C615 is the parent company of Center 615, Studio 615 and Main Street Gallery. C615’s goal is to be a driving force in building and shaping community in East Nashville and the rest of our wonderful city. Get to know our team here, or come on over to Center 615 or Studio 615 for a tour and see what the buzz is about!
Christian Paro
Owner
The definition of work hard, play hard.
Christian makes his dreams reality. Literally. Ever wonder where the Center 615 Main facade design came from?
No one tops a Paro Halloween costume. No one.
Brandon Benson
Building Operations
Not to be confused with Brendan Benson,
although he is known to play a little guitar.
Brandon fixes everything and makes it better than it was before. Wasp problem on the Center 615 deck? Not anymore.
“I’ve killed 100s of wasps.” – Brandon
Dog whisperer of sorts. Lover of music, bbq and sarcasm.
Center 615 Staff
Beth Heflin
Center 615 Operations & Community Lead
People and event-oriented. Organizing and post-it notes
make her world go round.
and brewing kombucha.
Autumn Hogin
Center 615 Community Assistant Manager
Driven and detail-oriented served with a side
of humor and sunny-side up attitude.
Autumn is a big fan of seafood and football.
Mother to an adorable son, Autumn is powered by love,
fueled by coffee and sustained by wine.
Lauren Bravoco
Center 615 Community Assistant
Lauren revolves her life around three things:
people, travel and food.
She is happiest when discussing travel stories,
high fantasy books and movies, or conquering the map in Settlers of Catan.
you can find her serving East Asian specialties on her Malaysian food truck, I Love Roti.
Center 615 Community Coordinator & Social Media Manager
Nashville native, returned home after studying for 5 years in NYC and Paris. Andra is “technically” fluent in French, dabbles in yoga and amateur kickboxing, and loves all things makeup.
Words, writing, reading, learning, thinking and listening to people’s life stories are her true passions.
Studio 615 Staff
Johnathan Jones
Studio 615 Director of Operations
AKA Photo Jones. AKA keeper of the Studio 615 turf.
A Nashville native, Johnathan went to high school with T Swift.
Johnathan enjoys gin, hates artichokes and is
intrigued by Alan Rickman.
Kyle Copeland
Studio Engineer/Lighting Director
Jack of all trades, master of D.I.Y.,
fixer of juuust about anything.
Kyle has developed a distinguished reputation for his practical effects in the Nashville film community. He’s worked with companies such as Weebly, Schneider Electric and Red Bull.
Fact: Kyle once played cowbell on stage for a
Billy Ray Cyrus concert at Opryland.
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