Ben T. Harris

Background

Harris, Ben T. was born in 1944.

Career

Director operations Jarman Leased division Genesco Inc., 1980-1995, president Jarman Leased and Jarman Retail, 1991-1995, various operational and corporation management positions, executive vice president operations retail. President Genesco Retail, since 1995. President, coo Genesco Inc., since 1996, director, since 1996, president, Chief Executive Officer, since 1997, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, since 1999.

Achievements

• Ben T. Harris has been listed as a noteworthy apparel manufacturing and retail executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

District chair Dan Beard District Boy Scouts American. Chairman Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Middle Tennessee Walk to Cure Diabetes. Board governors Nashville Chamber of Commerce.

Member Footwear Distributors and Retailers American (executive committee member), Rotary Club Nashville.