Leadership Music Unveils Class Of 2017

Leadership Music

LEADERSHIP MUSIC has selected 47 new members to participate in its 28th class (NET NEWS 3/1). The annual program is designed to create a forum for established music community leaders to identify and explore issues currently affecting the music industry. The program has graduated more than 1,100 leaders since its inception in 1989.

Members of the LEADERSHIP MUSIC Class of 2017 include:

WHIT ADAMSON - TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS President
MARSHALL ALTMAN - GALT LINE MUSIC, INC. Producer/President
DARCY ANDERSON - OFFICE OF CONGRESSWOMAN MARSHA BLACKBURN District Dir.
JUSTINE AVILA - MUSIC CITY MUSIC COUNCIL Exec. Dir.
ROB BAKER - LONGSHOT MANAGEMENT Artist Manager
KATHERINE BEAKES - UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP NASHVILLE Dir./Finance
JOSH BENNETT - NIELSEN MUSIC NASHVILLE Head
CHRIS BLAIR - THE LISTENING ROOM President/Owner
AMY BRYAN - REACH Dir./Talent Buying Division
AMANDA CATES - MAVERICK MANAGEMENT Head/Marketing & Digital Strategy
SUSAN CHERTKOF - RIAA (WASHINGTON, DC) SVP/Business & Legal Affairs
RAC CLARK - LION'S HEART ENTERTAINMENT (LOS ANGELES) President
JEFF CUELLAR - AC ENTERTAINMENT (OAK PARK, IL) VP/Strategic Partnership
MELINDA DRENNAN - DODD, DRENNAN & ASSOCIATES Partner
JOSH EASLER - ARISTA RECORDS VP/Promotion
EMILY EVANS - COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION Dir./Strategic Partnerships
JON FOLK - RED 11 MUSIC President
MARY GAUTHIER - Singer/Songwriter
GINO GERANO - THIRTY TIGERS VP/Country Music Management
ASHA GOODMAN - SACKS & COMPANY VP
KEVIN GROSCH - MADE IN NETWORK CEO
TODD HENRY - METRO NASHVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT Deputy Chief of Police
MEGAN JOYCE - WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE VP/Head of Business & Legal Affairs
GARY KRAEN - TUNED IN BROADCASTING VP/Operations & Programming
BETH LAIRD - CREATIVE NATION MUSIC Co-Owner
JENNIFER LANE - THE VADEN GROUP Principal
WAYNE MILLIGAN - TRI-STAR SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Dir./Special Services & Royalty Compliance
KEVIN MONTLER - GOOGLE (SAN BRUNO, CA) Legal Dir./Global Music
JONELL MOSSER - Singer/Songwriter
JESSICA MYERS - BIG MACHINE LABEL GROUP Dir./Rights Management & Licensing
DHRUV PRASAD - TOWNSQUARE MEDIA (GREENWICH, CT) EVP/Live Events
LISA PURCELL - COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM VP/Development
BOB REEVES - 1608 PROMOTIONS VP
LESLIE ROBERTS - BMI Exec. Dir./Writer Publisher Relations
STEVE "STEVO" ROBERTSON - ATLANTIC RECORDS SVP/A&R
LIZ ROSE - LIZ ROSE SONGS Owner
SHANNON SANDERS - Songwriter/Producer
SALLY SEITZ - APPLE MUSIC/iTUNES Artist & Label Relations
BARRETT SELLERS - WILLIAM MORRIS ENDEAVOR ENTERTAINMENT Agent
STEVE SCHNUR - MUSIC, EA Worldwide Executive
REID SHIPPEN - Mixer/Producer/Engineer
MATTHEW "CHEWY" SMITH - CID ENTERTAINMENT/BLUE DOT ENTERTAINMENT President
SARITA STEWART - BELMONT UNIVERSITY Assist. Prof./Entertainment Industry Studies
TRENT SUMMAR - Songwriter
JOSH VAN VALKENBURG - SONY ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING SVP/NASHVILLE A&R
BAYARD WALTERS - CROMWELL GROUP, INC. President
KRISTIN WILKINSON - Musician

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