John Cooper is the ninth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. Born in Nashville and raised in Shelbyville, John served as an At-Large Member of Metro Council from 2015 to 2019. John is married to Laura Fitzgerald Cooper, a former Constitutional law professor and they have three teenage sons and four dogs. John brings to public service more than 30 years of business and financial experience in the banking, real estate and retail business. With a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard and a Vanderbilt MBA, he is the founder of both the Heritage at Brentwood, a large continuing-care senior living community, and Happy ReTales, a volunteer-directed pet products retail store, where all profits go to animal rescue. John and his family attend Christ Church Cathedral.

Faye DiMassimo is the Senior Advisor, Transportation and Infrastructure to Mayor John Cooper. She has nearly 40 years of experience with federal, regional and local public entities as well as the private sector in the development, management and delivery of multimodal transportation programs. Most recently, she was with Deloitte Consulting and also served as the City of Atlanta Renew Atlanta/TSPLOST General Manager and the Director of the Cobb County Department of Transportation. She holds three degrees from Auburn University including a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration and Masters of Community Planning and Public Administration. Faye has participated in numerous leadership programs and community organizations over the years and presently serves on the College Football Hall of Fame Exhibit Hall board.

She and her husband, Tom, are the parents of three sons and grandparents to two granddaughters.