Ken Murphy

Ken is a former chair of the Mainspring Board of Directors and helped lead the land trust through the merger of the Little Tennessee Watershed Association and the successful name change of the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee to Mainspring Conservation Trust. Ken is the co-founder of Lazy Hiker Brewing Co. in Franklin. He retired from Acuity Brands, Inc. (an Atlanta-based, NYSE-listed manufacturer), where he served as executive vice president, general counsel, and chief administrative officer. He and his wife split their time between the mountains in the North Carolina and the beaches of St. Augustine, Florida.