Philip A. Acord is the current President/CEO of the Chambliss Shelter of Chattanooga. He has also served as Assistant Director and Executive Director during his 34 years with the Chambliss Shelter. Mr. Acord received a B.A. Degree in Psychology from Tennessee Temple University, and he completed over 30 hours of graduate work in Organizational Psychology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Mr. Acord has served as President of the Tennessee Association of Child Care Agencies, the Tennessee Conference on Social Welfare, the Community Research Council, Southern Community Service Executives, Association of United Way Agency Executives, the Tennessee Association for the Education of Young Children, and the Southern Early Childhood Association. Mr. Acord has served on the boards of the Urban League, Chattanooga Venture, Chattanooga Human Services, Signal Center, Southeast Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, Chattanooga State Child Development Center, and many others. Mr. Acord is married to his wife, Paulette, and has one son, Alan.