A Williamson County, Tennessee native, Ronald Crutcher is retired from The Parent Company, a construction management firm he helped found in 1984. He was formerly with Foster and Creighton Company, a 100-year-old Nashville-based construction concern, where he helped lead the first major renovation and expansion of Vanderbilt Stadium since its establishment in 1923.
Crutcher played a major role in the construction of The First American Center in downtown Nashville, at which time a prehistoric cave was discovered during excavation work. The relics unearthed in 1971 were secured by archeologists and later became the inspiration for naming Nashville's hockey team, The Predators. His assignment to oversee the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was his second experience overseas and one that solidified his love of the "good ole USA."
Beginning in the eighties, Crutcher managed the construction of two dozen schools in his home community, and in 2004, the new Williamson County Courthouse. A graduate of Battle Ground Academy and Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, he is a Vietnam veteran who served the 35th Engineer Group of the U.S. Army. He has volunteered his time and talents to support such non-profits as Habitat for Humanity; The Housing Fund; The Franklin Rotary at Breakfast; the Boys and Girls Club; and Franklin Tomorrow. He and his wife, Joyce, reside in Franklin where they attend Franklin First Presbyterian Church. The couple's two adult daughters reside in Missouri and Virginia with their families.