Commissioner Steve Abernathy
Personal Info:
- Born August 24, 1954 in Clarksville, Tennessee, has lived in Middle, Tennessee almost 50 years, moved to Nashville in October of 2000.
- A widower with three daughters and six grandchildren.
Career Background:
- Mr. Abernathy began his career with South Central Bell (SCB) in 1973 at the Clarksville Office. He worked in several different Non-management positions in the Plant Department and was promoted in 1978.
- Mr. Abernathy moved to Hendersonville, Tennessee in 1981 with SCB and worked at the Belle Meade Plaza office supporting Installation & Maintenance (I&M) orders for Middle Tennessee.
- From 1984 to 1998 Mr. Abernathy worked in Atlanta, Georgia, Brentwood, Tennessee, and Parsippany, New Jersey performing several different Management positions with AT&T.
- February of 1998, Mr. Abernathy was promoted to District Manager and transferred to the Denver Factory with Lucent Technologies and managed the National Customer Service center.
- Mr. Abernathy received another promotion in October of 1999 when he moved to St. Louis and took over as Area Services Vice President (ASVP) for Avaya Communications supporting I&M in Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas.
- In October of 2000, Mr. Abernathy moved back to Nashville as ASVP and managed I&M for Avaya in the previous three states, plus Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana.
- Mr Abernathy retired from Avaya Communication after 28 years of service on July 31st, 2001, when offered an early retirement package.
- Mr Abernathy began his 2nd career with PM Telco on August 1st, 2001 as VP and CFO, and continues to work in that position today.
Other activities:
- Served on the Board of Directors of Tennessee Telco Credit Union for three years, 1995-1998
- Poll Officer for Cane Ridge Precinct, 32-03 since 2005
- Director of North Pettus Road Neighborhood Watch since 2003
- President of Cane Ridge Community Club from 2005-2006, and continues as Director/Treasurer
- President of Davidson County Council of Community Clubs for 2009
- Treasurer for Cane Ridge Baptist Church
- Captain of Autism Speaks team that raised over $4400 in September of 2008
- Co-Chair of Autism Speaks 2011-05-02
Education
- Graduated Clarksville High School in 1972
- Attended APSU for one semester
- Attended several different Management Training courses with SCB & AT&T, Communications Workshop, Leadership training, Labor Relations, Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Project Management, etc