Dr. Frank McMeen, president of The Community Foundation of West Tennessee, retires, today.
The President acts as a liaison to various outside agencies, organizations, groups, and the public and develops, recommends, and implements programs, policies, and procedures for the operation of the Community Foundation under his direct supervision of the Community Foundation Board of Trustees.
At The Community Foundation since March 1, 1998, McMeen has helped engineer a mercurial rise in assets at the organization which have exceeded $63 million, with more than 500 Community Funds.
“Endowments have grown to three-fourths of all assets, meaning the Foundation is now highly sustainable to provide support to charitable causes in perpetuity,” McMeen said. “Celebrities – that include Barbara Bush, Paul Harvey, Issac Hayes, Jane Seymour, B. J. Thomas, and Max Lucado – have been brought to Jackson to support our work and the causes we support.”
McMeen has been – and continues – to be tireless in his support for the City of Jackson.
He serves as a councilman for the City of Jackson, District 5.
In 2023, he was named the Jackson Exchange Club’s Man of the Year during the 78th annual event.
But the awards didn’t stop there.
He has been named the Rotarian of the Year, Leadership Jackson’s Emerging Leader, was presented the Harbert Alexander Award and the University of Memphis’ Outstanding Alumnus Award.
McMeen a board member at the Boys and Girls Club, Lambuth Area Neighborhood Association (LANA) Board President, Tennessee Dental Association Board Treasurer, Jackson Equity Project Treasurer, and Freed-Hardeman University’s President’s Advisory Council.
An author of three books, McMeen has renovated 13 homes in midtown Jackson.
He graduated from Freed-Hardeman University and holds a Bachelor’s Degree – Bible, Master’s – Leadership, Doctorate – Education, and continues to serve as an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of Memphis and Freed-Hardeman University.
