CMA Elects New Board Of Directors

CMA: New Board Of Directors

THE FITZGERALD HARTLEY COMPANY Partner BILL SIMMONS has been named the new Chairman Of The Board for the COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION (CMA), replacing outgoing Chairman SALLY WILLIAMS. SIMMONS was previously Board President and will assume the new appointment effective MONDAY, JANUARY 1st, 2018.

BMI/NASHVILLE VP/Creative JODY WILLIAMS will become the new CMA President, WME NASHVILLE Co-Head ROB BECKHAM has been named President-Elect, and TOWNSQUARE MEDIA SVP/Programming KURT JOHNSON will continue as Secretary/Treasurer of the CMA Board Of Directors.

"It's truly been an honor to serve as Chairman of the CMA Board," said WILLIAMS. "I'm incredibly proud of our community and all of our accomplishments in 2017, from achieving record-breaking attendance at CMA MUSIC FEST and three-year ratings highs with all three of our television specials to helping expand Country music internationally. A huge thanks to [CMA CEO] SARAH TRAHERN and the world class CMA staff for making this past year a career highlight. I look forward to continuing to support CMA for years to come, and I join everyone in congratulating BILL SIMMONS as incoming Chairman."

The following is a list of 2018 CMA Directors and Directors At Large:

Advertising/Public Relations/Media: ESSENTIAL BROADCAST MEDIA, LLC's EBIE MCFARLAND; BRIAN PHILIPS

Affiliated: GALANTE ENTERTAINMENT ORGANIZATION's JOE GALANTE; OPRY ENTERTAINMENT's STEVE BUCHANAN

Artist: DARIUS RUCKER; LITTLE BIG TOWN's KAREN FAIRCHILD

Composer: LIZ ROSE MUSIC's LIZ ROSE; SMACKSONGS, LLC's SHANE MCANALLY

Entertainment Services: SCHLITZLAW's STACEY SCHLITZ; WILES + TAYLOR & CO., PC's DWIGHT WILES

International: BBC's BOB SHENNAN; AEG EUROPE, THE O2 LONDON's MILLY OLYKAN

Marketing/Digital: GIRLILLA MARKETING's JENNIE SMYTHE; SPOTIFY's JOHN MARKS

Musician: GREENBERG MUSIC's KENNY GREENBERG; JIMMIE LEE SLOAS

Personal Manager: MAVERICK's CLARENCE SPALDING; SHOPKEEPER MANAGEMENT's MARION KRAFT

Producer/Engineer/Studio: CREATIVE NATION MUSIC's LUKE LAIRD

Publisher/PRO: SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING's TROY TOMLINSON; BMI's JODY WILLIAMS

Radio: ENTERCOM COMMUNICATIONS' MIKE MOORE; EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS' CHARLIE MORGAN

Record Company: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP NASHVILLE's MIKE DUNGAN; WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE's JOHN ESPOSITO

Talent Agent: CREATIVE ARTIST AGENCY's JOHN HUIE

Talent Buyer/Promoter: LIVE NATION NASHVILLE's BRIAN O'CONNELL; AEG PRESENTS' ALLEN ANDERS

Touring Personnel: MOO TV, CENTERSTAGING, AND MOO CREATIVE MEDIA's SCOTT SCOVILL; SOUND IMAGE's EVERETT LYBOLT

Venue: JOE'S BAR's ED WARM; OPRY ENTERTAINMENT's SALLY WILLIAMS

Lifetime Directors: DENNY PROPERTIES' J. WILLIAM DENNY; PEERMUSIC's RALPH PEER II

Ex-Officio Members: THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC's JIM FREE; NASHVILLE CONVENTION & VISITORS CORPORATION's BUTCH SPYRIDON; COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM's KYLE YOUNG

Directors At Large: MAC PRESENTS' MARCIE ALLEN; MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL's CHRIS BALDIZAN; JIM BEAVERS; WME's ROB BECKHAM; SIRIUSXM's STEVE BLATTER; BIG MACHINE LABEL GROUP's SCOTT BORCHETTA; ALBRIGHT & O'MALLEY & BRENNER COUNTRY RADIO SPECIALISTS' BECKY BRENNER; KIX BROOKS; FLOOD, BUMSTEAD, MCCREADY & MCCARTHY, INC's FRANK BUMSTEAD; RICHARDS & SOUTHERN, INC's TERRY CALOGNE; CONWAY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP's TONY CONWAY; G-MAJOR MANAGEMENT's VIRGINIA DAVIS; BEING BOB MUSIC's BOB DIPIERO; SEA GAYLE MUSIC's CHRIS DUBOIS; THE HQ's ANN EDELBLUTE; KP ENTERTAINMENT's KERRI EDWARDS; BRETT ELDREDGE; HARBOUR MEDIA PARTNERS' TED ELLIS; COX MEDIA GROUP's JEFF GARRISON; SONY MUSIC NASHVILLE's RANDY GOODMAN; RED LIGHT MANAGEMENT/WILD HEARTS, LLC's MARY HILLIARD HARRINGTON; COUNTRY AIRCHECK's LON HELTON; BIG LOUD RECORDS' CLAY HUNNICUTT; CORNMAN MUSIC AND MANAGEMENT's BRETT JAMES; TOWNSQUARE MEDIA's KURT JOHNSON; UNCOMMON CORD's MATTHEW LAZARUS-HALL; PARADIGM's JONATHAN LEVINE; YOUTUBE/GOOGLE's VIVIEN LEWIT; BBR MUSIC GROUP's JON LOBA; COUNTRY RADIO BROADCASTERS' BILL MAYNE; MCDERMOTT MEDIA GROUP, LLC's DEB MCDERMOTT; CUMULUS MEDIA/WESTWOOD ONE RADIO NETWORKS' MIKE MCVAY; FREEBIRD ENTERTAINMENT's MARIA MOLIN LJUNGGREN; iHEARTMEDIA's ROD PHILLIPS; AMAZON MUSIC's RYAN REDINGTON; APPLE/iTUNES' SALLY SEITZ; THE FITZGERALD HARTLEY COMPANY's BILL SIMMONS; JEFF STEVENS MUSIC's JEFF STEVENS; DECOSIMO VADEN's MIKE VADEN; WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC, INC's BEN VAUGHN; PREMIER GLOBAL PRODUCTION COMPANY, INC's TROY VOLLHOFFER; BIFF-BANGS PRODUCTIONS, INC's BIFF WATSON; and CHRIS YOUNG.

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