People You Should Know: Jeff Truitt

44 • CLARKSVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL C larksville is brimming with ingenuity and industriousness. People You Should Know focuses on a community member who many of you may know and has had a particularly meaningful impact on the greater ClarksvilleMontgomery County economy. Jeff Truitt’s impact in both the public and private sector has been completely transformative. After six years of public sector support including a year of serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the ClarksvilleMontgomery County Economic Development Council (EDC), Jeff recently stepped back into the private sector to join a local SERVPRO team with locations in Montgomery County, and Memphis, Tennesse. Truitt also oversees locations in St. Petersburg, Orlando and Tampa, Florida as their Executive Director of Business Development. Over the last year SERVPRO of Montgomery County has added eight additional licenses creating rapid growth and expansion throughout the southeast. With Jeff on the team that growth In his roll as the leader of the EDC Jeff was responsible for coordinating, promoting, and ensuring economic development in Clarksville-Montgomery County as well as the Director of the Aspire Clarksville Foundation, a privately funded, non-profit organization that helps fund the initiatives of the EDC and its member entities. At the EDC, Jeff applied his experience and passion for Clarksville-Montgomery County daily when sharing the story of our community and talent we have locally. Prior to coming on board as the EDC CEO, Truitt served as the Chief of Staff under Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett, September 2014-January 2019. While there, he played a key role in managing the general operations for over 1,200 County employees. He is well versed in community economic recruitment initiatives to include PILOT negotiations, TIF creation, Downtown revitalization and workforce development. Truitt has also been an integral part in the direct recruitment of global corporations such as Jeff Truitt Jeff Truitt’s impact in both the public and private sectors has been completely transformative.

Google, Hankook and LG to the Clarksville-Montgomery County Corporate Business Park.

Preceding his four years as County Chief of Staff, Truitt served as General Manager, and then Vice President, of Dex Imaging where he started and grew the local branch into a multi-million-dollar location. He also previously worked for the Clarksville-based engineering firm, DBS & Associates where he directed and managed business development and expanded their GIS Department

Truitt is a 28-year resident of Clarksville-Montgomery County with ties to Fort Campbell Army Post, as a veteran himself, with a strong business and communications background, including a Bachelor of Science degree from Austin Peay State University. He is also a 2005 graduate of Leadership Clarksville and a 2016 Leadership Middle Tennessee graduate. Truitt and his wife, Kristi, have one daughter, Macy, who is currently a student at Belmont University. Kristi serves as the Student Services Coordinator at Clarksville Academy.