Jay Cobble, a native to Knoxville, is the Principal Broker and a Founding Partner at Providence Commercial Real Estate serving clients across East Tennessee ranging from Fortune 500 companies and the Federal Government to local small business owners or investors. He began his career in Memphis at Highwoods Properties and has received honors such as the 2010 CCIM Deal of the Year Award for $20,000,000+ office lease deal and was named to the Knoxville Business Journal’s 40 under 40 in 2012. Jay has earned SIOR and CCIM designations and HSPD-12 Federal Clearance. Jay serves on the boards of the Knoxville Chamber and 4 Market Square, he is the Membership Chair for SIOR Middle & East TN and is a member of Nucleus Knoxville. Jay participated in the Leadership Knoxville 2016 class, was selected for UT Chancellor’s Associates 2017 class, was 2013 President of the Knoxville CCIM Chapter and has served on the Board of Directors for local organizations including East Tennessee CCIM, Young Professionals of Knoxville and the Dogwood Arts Festival. He is a founder and former chairman of the Knoxville Fellows Program and devotes his free time towards his family and various ministries in Knoxville.