christian Parker, a veteran marketing, operations and entertainment executive, will step in as Chief Operating Officer. Retired Lieutenant Steve Lewis, bringing 36 years of experience from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, will take on the role of Director of Security, while Rocky Ryan, a seasoned logistics and operations manager, will serve as Vice President of Operations.
Prior to joining Southwest Value Partners, Parker served as the President of the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix and Executive Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for the Nashville Predators/Bridgestone Arena. As Chief Operating Officer, Parker will oversee operations, strategy, marketing, programming and activations across the development.
Lewis, who previously oversaw the Emergency Contingency Section of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department’s Special Operations Division, will supervise site-wide security at Nashville Yards. This includes the security command center and all applicable law enforcement agencies.
As Vice President of Operations, Ryan will be responsible for logistics, parking and programming management. He previously worked as Director of Operations for Scott Borchetta Racing/Industries.
“Our work at Nashville Yards must result in a consistently outstanding experience—both aesthetically and operationally—secure, state of the art, productive, exciting and healthy throughout,” says Cary Mack, Managing Partner, Southwest Value Partners. “Chris, Steve and Rocky are focused on all of these things and more as we begin to come fully online in significant ways later this year and early 2025.”
Over the next six months, Nashville Yards is set to open over four million square feet of construction including The Pinnacle Tower, CAA Creative Office, The Pinnacle venue, residential towers The Everett and The Emory, over 4,000 parking spaces and seven acres of open green space.
