Jim Cumbee

Managing Director, Tennessee Valley Group

Jim Cumbee is one of the most trusted and sought-after business transition advisors in Tennessee. Over the past thirty-five years he has managed transactions from Main Street to Wall Street. A successful entrepreneur in his own right, Jim once bought a business out of bankruptcy, turned it around, and sold it to a publicly traded company.

With an MBA from Harvard Business School, Jim mentors business owners on exit strategies and transition planning with astute and comprehensive counsel. He has held executive positions with Trammell Crow Company, Disney Development Company (a division of the Walt Disney Company), Salem Communications, and Reach Satellite Network, as well as being former assistant attorney general for the state of Missouri. Jim and his wife Emily have three adult children and two grandchildren.