Joey Peay is Chief Executive Officer of Murfreesboro Medical Clinic, a position which he has held for the past 17 years. Prior to 2003, he served as the Clinic’s Chief Financial Officer for more than four years.

Joey graduated with honors from Middle Tennessee State University in 1988 with bachelor’s degree in Accounting. He passed the Uniform CPA Exam in 1988. He spent the first ten years of his career with KPMG, an international public accounting firm, leaving in 1998 as a Senior Manager.

Joey currently serves as on the Accounting Advisory Board at MTSU, having recently completed his term as Chairman. He has also served as President of the Leadership Rutherford Council as well as the Chairman of the American Red Cross – Heart of Tennessee Chapter and the Rutherford County chapters of the American Heart Association and March of Dimes. He is on the Board of Directors of the Kittrell Volunteer Fire Department serving as Chairman. He is an Elder and Clerk of Session at Cripple Creek Presbyterian Church. Joey is also a 2001 graduate of the Leadership Rutherford Program, a member of the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants, a member of the Medical Group Management Association, and a Certified Medical Practice Executive by the American College of Medical Practice Executives.

In 1998, the Beta Alpha Psi Chapter at MTSU presented Joey with an award for his “Outstanding Performance and Success in the Accounting Profession,” and he was honored by MTSU’s Department of Accounting with the “Outstanding Alumni Award” in 2007.  In 2014, Joey was recognized by the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce as its “Businessperson of the Year”, and in 2020, he received the “Hero Award” from the American Red Cross – Heart of Tennessee Chapter.

Joey and his wife, Charlotte, have four children, Madilyn, Natalie, Zachary, and Carolyn, and they reside in Readyville.