Zach Stephens
President & Chief Executive Officer
Livingston - Overton County Chamber of Commerce
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Original Join Date: 2025
Professional Bio
Zach Stephens is an economic development, tourism, and public affairs professional serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Livingston/Overton County Chamber of Commerce.
Since stepping into the role in early 2025, he has worked to build the Chamber's capacity as an economic development organization, leading business retention and expansion efforts, new business and retail recruitment, workforce and childcare infrastructure initiatives, grant administration, and government relations at the local, state, and federal levels. His work has included establishing Main Street Livingston as an independent nonprofit corporation, negotiating a multi-party tourism development partnership and seating the county's first tourism advisory board, and securing the designations and funding that make private investment in Overton County financially viable.
He is also the founder of ZDStephens Company, a strategic communications and public affairs practice serving elected officials, associations, nonprofits, and organizations across the Southeast.
A native of the Upper Cumberland, Stephens is a graduate of Livingston Academy and an alumnus of Tennessee Tech University. He serves as Vice Chairman of Main Street Livingston, Secretary of the Overton County Industrial Development Authority, and Chairman of the Overton County Tourism Advisory Board, and he serves on the boards of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Upper Cumberland, Overton County Arts Council, WCTE PBS, and Tennesseans for the Arts, among others. He completed TVA's Rural Leadership Institute and is a Founding Fellow of the PDI Fellows Academy.
Since stepping into the role in early 2025, he has worked to build the Chamber's capacity as an economic development organization, leading business retention and expansion efforts, new business and retail recruitment, workforce and childcare infrastructure initiatives, grant administration, and government relations at the local, state, and federal levels. His work has included establishing Main Street Livingston as an independent nonprofit corporation, negotiating a multi-party tourism development partnership and seating the county's first tourism advisory board, and securing the designations and funding that make private investment in Overton County financially viable.
He is also the founder of ZDStephens Company, a strategic communications and public affairs practice serving elected officials, associations, nonprofits, and organizations across the Southeast.
A native of the Upper Cumberland, Stephens is a graduate of Livingston Academy and an alumnus of Tennessee Tech University. He serves as Vice Chairman of Main Street Livingston, Secretary of the Overton County Industrial Development Authority, and Chairman of the Overton County Tourism Advisory Board, and he serves on the boards of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Upper Cumberland, Overton County Arts Council, WCTE PBS, and Tennesseans for the Arts, among others. He completed TVA's Rural Leadership Institute and is a Founding Fellow of the PDI Fellows Academy.
Company/Organization
Parent: Livingston - Overton County Chamber of Commerce
222 East Main Street Livingston, TN 38570
931.823.6421