Sen. Bill Frist, M.D.
Founder & Chairman, SCORE, & Chairman, The Nature Conservancy
Sen. Frist is a heart and lung transplant surgeon and former United States Senate Majority Leader, having represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate from 1995 to 2007.
As the founder of the Vanderbilt Multi-Organ Transplant Center (today the busiest heart transplant center in the world), he performed more than 150 heart and lung transplants and authored over 100 peer-reviewed medical articles.
Sen. Frist currently serves as chair of the global board of The Nature Conservancy, the largest conservation organization in the world, and is founder and chair of the Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE). In addition, he is building dynamic, value-driven health care companies through his partner roles at Frist Cressey Ventures and Cressey and Company.
He and his wife, Tracy, live on their historic farm, named Old Town, in Franklin, Tennessee.