Beverly Robertson, was named one of USA TODAY’S “Women of the Century” in 2020, She is the recently retired President and C.E.O. of the Greater Memphis Chamber and current C.O.O. of Trust Marketing. She was the first woman and the first African American to ever lead the Memphis Chamber in 185 years of existence.

Beverly has had a stellar and celebrated career in corporate and non-profit leadership. Prior to co-founding Trust in 1991, she was VP of Internal Communications for Holiday Inns Worldwide. While working at Trust, she was tapped to become Interim Executive Director of the National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) at the historic Lorraine Motel. She became President of the NCRM, served for 18 years, led it to global prominence and succeeded in raising $43 million for NCRM expansion, renovation and endowment. She has done consulting work with the Association of African American Museums and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

She has received numerous awards and is deeply engaged in driving transformational change in the Memphis Community.