Breakfast for Better Mobility
The Transit Alliance's Breakfast for Better Mobility returns on October 30, 2025!
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WHAT: Breakfast for Better Mobility annual fundraiser and awards ceremony
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WHEN: October 30, 2025, 8:00 AM CT (doors open at 7:30 AM CT)
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WHERE: Sheraton Music City (BNA) 777 McGavock Pike
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With the overwhelming passage of Choose How You Move, our attention turns to the region. This year's event will feature national economic development expert Chris Lloyd and regional leaders for a conversation about how we can continue the momentum, get rid of the gridlock — literally and figuratively — and build a more connected, prosperous Middle Tennessee.
A quick look at the landscape tells us we need a coordinated regional strategy to improve job attraction, infrastructure ROI, and long-term growth that preserves the qualities that make Middle Tennessee a great place to start a business and raise a family. These themes of infrastructure, mobility, and regional competitiveness are hard conversations to have. But not harder than the average Middle Tennessee commuter who spends 60-90 minutes in traffic one way each day!
The Breakfast for Better Mobility brings together elected officials, business leaders, and economic development professionals from across Middle Tennessee to connect and celebrate momentum for transit-focused growth and development. In addition to hearing from our keynote speaker and other leaders, we will also award the Transit Champion of the Year and the Transit Development of the Year.​
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Meet Our Keynote: Chris Lloyd
Chris Lloyd leads McGuireWoods Consulting’s infrastructure and economic development team where he specializes in site selection and economic development incentives negotiations. Since 1998, Chris has worked on dozens of high profile, corporate expansions and relocations across the country. Chris has also worked closely with clients on numerous public-private partnership projects for transportation and other infrastructure, and played a leading role in the development and passage of Virginia’s public-private partnership laws, which have since become model legislation for use in other states.​
Prior to joining McGuireWoods Consulting, Chris served for nearly five years in the Office of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade under Virginia Governors Allen and Wilder. In this position, he was responsible for legislative, budgetary, and regulatory coordination and development within that Secretariat which managed the state’s economic development programs.
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Chris graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1993. He lives in Richmond with his wife, Megan, and children.
The Transit Alliance hosted the inaugural Breakfast for Better Mobility in October 2024 featuring a keynote presentation from Jonathan Hopkins, a nationally recognized transportation expert, and a fireside chat from Hopkins and Transit Alliance president and CEO Jessica Dauphin, along with event emcee and chair of Moving Forward Ashley Northington.
The event concluded with an award recognition to Mayor Freddie O’Connell as “Transit Champion of the Year” for his dedication and leadership on the “Choose How You Move” transit plan and to the team behind the Dr. Ernest Rip Patton Jr. North Nashville Transit Center as “Transit Development of the Year."
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