Chip Higgins

Chip Higgins serves as Senior Vice President and Business Banking Leader for Pinnacle Bank, a $6.5 billion asset community bank headquartered in Nashville, TN.Chip began his career in financial services in 1984 with First American National Bank, where he served small businesses in a variety of roles and ultimately served as the bank�s Small Business Segment Manager.� Prior to Pinnacle, Chip spent ten years at First Tennessee Bank, where he served as the bank�s Business Banking Line of Business Manager.Chip holds a bachelor�s degree in Economics from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and MBA from UNC Kenan Flagler School of Business.Chip �was one of the founders and past president of the Nashville ATHENAPowerlink program, a mentoring program for women-owned businesses. Higgins also has served on the Nashville Chamber�s Small Business Council and currently serves the Nashville Business Incubation Center as a leadership development counselor.�