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Lucas lives in Nashville, Tennessee (otherwise known as Nashvegas). By day, Lucas is Marketing & Technology Director for Central Woodwork and Cenwood Appliances- a great Nashville/Memphis company that furnishes quality windows, doors and appliances to builders and remodelers of fine homes. Like most folks in Nashville, Lucas has a job on the side running his own business efforts, in this case Mouseman Productions- a creative services and consulting provider- with his New York partner, Ben, and local partners, including his good buddy Cole. In addition to keeping quite busy with career work, Mr. Leverett has been slowly but surely obtaining a degree to go along with his extensive résumé, from Middle Tennessee State University. He is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication and Digital Media with a minor in Theatre and elective studies in Film and Politics. However, career being paramount, Lucas is only attending via web-based continuing education.

Lucas also sits at the helm of a thriving Anime (Japanese animation and related comics) Convention, the Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (MTAC). In addition, during two weeks in the summer he teaches graphics and web design at the Kids on Stage Summer Academy, where his students (some as young as 7) learn Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

He lives with his cat Grizabella, in a spiffy loft-ish apartment in historic West End Park, Nashville's original garden community, walking distance from Centennial Park and trendy West End.

Lucas grew up in Murfreesboro, about 30 miles from Nashville. He attended Oakland High School, where he concentrated on music studies and performance. Lucas marched with the OHS Patriot Band from 1992-1995, playing quads/tenors (four multi-toned drums) and graduated with the class of 1996. He donates the OaklandBand.org website as an alumni gift to the OHS band, which has been in place since 1998, chronicling recent championship trends of the band.

His early work experience came from the rather unique position of Explainer at the Cumberland Science Museum (now the Adventure Science Center) in Nashville, where he conducted public presentations dealing with live animals, chemicals, physics, space exploration, technology, and many other topics. He left the program at the mandatory 18 years of age and took his computer skills to Sears, establishing a Mac focus unique to the department.

Upon leaving Sears, he revived his science interests in management at the World of Science store, and later left to start work with MacAuthority (then Computer Exchange). During a short hiatus from the company, he was a technical supervisor for Carmike Cinemas, which helped cultivate his love of film. He left Carmike to begin working with Macs again as an education agent in Tennessee and Kentucky, and also at the MTSU campus computer store, from where he was recruited for a five-year position with Apple as Campus Rep to MTSU. Soon after, he returned to MacAuthority until July of 2005 when he left to the greener pastures and promising future of Central Woodwork.

Lucas carries on a family tradition of creativity, with many relatives in the art and photography fields, most notably his Grandfather Les, who holds copyright to many of the most important photographs of classic country music superstars. Les served as the primary photographer for the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville for decades before retiring. His photographs are still featured in many publications, CD covers, and films to this day- as images of Dolly Parton, George Jones, Roy Acuff, and many others who graced the Opry stage (including Elvis) are always in high demand.

Partly inspiring his initial college interest in Journalism, and a good deal of his principles, is his grandmother Evelyn- who worked as an editor and writer for multiple area newspapers.

Mr. Leverett's father, Gary, works in the Nashville stage production industry, under the International Association of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE) union, which led to many unique backstage experiences and celebrity introductions, as has become a Leverett tradition. His mother, Charlotte, supports the education and increasing social life of his teen sister, Leilani.

Lucas' politics are generally left, and he tends to stick to the Democratic Party. He volunteered for the Wesley Clark campaign in 2004, and he is usually quite skeptical of right-wing agendas. He has always defended the underdog in most cases, and the lack of community and increased prevalence of selfish social trends in our nation drives his support of progressive values.

You will usually find Lucas at the controls of one the Macs in his life, tending to one of those many irons in the fire...

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