Jerry Lankford, III

Jerry Lankford joined CCA as senior director, Customer Relations in March 2009. Lankford oversees the company's relations with the states of Florida, Georgia and Louisiana. Lankford served for nearly two years at Avondale Partners, an independent investment banking firm, in equity research and as director of business development for its Asset Management division. Lankford also spent three years in business development with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. He served for four years as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army and holds a master's degree in business administration from Vanderbilt University and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville