Discussion with Harry Allen

Harry L. Allen has over 20 years experience in financial services and is the CoFounder and Chief Relationship Officer of Studio Bank. With the purpose of “Empowering Creators,” Studio Bank launched in June 2018 to become the first new, locally-headquartered bank in Nashville since 2008. Studio Bank is one of Nashville’s fastest growing companies, employing over 80 employees and with total assets of over $900 million. The company has also been recognized by Nashville Business Journal as a Best Place to Work for 2019- 2023. As co-founder, Mr. Allen was integral in the formation of the bank including recruiting members of the team, board of directors, completing the necessary regulatory applications to the FDIC and State and helping raise over $98 million in start-up and growth capital. Mr. Allen serves on the Board Business Strategy Committee and the Management Compliance Committee and is the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Officer. He serves as the Bank’s lead business development officer, key point of contact for stakeholders and strategic partners, such as the Bank’s Founders’ Advisory Board, and manages the Bank’s involvement and investment in community efforts. In February 2022, Mr. Allen was appointed by the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta to serve an initial three-year term on its Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC). As required by the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, each Federal Reserve District has established a CDIAC to systematically include the views of community depository institutions in the policymaking process. Mr. Allen is well known for his passion for leadership and learning and is a frequent guest on podcasts and in publications focused on entrepreneurship and leadership. He is a proven leader and entrepreneur who is able to build coalitions for impact and change. He is a gifted communicator, and his natural curiosity pushes organizations to think differently and challenge the status quo. With extensive experience serving on boards for organizations at every phase from start-up to scale, for-profit to non-profit to municipal authorities, Mr. Allen has a deep understanding of and appreciation for the role of governance in supporting corporate strategy. In addition to board service, Mr. Allen served as co-chair of the Mayor’s Office Children Champion’s Committee for pre-K funding (Mayor Barry), a member of the Nashville Literacy Collaborative of the Public Education Foundation, the Mayor’s Education Kitchen Cabinet (Mayor Briley) and as co-chair of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce’s Education Report Committee

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