Business Affiliates

TSBA has established one more opportunity for the community to get involved in supporting children – through the association’s Business Affiliate Program. The Business Affiliate Program makes it easier for businesses that work with school boards to reach their target audience.

Who are Business Affiliates?
Business Affiliate membership is extended to businesses and organizations providing goods and services to Tennessee’s school systems. Business Affiliates are crucial to TSBA’s efforts to improve education across the state because they work with school boards to improve educational opportunities for children. Business Affiliates must receive high recommendations from boards they already serve.

How does being a Business Affiliate benefit a company?
There are numerous tangible benefits from partnering with TSBA in our Business Affiliate program, but most of all school boards know that Business Affiliates have worked successfully with other boards. Becoming a Business Affiliate gives reputable companies credibility with boards or school system personnel who make decisions regarding products.

How does a company become a Business Affiliate?
TSBA is committed to having the highest quality companies as Business Affiliates. To become eligible, companies must have recommendation letters from three boards of education in Tennessee. The program makes choosing a vendor easier for school systems.

Below you will find the various affiliate levels and associated benefits. We recently added new benefits to our packages that include an option to have an ad displayed on monitor at TSBA Headquarters during all scheduled meetings, an ad in the TSBA booth during the TSBA Annual Convention Tradeshow, and an ad in the TSBA event mobile application.

Click here for the Business Affiliate Program Information card.

For additional information, contact Jenna Zwan, TSBA Director of Finance and Human Resources at jzwan@tsba.net or 615-815-3905.

• Business Affiliates

  $ 1000 / Yr

  Basic Services

  • One (1) subscription to the TSBA Journal and BoardTalk. Other publications shall be available upon request;
  • Listing on the TSBA Journal, Annual Convention program, event mobile application, and on the TSBA website as a Business Affiliate member;
  • One (1) copy of the Directory of TN Superintendents and Board Members; and
  • Statewide promotion

  Additional Services

  • A membership certificate. This will identify the member as an affiliate member of TSBA, is issued at the time of acceptance into the program and again each year on the occasion of membership renewal;
  • A ten percent (10%) discount on prime booth space in the exhibit area of the TSBA Annual Convention; and
  • Permission to use the Business Affiliate logo and statement “Business Affiliate of the Tennessee School Boards Association” on stationary, advertisements, etc.
• Silver Business Affiliates

  $2,000/yr

  • All of the Business Affiliate Basic Services;
  • A wall plaque with the year of membership indicated. This will identify the member as an affiliate member of TSBA and is issued at the time of acceptance into the program. Each year on the occasion of membership renewal, a plate engraved with the year will be issued for insertion in the plaque;
  • The company’s logo on the Business Affiliate page on the TSBA website and a link to the company’s website;
  • A twenty-five percent (25%) discount on prime booth space in the exhibit area of the TSBA Annual Convention;
  • One (1) half-page advertisement in the TSBA Journal;
  • A ten percent (10%) discount to have ad displayed on monitor at TSBA Headquarters during all scheduled meetings and in TSBA booth during the TSBA Annual Convention Tradeshow;
  • A ten percent (10%) discount on ad placement in TSBA event mobile application; and
  • Permission to use the Business Affiliate logo and the statement “Silver Level Business Affiliate of the Tennessee School Boards Association” on stationary, advertisements, etc.
• Gold Business Affiliates

  $5,000/yr

  •  All the Business Affiliate Basic Services;
  • A wall plaque with the year of membership indicated. This will identify the member as an affiliate member of TSBA and is issued at the time of acceptance into the program. Each year on the occasion of membership renewal, a plate engraved with the year will be issued for insertion in the plaque;
  • The company’s logo on the Business Affiliate page on the TSBA website and a link to the company’s website;
  • A free standard booth in prime space in the exhibit area of the TSBA Annual Convention;
  • One full-page or two (2) half-page advertisements in the TSBA Journal;
  • A twenty-five percent (25%) discount to have ad displayed on monitor at TSBA Headquarters during all scheduled meetings and in TSBA booth during the TSBA Annual Convention Tradeshow;
  • A twenty-five percent (25%) discount on ad placement in TSBA event mobile application; and
  • Permission to use the Business Affiliate logo and the statement “Gold Level Business Affiliate of the Tennessee School Boards Association” on stationary, advertisements, etc.
• Platinum Business Affiliates

  $7,500/yr

  • All the Business Affiliate Basic Services;
  • A wall plaque with the year of membership indicated. This will identify the member as an affiliate member of TSBA and is issued at the time of acceptance into the program. Each year on the occasion of membership renewal, a plate engraved with the year will be issued for insertion in the plaque;
  • The company’s logo on the Business Affiliate page on the TSBA website and a link to the company’s website;
  • A free standard booth in prime space in the exhibit area of the TSBA Annual Convention;
  • Four (4) tickets to the awards ceremony at the TSBA Annual Convention;
  • Special recognition at the awards luncheon at the TSBA Annual Convention;
  • Two (2) full-page advertisements in the TSBA Journal;
  • A fifty percent (50%) discount to have ad displayed on monitor at TSBA Headquarters during all scheduled meetings and in TSBA booth during the TSBA Annual Convention Tradeshow;
  • A fifty percent (50%) discount on ad placement in TSBA event mobile application; and
  • Permission to use the Business Affiliate logo and the statement “Platinum Level Business Affiliate of the Tennessee School Boards Association” on stationary, advertisements, etc.
• Premier Business Affiliates

  Minimum of $15,000/yr

  A negotiated percentage of vendor’s actual revenues generated by sales to Tennessee public schools

  In the event that a fee constituting a percentage of sales is, or even possibly is, noncompliant with any law regarding a particular vendor or industry, then a lump sum fee shall be negotiated.

  • All the Business Affiliate Basic Services;
  • A wall plaque with the year of membership indicated. This will identify the member as an affiliate member of TSBA and is issued at the time of acceptance into the program. Each year on the occasion of membership renewal, a plate engraved with the year will be issued for insertion in the plaque;
  • The company’s logo on the Business Affiliate page on the TSBA website and a link to the company’s website;
  • A free standard booth in prime space in the exhibit area of the TSBA Annual Convention;
  • Four (4) tickets to the awards ceremony at the TSBA Annual Convention;
  • Special recognition at the awards ceremony at the TSBA Annual Convention;
  • Four (4) complimentary registrations to Summer Law Institute in Gatlinburg and the option to set up a table in the lobby;
  • Special recognition at Summer Law Institute in Gatlinburg;
  • Two (2) full-page advertisements in the TSBA Journal;
  • Free ad displayed on monitor at TSBA headquarters during all scheduled meetings and on monitor in the TSBA booth during the TSBA Annual Convention Tradeshow;
  • Free ad placement in the TSBA event mobile application;
  • A complimentary list of TSBA Annual Conference participants;
  • A letter to all school boards introducing the company to the TSBA membership and explaining their product/service;
  • A meeting with the TSBA Board of Directors; and
  • Permission to use the Business Affiliate logo and the statement “Premier Level Business Affiliate of the Tennessee School Boards Association” on stationery , advertisements, etc.

Gold Business Affiliates

Silver Business Affiliates

Beck Facility Services 1155 Woodlawn Road Greenfield, TN 38230 Phone: 731-514-6349 Contact: Josh McCallister Website

Benefit Planning Advisors 1881 General George Patton Dr., Ste 106 Franklin, TN 37067 Phone: 615-504-1201 Contact: Joe Moore

Central Technologies, Inc. 3717 Sugartree Place Nashville, TN 37215 Phone: 615-477-4900 Contact: Monica Farner Website

Energy Systems Group, LLC. 555 Marriott Drive, Suite 150 Nashville, TN 37214 Phone: 423-534-8242 Contact: Russ Nelson Website

Five Points Benefits Solutions, LLC 377 Riverside Drive, Suite 200 Franklin, TN 37064 Phone: 615-791-0404 Contact: James Smith Website

HFR Design, Inc. 214 Centerview Dr., Ste 300 Brentwood, TN 37027 Phone: 615-370-8500 Contact: Beth Meadows Website

Kaatz, Binkley, Jones & Morris Architects (KBJM) 1008 Charlie Daniels Parkway Mount Juliet, TN 37122 Phone: 615-754-5393 Contact: Jason Morris Website

Liberty Mutual Insurance 22 Century Boulevard, Suite #120 Nashville, TN 37214 Phone: 704-759-7911 Contact: Landon Smith Website