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Mr. Burns serves as chairman of the board and chief executive officer for O'Charley's Inc., a registered public company, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Burns joined O'Charley's in 1983 as controller, and later held the positions of executive vice president, chief financial officer and president. Prior to joining O'Charley's, he served as chief financial officer for the Nashville Banner Publishing Company and a senior accountant for Price Waterhouse. Mr. Burns recently served as chairman of the board of directors for Nashville Sports Council and is a board member for Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Second Harvest Food Bank, Boy Scouts of America of the Middle Tennessee Council and the University of Kentucky Business Partnership Foundation. Other civic activities have included serving as chair and board member of the American Cancer Society, as a board member of the Nashville Ballet, the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, and the Nashville Symphony, as well as serving as a member of the Mayor Nashville's Tourism Working Group as a part of his involvement with the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Burns was also inducted into the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics Alumni Hall of Fame in 2000 | 