David Popen joined SRHS in 2005 and assists the President/CEO in development, implementation and administrative management for SRHS. Popen serves as the direct liaison to and representative of the President/CEO both internally and externally. He directs, monitors and contributes to special projects for the President/CEO, including construction & development. He is also responsible for marketing & communications, corporate contributions, business and economic development, property & lease management, strategic planning and government relations. Popen’s 18 plus prior years of experience includes economic development, philanthropic fundraising, governmental affairs, and commercial litigation. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. He earned a cum laude law degree from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, and subsequently completed economic development studies at the University of Kentucky, Lexington and graduated from the Chamber Institute for Organization Management at University of Delaware, Newark. Popen also studied southern history and culture at the University of Mississippi, Oxford. He is currently enrolled in Leadership Sumner and Sumner University. He is a member of Gallatin Lions Club, and is an active board member of the Gallatin Chamber of Commerce, Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce, Forward Sumner Economic Council, Gallatin Shalom Zone, Gallatin Downtown Library Committee, Friends of Arts & Literature in Sumner County, and the Salvus Center. Popen also chairs the Boy Scouts’ 2007 Friends of Scouting Campaign in Sumner County and serves on the City of Gallatin’s Visioning Steering Committee.