Melissa Huff

Association Director

info@tnssa.net

Melissa@MR-mgmt.com

Phone - 423-443-8249

Stephanie Tharpe is the president of A+ Management Group, and currently manages locations in Tennessee, Texas, Georgia and Florida. Stephanie has continued her role as Senior Vice President of Operations for A+ Storage of Tennessee, LLC, where she manages a portfolio of self-storage facilities in Nashville. Since 2013, she has served as President, Vice President, and Chair of Events and Education on the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Self Storage Association, which named her Manager of the Year in 2012.

Stephanie has been a featured speaker, round table leader and panelist at several national and state association conferences across the country since 2014. She has been published in trade magazines SSA Globe and Inside Self Storage (ISS), and featured on the ISS Blog. She has served on the Best Practice Committee for the Self Storage Association and has been a moderator for Self Storage Talk since 2009. Stephanie is an advocate for employees and has helped to bring recognition to the self storage industry on employee compensation and employee burn out.

Anne joined the National Self Storage Group at Marcus & Millichap in 2007 and has closed over $110 million in self-storage  transactions. Prior to joining Marcus & Millichap, Anne was employed by Extra Space Storage/Storage USA where she directed the sales and operations of fifteen self-storage facilities in the Memphis market.  Prior to her career at Extra Space Storage Anne sold residential real estate in the Memphis, TN marketplace. Having served the self-storage industry for fifteen years, Anne is a considered an expert and is frequently called upon to offer advice relevant to management, operations, market conditions, capital markets, and economic trends affecting the self storage industry.

In addition to working for Marcus & Millichap, Anne is a professional coach/mentor for Self Storage Profits. Through Self Storage Profits, she teaches real estate investors how to find, underwrite, acquire and operate a successful storage facility.

Grace Totty is the Vice President of Marketing with Absolute Storage Management (ASM), responsible for all marketing aspects for ASM’s 135+ managed properties. These responsibilities range from web design, SEO, SEM, PPC, Social Media, content marketing and more.

Grace has over seven years of storage experience starting in operations, working closely with ASM’s founders. She is a frequent speaker at national trade shows and state shows, and currently sits on the TNSSA board. Grace holds a degree in Business Management from The University of Memphis in Business Management.

Right now, Grace fills up her weeks with volunteering and weekends experiencing new adventures.

Andy is an experienced businessman with over 25 years of experience in areas of customer service, sales, project management, organizational development and operations. Andy started his storage career in operations as District Manager accountable for the people, profits and processes in two distinct MSA regions of the US. Beginning in the Phoenix/Tucson, AZ market managing existing stores and development sites prior to moving to Nashville, TN where he managed an average of 10 stores. He has served on the Arizona Self Storage Association (AZSA) Board while in Arizona and joined the Tennessee Self Storage Association (TNSSA) after arriving in Nashville.

Andy left Westport Properties Inc. / US Storage Centers in 2020 and joined the Williams Storage Group of Marcus & Millichap’s National Self Storage Group as an Affiliate Broker in their Brentwood, TN office. He facilitates the disposition, acquisition and refinance of self-storage assets throughout the MidSouth and takes an advisory approach to working with clients - focused on building lasting relationships – that add long term value. In his spare time Andy enjoys being outdoors, sailing, golf, beekeeping, fly fishing, hunting and being with family.

Chris Johnson has worked for the U-Haul Company for over 30 years out of the Alcoa,TN office, serving the Company owned storage locations as well as working with several independent storage locations.  He works with Area Field Managers training and certifying these individuals to perform their duties for the U-Haul Company.  He has been an instructor for U-Haul University the past 7 years, leading courses in leadership and prospecting for new business. Chris enjoys working with the independent self-storage locations, helping fill their storage rooms and with day to day business.  When time allows, he likes to ride his Harley Davidson and enjoy the scenery that our area has to offer.

Sum Effect Investments is a real estate investment group specializing in commercial real estate investments & operations. Bev has served as a board member of Real Estate Investors of Nashville since 2011 as chair of the membership committee, runs the Real Estate Investors Meetup group, serves on the Missions board at Christ Church Nashville, and is active in various community projects. Bev holds a Bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University in business management & accounting and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Central Florida. In addition, she has earned various real estate certifications including the Self Storage Association's Certified Self-Storage Manager (CSSM) designation. She previously worked 30+ years at the University of Central career as an Associate Controller in Finance & Accounting.