Faculty drawn from decades of Tennessee massage practice.
Our faculty have spent their careers in the work — on tables, in clinics, in the field. They're not academics describing massage from the outside; they are practitioners teaching what they actually do.
Casie Jones, L.M.T.
Institutional Director & Program Director
Casie Jones has practiced massage therapy in Middle Tennessee for more than eighteen years. She spent sixteen of those years as Lead Therapist at Massage Envy Hendersonville, where she trained and onboarded every new therapist who joined the team and kept the staff current on new modalities and draping protocols. Since 2008 she has also owned and operated Simply Zen Massage Therapy & Reflexology in Gallatin.
Casie came to NIMB as a substitute instructor and spent a year teaching alongside our students before stepping into the Institutional Director role. That year is a large part of why we asked her to lead the program — the students already knew her, and they already trusted her.
She holds an Associate of Applied Science in Massage Therapy from Anthem Career College (formerly High-Tech Institute) in Nashville and a Professional Reflexology Certification from the Nashville School of Reflexology. Her hands-on practice includes Swedish and deep tissue massage, reflexology, trigger point therapy, cupping, and facial massage.
Credentials
- Licensed Massage Therapist — Tennessee
- A.A.S., Massage Therapy — Anthem Career College (formerly High-Tech Institute), 2007
- Professional Reflexology Certification — Nashville School of Reflexology, 2013
- CPR & First Aid Certified
- Lead Therapist, Massage Envy Hendersonville, 2009–2025
- Owner, Simply Zen Massage Therapy & Reflexology, 2008–present
Steve Cram
Co-Founder & Owner
Steve Cram is a co-founder and owner of the Nashville Institute of Massage & Bodywork. Steve also owns two Massage Envy franchise locations in greater Nashville — Brentwood North and Green Hills. Together with the Bellevue and Belle Meade locations owned by his business partner Joe Szablewski, these four affiliated studios employ dozens of Licensed Massage Therapists serving thousands of clients each year.
Steve helped found NIMB after seeing first-hand, year after year, the growing gap between the demand for qualified massage therapists in Middle Tennessee and the supply coming out of existing programs. NIMB is his answer to that gap: a school built by people who already employ massage therapists, designed to train the kind of practitioners they themselves would hire.
Joe Szablewski
Co-Founder & Owner
Joe Szablewski is a co-founder and owner of the Nashville Institute of Massage & Bodywork. Joe owns two Massage Envy franchise locations in greater Nashville — Bellevue and Belle Meade — alongside the Brentwood North and Green Hills locations owned by his partner Steve Cram.
Joe brings the operational and franchise-side perspective to NIMB's leadership team. Running busy ME locations day in and day out has given him a clear view of what working LMTs actually need on day one of their careers, and that perspective shapes how NIMB structures its curriculum, clinical hours, and post-graduation support.
The people who guide every applicant.
NIMB's three-person admissions team is the first point of contact for every prospective student. They walk applicants through the entire process from first call to enrollment, help families navigate payment options, and are the day-to-day point of contact for current students. Reach the team at admissions@nimbtn.com.
Angela Lopez
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