Tom Glenn talks with Sandy B. Chambers following a United Way of Greater Chattanooga community campaign meeting.Just as he did in his business career, Tom Glenn has climbed the ladder as a volunteer with the United Way of Greater Chattanooga.
Once an accountant for a local cluster of Ace Hardware stores, he is now president of The Helpful Group, a limited liability company comprised of 17 Ace Hardware stores and related real estate partnerships. His group, in fact, is one of Ace Hardware Corp.’s top 10 affiliate groups.
With the United Way, Glenn has moved in 20 years from a member of the allocations panel to chairman of the 2011 annual community campaign.
His next volunteer position after the allocations committee, the finance committee, was the real eye-opener, he said.
“[It] gave me a new insight,” Glenn said, “and was really the platform for me to become more deeply involved in many other capacities in the future.”