Harry L. Allen

Biography

 Harry L. Allen comes to Belmont with an extensive and celebrated career in banking, finance and administration. He most recently served as Co-Founder and Chief Relationship Officer at Studio Bank, the first locally headquartered bank launched in Nashville since 2008. With Allen’s leadership, Studio Bank has become one of Nashville’s fastest growing companies, with total assets of approximately $1 billion and over 80 employees. Allen continues to serve Studio Bank on its Board of Directors as Vice Chairman.

Prior to Studio Bank’s launch in 2018, Allen served Avenue Bank (now Pinnacle Bank) as Senior Vice President and Director of Nonprofit Banking and Community Investment where he launched the organization’s nonprofit and institutional industry segment. He has also held leadership roles as Vice President for Finance and Administration at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee and Truist Bank.

Allen has served in many leadership capacities in nonprofit and community organizations across Nashville and beyond. He is a member of the Board of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Treasurer of the Nashville Public Education Foundation, Executive Committee member for the Steering Committee on Nashville’s Agenda, and past President of the Rotary Club of Nashville.

Allen has been recognized by countless organizations for his civic work, his celebrated career and his leadership. These awards include being listed No. 12 on Nashville Power Poll’s 2024 Most Powerful People, a finalist for the 2021 & 2022 Entrepreneur Center’s “Market Mover” award, 2021 Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association (TICUA) Hall of Fame inductee and multi-year member of the Nashville Business Journal’s Nashville Power 100, among others.

A double graduate of Belmont University, Allen holds both a Bachelor of Business Administration in International Management and a Master of Business Administration from the University’s Jack C. Massey College of Business.