Up Close with Benjamin Surmi

Benjamin Surmi

Current job: As executive director of The Hampton at Salmon Creek Memory Care Community, I lead a rock star team in
creatively caring for the Greatest Generation.

Proudest professional moment: Launching Nashville’s first community supported kitchen – chef-prepared, locally-sourced ready-to-eat meals.

First job: Selling greeting cards door-to-door in my neighborhood.

Fun fact: I met my sweetheart at a wedding when I was nine years old and she was seven years old. She lived in Arizona – I in California. We wrote letters to each other for years. I first kissed her on our wedding day 15 years later.

Favorite spot on a Saturday night: Ice Cream Renaissance

Favorite movie: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Music of choice: Broadway

Favorite place to eat: F. Scott’s Restaurant and Jazz Bar in Nashville, Tennessee

Motto/Inspirational quote: “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” – C.S. Lewis

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