commercial lending

The Commercial Capital BIDCO Board of Directors

Commercial Capital BIDCO is grateful to have a Board of Directors that not only assists with guiding our company's growth, but also aides us in our efforts of being efficient and consistent with closing deals quickly. Our Board of Directors consists of 7 individuals representing different facets of the Commercial Lending industry - allowing us to have a broad range of expertise as well as strong accountability with each deal that crosses our desks.

You can learn more about each member of our Board of Directors below.

Thomas “Toby” William Compton:

Mr. Compton is deputy commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, responsible for Regulatory Boards, Insurance, Securities, and TennCare Oversight. He was promoted to this role in 2021 after having served as assistant commissioner for the Regulatory Boards.  He is the former president and CEO of Associated Builders & Contractors, Greater Tennessee Chapter. In this role he was responsible for managing government relations on the state and local levels, membership services and development, oversight of craft training school, and oversight of office and staff in Knoxville, Tennessee. Mr. Compton assumed this position in 2015, following a two-year position as executive director of the Metropolitan Sports Authority for Nashville and Davidson County. As head of the Sports Authority, Mr. Compton was responsible for oversight, capital upgrades, operational assistance, contract management and operational agreements for LP Field, Bridgestone Arena, First Tennessee Park, and Ford Ice Center. From 2011-2013, he was director of strategy and business development for the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development where he directed strategy initiatives for the department, recruited business and industry to Tennessee, and undertook special projects assigned by the commissioner. From 2007-2011, he was senior advisor and legislative director to the Office of the Mayor, Nashville and Davidson County. He advised Mayor Karl Dean on legislation, policy, strategic planning, board and commission appointments, coalition building, satellite cities, special projects, crisis management and other public affairs.  In addition, he served as senior campaign advisor to Mayor Dean’s 2007 and 2011 elections. Other positions have included, prior to 2007, director of marketing and communications for Snappy Auctions; executive director for Associated General Contractors of Tennessee; associate in The Ingram Group; and account executive for Gish, Sherwood & Friends (now GS&F). He earned his Master of Science in Public Service Management in 2011 from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, graduating magna cum laude, and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Communications in 2000 from Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Compton continues to serve both Cumberland and Lipscomb as an adjunct professor in political communications and political diplomacy and advocacy. Mr. Compton has also studied at the Université du Québec á Chicoutimi and has continued to enhance his education and experience by attending numerous workshops, institutes, academies, and courses. His board service has spanned numerous personal and professional interests, from charities to sports groups, and his civic involvement includes work for the March of Dimes, being a mentor, his neighborhood association, and Hands on Nashville. In addition, Mr. Compton runs his own consulting practice specializing in public affairs issues, management, government and community relations, strategic communications, leadership, and strategy.  Mr. Compton lives in Nashville. He serves on the Governance and Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee of the Board.

Kathryn Reed Edge:

Katie Edge joined the Board on January 1, 2020, following her retirement from the practice of law at the end of 2019. Ms. Edge served as corporate and regulatory counsel to BIDCO (in organization), but she has not provided legal services to BIDCO or its affiliates since her retirement. She serves on each of the Board’s committees and as Board Secretary. Ms. Edge is a graduate of George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University (BA, 1967) and the Nashville School of Law (JD, 1983). In between college and law school, she taught high school English, theater, and journalism in Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee, public and private schools. During law school, Ms. Edge worked full-time for Earl Swensson Architects in Nashville as an administrative assistant to the company’s president. Following law school, she was hired by the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions and advanced through the ranks in both legal and administrative roles, leaving state government in 1995 as the agency’s deputy commissioner. After leaving the agency, Ms. Edge was a partner in the law firms of Miller & Martin, PLLC (1995-2012) and Butler Snow, LLP (2012-2019) where she was active in practice group leadership roles. Between 1995 and 2019, she assisted in the formation of 28 de novo commercial banks, as well as numerous bank holding companies, trust companies, finance companies, and two other business and industrial development corporations. In addition, between 2008 and 2019, she counseled more than 30 banks and bank holding companies operating under informal and formal supervisory actions. Among other leadership roles, she has served as president of three bar associations, including the Tennessee Bar Association (2000-2001), and the local legal aid society, and as Board chairperson for the Center for Non-Profit Management in Nashville. Katie moved from Nashville to Austin, Texas in early January 2020 to enjoy her grandchildren in retirement.

Jeffrey B. Luker:

Jeff Luker, Vice-Chairman of BIDCO’s Board of Directors, also serves as the Chief Lending and Operations Officer for BIDCO and as a member of the Credit and Investment Committee. He is principally responsible for growing and developing all lender relationships, including conducting site visits to evaluate collateral, and personally meeting borrowers and guarantors. Mr. Luker is a 2006 graduate of the University of Alabama with a BS in Business Management.  He is also a 2023 graduate of the LSU School of Banking. Mr. Luker spent seven years in the automobile industry in sales management and finance in Texas before moving to Tennessee to work with Alternative Capital Solutions, LLC, and help organize and manage BIDCO. Jeff and his family live in Franklin, Tennessee.

Terry E. Luker:

Terry Luker, Chairman, President, and CEO of BIDCO, is also the managing member of BIDCO’s affiliates, Alternative Capital Solutions, LLC and President and CEO of BancAccess, Inc. He chairs the Credit and Investment Committee of the Board. Mr. Luker’s expertise is in deal structure and creative financing options, including real estate acquisition, facilities construction, inventory floor plans, and directing finance departments. Mr. Luker’s network of commercial lenders, brokers, and business owners, together with his many years of creating financing options for start-ups, bring great value to BIDCO. Terry’s business philosophies are detailed in two business books he authored, Yes! How to Get the Funding You Need for Your Business and Flourish. He and his family live in Franklin, Tennessee.

Michael Winston Sheridan:

Michael Sheridan joined the Board on July 25, 2022. He is chairman of BIDCO’s Governance and Compensation Committee and is a member of the Credit and Investment Committee. A graduate of Vanderbilt University, he earned his BA, cum laude, and his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree with honors from the University of Tennessee College of Law.  He was managing editor of the Tennessee Law Review. Mr. Sheridan is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and is a member of the Tennessee and Nashville bar associations and the Claims and Litigation Management Association. Michael began his legal career with the firm of Stokes & Bartholomew in Nashville in August 1987 and was a member of the firm’s business organization section, gaining experience in representing businesses of all sizes. In November 1991, he left the law firm to be the associate general counsel and assistant secretary of Comdata Network, Inc. in Brentwood, Tennessee. From November 1991 until May 1996, Mr. Sheridan was one of two in-house attorneys for this publicly traded company engaged in international funds transfer and other services for the transportation, gaming, leisure, and retail industries. In Tennessee Comdata was regulated by the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions, giving Mr. Sheridan experience in working with the state regulator that also regulates BIDCO. He directed legal aspects of complete corporate refinancing in 1992, more than $300 million, including the sale of public high-yield debt, the sale of preferred stock, and the establishment of a $50 million revolving credit facility. This resulted in a flexible financial structure that allowed business growth and an annual savings of $7 million in interest expense. Mr. Sheridan was promoted to vice-president, counsel, and assistant secretary of Comdata in June 1996, and he was again promoted in January 1998 to senior vice-president, general counsel, and corporate secretary. From April 2007 until November 2007, he was the company’s executive vice-president, general counsel, and corporate secretary, reporting directly to the CEO. In November 2007, Mr. Sheridan was again promoted, this time to serve as executive vice-president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of Comdata’s parent company, Ceridian Corporation where he managed legal aspects of the successful $5.4 billion transaction and accompanying transition from a public company to private equity ownership.  At Ceridian he was responsible for supporting the board of directors and the audit committee and reported directly to Ceridian’s chairman and CEO.  Michael returned to the private practice of law in July 2012 with the firm of Butler Snow, LLP in its Nashville office. He served as primary counsel to employers with respect to implementation and ramifications of the Affordable Care Act.  In a departure from his customary practice, he also served as production counsel for two independent films: Dixieland (2015) and Strange Weather (2016). Michael returned to the corporate world in January 2016 as the chief operating officer for Sopris Capital Holdings, Nashville and New York, NY. Sopris was a private equity firm affiliate providing capital and executive leadership within the tech-enabled and healthcare services industries. His roles in portfolio companies included executive vice-president for operations, Quovant; chief operating officer for Click Notices; and chief administrative officer for Office Works. Mr. Sheridan left Sopris in 2016 to become president of one of these portfolio companies, Quovant, Nashville, Tennessee. He was responsible for operations, finance, account management, human resources, benefits, and facilities. Quovant was a P-E backed technology company providing legal spend control and data analysis to Fortune 500 and other large companies. Mr. Sheridan spearheaded a successful exit for Quovant with its sale in January 2022 to Mitratech in Austin, Texas. Since January 2023 Michael serves as general counsel and corporate secretary for Community Brands, a global technology company with approximately 17,000 employees whose products support the missions of schools, non-profit organizations, and associations. In this role he manages the legal and regulatory affairs of the company. He and his wife live in Nashville and have two adult children.

Lisa Michelle Smiley, CPA:

Lisa Smiley joined the Board on July 25, 2022. She currently serves as chairperson of BIDCO’s Audit Committee and as a member of the Credit and Investment Committee. Ms. Smiley is a certified public accountant who serves as the director of external financial reporting and senior vice-president (2021-present) of FirstBank and its parent company, FB Financial Corporation, domiciled in Nashville, Tennessee. She has steadily progressed with FirstBank, beginning her career in April 2016 as director of external financial reporting (2016-2018), corporate controller and director of external financial reporting (2018-2020); and interim principal accounting officer (2020-2021). Ms. Smiley began her accounting career with Horne, LLP as an assurance intern in the summer of 2008. She graduated magna cum laude in 2009 from Union University, Jackson, Tennessee. She worked as an advanced staff auditor for Nestlé Market Audit, Saint Louis, Missouri, (January 2010 – November 2010) until she moved to BKD, LLP in Saint Louis. In September 2012, Ms. Smiley returned to Tennessee as an assurance manager with Horne, LLP where she was responsible for managing a team of professionals across Horne’s three offices, leaving Horne in 2016 to join FirstBank. Ms. Smiley lives in Nashville.

David Louis Travis, CPA:

David Travis joined the Board on August 18, 2022. He serves on BIDCO’s Audit Committee and Governance and Compensation Committee. Graduating summa cum laude from the University of Memphis in 1995, with a B.B.A in Accounting, Mr. Travis’s first professional employment was with Ernst & Young (1996-2006) as an audit senior manager. His expertise has been in leading audits of public and private companies in various industries. Among his audit clients were Dollar General Corporation, Healthcare Realty Trust, and Fruit of the Loom. In December 2006, Mr. Travis left the accounting firm to become senior vice-president and chief accounting officer of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR) and stayed with that company until July 2014 when he moved to MedEquities Realty Trust, Inc. (MRT) as senior vice-president and chief accounting officer.  MedEquities was a publicly traded, self-managed real estate investment trust with a diversified portfolio of healthcare investments totaling over $650 million. In 2019, MedEquities merged with Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI), commencing operations in the summer of 2014 upon completion of a $160 million private placement of equity. Mr. Travis left Omega in the summer of 2019 and joined National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI), Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in May 2020, as its senior vice-president and chief accounting officer. Mr. Travis oversees all facets of the accounting and financial reporting functions for the publicly traded REIT with a real estate investment portfolio valued at more than $3 billion. He is the primary contact for quarterly communications with the REIT’s audit committee. Mr. Travis lives in Brentwood, Tennessee.

by Leah Waldrop