George Anderson Elected to Leadership 100 Board of Trustees and Appointed to the Grant Committee

Leadership 100 elected prominent member George Anderson to its Board of Trustees and appointed him to the Grant Committee. 

George Anderson

Anderson was President and Co-Founder of Anderson Benson Insurance & Risk Management, a privately held insurance brokerage and risk management firm with offices in Nashville, New York and Los Angeles, which was acquired by Gallagher Insurance, Risk Management & Consulting, in 2023, for which Anderson now serves as Area Chairman.

Anderson’s extensive civic and philanthropic service includes more than a decade as a Board member of The Metropolitan Nashville Parks and Recreation for which he is Chairman of the Board, service on the Development Committee of the Frist Art Museum, more than a decade on the Board and Stewardship Committee of the Washington, DC-based Cultural Landscape Foundation, Chair of the Conservancy of the Parthenon and Centennial Park in Nashville, Tennessee, and as a member of the 2019 NFL Nashville Draft Host Committee. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Active in the Greek American community, he is a Trustee of Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, an Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, The Order of Saint Andrew, a member of the Board of Directors of The Hellenic Initiative and a Founding Member of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation.

Anderson’s mother was born in Karyes, Laconia and his father’s parents were born in Stemnitsa, Arcadia. Anderson and his wife, Lee Ann, are faithful members of Leadership 100. Their one son, James, is also a member. They reside in Nashville, Tennessee.

Chairman Logothetis stated: “George is devoted to Orthodoxy and Hellenism and has made numerous contributions to his community through his participation and philanthropy. As an insurance industry leader, he brings unique experience and added value to our Board and our Grant Committee.”