Delivering keynotes that equip leaders to navigate complexity with clarity, courage, and connection.
Strong roots, deep ties, and world-traveled.
Wade is a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, a graduate of Emory University, The University of Memphis School of Law, and studied at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary.
His most important role is being a father. He and his long-time partner Jana have one adorable daughter - Genevieve Silvia Eichel-Hinton.
He also loves to travel, read, work out, and play golf when possible.
Community engagement is paramount.
Civically, Wade serves as a board member for Think Tennessee, the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, Tennessee Aquarium, and the Chattanooga State Community College Foundation.
He is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and the Rotary Club of Chattanooga. Previous board service includes Benwood Foundation (Chair), UTC Chancellor’s Roundtable (Chair), Tennessee State University Foundation, and many more. Wade has also received gubernatorial appointed to state boards and commissions by three different administrations.
Wade has been named a Top 100 Diversity Officer by DiversityFirst, one of 40 best advocates and business leaders under the age of 40 by both the National Bar Association and the Network Journal, respectively, and a Tennessee Bar Foundation Fellow and Tennessee YLD Fellow.
Awarded, selected, and honored by peers and global institutions.
He has been awarded the Walter Williams Achievement Award, the Diversity Community Champion for Justice Award, the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga Whitney M. Young Award, the Chattanooga NAACP Thurgood Marshall Award, and the Tennessee NAACP 45 Under 45 Award and selected for programs such as Presidential Leadership Scholars, Leadership Tennessee, and Leadership Chattanooga. Wade was also a member of Harvard’s inaugural Young American Leaders Program. His interest in foreign policy led him to be selected as a Marshall Memorial Fellow by the German Marshall Fund and was one of six Americans named to GMF Future of U.S. German-Relations Task Force.
