Our History

The FBI created the Citizens Academy so that business, civic and community leaders could see federal law enforcement from the inside. Graduates carry that understanding back into their own neighborhoods, workplaces and civic organizations — and the Alumni Association is how they keep going.

[TO BE ADDED: the founding year of the Nashville chapter, and its founding members if the board wants them named.]

January 2025 — a new board takes office

The 2025 Board of Directors was onboarded and began work in partnership with the FBI Nashville Field Office on public education, safety awareness and civic engagement.

2025 — working alongside a new Special Agent in Charge

The chapter began collaborating with newly appointed Special Agent in Charge Joseph E. Carrico of the FBI Nashville Field Office on an agenda focused on trust, outreach and impact.

July 2025 — Nashville at the national conference

The chapter was represented at the FBI National Citizens Academy Alumni Association conference in Tampa, Florida, July 18–20, 2025.

Programs we have brought to Middle Tennessee

• Coffee with your SAC
• Elder fraud prevention, with FBI special agents, at the Brentwood Fifty Forward Martin Center
• A cybercrime presentation by retired FBI Special Agent Scott Augenbaum
• “Inside the Gabby Petito Case: What you didn’t See on Dateline or Netflix,” presented by Special Agent Loretta Bush of the FBI Tampa Field Office to roughly 65 alumni and guests
• Human trafficking watch party
• Quantico and Washington, D.C. trip
• Alumni happy hours and social gatherings

FBI Nashville CAAA is a nonprofit organization separate and apart from the FBI