The Nashville Association of Professional Persons (NAPP) was founded in 1998 as a professional networking group. In January 2007, the group became an official GLBT Chamber of Commerce and an affiliate member of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (now “National LGBT Chamber of Commerce.) In 2012, the GLBT Chamber hired its first-ever, full-time Executive Director. In 2013, the GLBT Chamber started doing business as the LGBT Chamber to coincide with the terminology being used by HRC, Out & Equal, and other professional organizations and colleges across the country.