Leadership & Board of Trustees

Matthew Kisber is a co-founder of Silicon Ranch and served as CEO of the company until becoming Chairman in July 2019. Matt brings a unique background to Silicon Ranch having been a business owner and having served eight years as Tennessee Commissioner of Economic Development. Matt is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and served 10 terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives.  In the private sector, Matt grew up in his family’s Jackson, TN department store business. Matt has also served as Chairman of the Tennessee Business Roundtable, the Adventure Science Center’s board, the Nashville Public Library Foundation, Studio Bank and is a founding board member and former Chairman of the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council.

Neil Krugman is a native of Lexington, KY, grew up in Durham, NC and has lived in Nashville for close to 40 years.  He’s a graduate of Yale University and the University of North Carolina Law School.  He spent his legal career in Nashville as a health care lawyer primarily with the firm of Waller Lansden, from which he retired in 2023.  He is a Trustee of the Sandra Schatten Foundation, a private foundation which supports museums, parks, historic sites, along with literacy and the arts in the Nashville area.  He has served on the Cheekwood Board of Trustees since 2022 and has also served as President of the Board of Directors of the Centennial Park Conservancy, Nashville Ballet and serves on the Boards of Directors of the Nashville Symphony Association, the Nashville Public Library Foundation, the Frist Art Museum, the Civic Design Center and Equal Chance for Education.

Cameron Wells is the Division President of Tennessee for SouthState Bank Corporation. Since being named to this position in April 2025, Wells has helped lead a newly formed Loan Production Office in Nashville for SouthState as the bank entered the Tennessee market.

He was previously with BB&T/Truist Bank for 22 years where he was the Market President in Nashville since 2017.

Passionate about being engaged in the Nashville community, Wells currently serves as a board member of Cheekwood Estate and Gardens and the Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville benefiting Cheekwood and ECON Charities. Wells is also an active member of the Economic Club of Nashville and is formerly the Board President at Hillwood Country Club in Nashville. Wells earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management degree from North Carolina State University and is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University. When he isn’t working, Wells enjoys playing golf, coaching youth sports and listening to live music.

Victoria ( Vicki) McCluggage is a California native who moved to Nashville in 2013 with her husband Kerry. A graduate of the University of Southern California, she enjoyed a successful career in international television programming sales with CBS and LORIMAR. As a volunteer she held positions on the Board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Pasadena Showcase for the Arts, The Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation and was very committed to the Annenberg School of Journalism Board at USC, receiving several Alumni Awards from USC for her dedicated service and fundraising. When coming to Nashville she become a member of the Nashville Symphony Board, and was immediately attracted to Cheekwood for its peaceful beauty and community activities so close to her Nashville home.