Kerry Graham
Chief Executive Officer

Kerry Graham becomes Chief Executive Officer of Catholic Charities on June 1, 2026.

An accomplished Nashville business leader and non-profit board director over his 35-year career, Kerry brings to Catholic Charities brand creativity and innovative business practices. In addition, he brings a long history of non-profit leadership, including more than 16 years of service on the board of directors of Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, two of them as chair.

Kerry founded The Brand Hotel in 2015 and guided it to a place among the top advertising agencies in the South, serving clients in music, consumer goods, hospitality and retail services from California to Tennessee to Italy and Spain. Prior to The Brand Hotel, he was at The Buntin Group as vice chairman, chief creative officer from 1996-2005, and BOHAN Advertising in Nashville from 2006-2015, first as president and then as vice chairman and CEO. During his tenure, the agency created memorable campaigns in apparel, retail, hospitality and healthcare, including the “Nothing shall be impossible” campaign for Ascension-Saint Thomas Hospital. The agency was named Ad Age’s “Southeast Small Agency of the Year” and “Best Agency Culture,” as well as Modern Healthcare’s “Healthcare Agency of the Year,” while receiving numerous other awards for their work and their operation.

Prior to coming to Nashville, Graham worked for Henderson Advertising in Greenville, Hill Holliday in Boston, and J. Walter Thompson and Burton Campbell, both in Atlanta. In addition, he has served on the boards of The Contributor, Cheekwood Estate and Gardens, The Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Wake Forest University School of Business, The Ensworth School, and the Adventure Science Center. He was a member of the 2008-2009 class of Leadership Nashville.

A graduate of Vanderbilt where he studied English Lit and Drama, Graham was also part of the Sewanee Writer’s Conference and studied Literature and Drama at University College at Oxford University. He and his wife, Linda, attend Saint Henry Catholic Church. Their family includes a son and daughter-in-law, two daughters and sons-in-law, and seven grandchildren.