Thomas Lynn

Cookeville native Thomas Lynn is a local banking pioneer and philanthropist who joined First National Bank of Tennessee in 1992 and played a key role in the expansion of the bank into Sparta, Algood, Crossville and Fairfield Glade.

In 2010, he was named Chairman of the Board, First National was organized by a group of community leaders who believed that banks should bring value to the communities they serve. As a banking professional in Cookeville for close to four decades, Lynn has served the Upper Cumberland by helping launch new non-profits and taking leadership roles in a number of civic organizations and endeavors. As a founding board member of the Putnam County YMCA in 1979, Thomas later served as the president.

Lynn’s commitment to Tech, where he met his wife Kay, is evident throughout campus. In 2004, Thomas orchestrated a charitable concert featuring country music legend Vince Gill that raised $140,000 to support the building of a new home for the School of Nursing.