CMA, CMA Foundation Unveil New Board Of Directors

Board Of Directors

The COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION (CMA) has unveiled its new Board Of Directors for both CMA and its philanthropic arm, CMA FOUNDATION, with current CMA Board President BMI VP/Creative JODY WILLIAMS to take over as Chairman, replacing THE FITZGERALD HARTLEY COMPANY's BILL SIMMONS. TOWNSQUARE MEDIA SVP/Programming KURT JOHNSON will serve as President, while RED LIGHT MANAGEMENT Sr. Mgr. MARY HILLIARD HARRINGTON has been named CMA Board President Elect, and BIG LOUD Pres. CLAY HUNNICUTT will serve as Secretary/Treasurer.

Additionally, GIRLILLA MARKETING CEO JENNIE SMYTHE will serve as Chairperson and GALANTE ENTERTAINMENT CEO JOE GALANTE as Vice Chair for the CMA FOUNDATION Board.

The following is a list of 2019 CMA Directors and Directors At Large:

Advertising/Public Relations/Media: ESSENTIAL BROADCAST MEDIA, LLC's EBIE MCFARLAND; THE GREENROOM's TYNE PARRISH

Affiliated: GALANTE ENTERTAINMENT ORGANIZATION's JOE GALANTE; MTSU UNIVERSITY's BEVERLY KEEL

Artist: DARIUS RUCKER; BROOKS & DUNN's KIX BROOKS

Composer: LIZ ROSE MUSIC's LIZ ROSE; CREATIVE NATION MUSIC's LORI MCKENNA

Entertainment Services: SCHLITZLAW's STACEY SCHLITZ; FLOOD, BUMSTEAD, MCCREADY & MCCARTHY, INC.'s FRANK BUMSTEAD
 
International: BBC's BOB SHENNAN; FREEBIRD ENTERTAINMENT AB's MARIA MOLIN LJUNGGREN

Marketing/Digital: APPLE MUSIC's JAY LIEPIS; GIRLILLA MARKETING's JENNIE SMYTHE

Musician: GREENBERG MUSIC's KENNY GREENBERG; DEREK WELLS

Personal Manager: KP ENTERTAINMENT's KERRI EDWARDS; MAVERICK's CLARENCE SPALDING

Producer/Engineer/Studio: DANN HUFF PRODUCTIONS' DANN HUFF

Publisher/PRO: SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING's TROY TOMLINSON; BMG PUBLISHING's KOS WEAVER  

Radio: ENTERCOM COMMUNICATIONS' MIKE MOORE; ALBRIGHT & O'MALLEY & BRENNER COUNTRY RADIO SPECIALISTS' BECKY BRENNER

Record Company: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP NASHVILLE's MIKE DUNGAN; SONY MUSIC NASHVILLE's RANDY GOODMAN 

Talent Agent: CREATIVE ARTIST AGENCY's JOHN HUIE

Talent Buyer/Promoter: LIVE NATION NASHVILLE's BRIAN O'CONNELL; NESTE EVENT MARKETING's GIL CUNNINGHAM

Touring Personnel: MOO TV, CENTERSTAGING, AND MOO CREATIVE MEDIA's SCOTT SCOVILL; MORRIS LIGHT & SOUND's DAVID HASKELL

Venue: SMG's JOHN BOLTON; JOE'S BAR's ED WARM    

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

Legal Counsel: WATKINS & MCNEILLY, PLLC's R. HORTON FRANK; GREENBERG TRAURIG's JOEL KATZ

Directors At Large: MAC PRESENTS' MARCIE ALLEN; AEG PRESENTS' ALLEN ANDERS; MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL's CHRIS BALDIZAN; SONY/ATV's JIM BEAVERS; WME's ROB BECKHAM; BIG MACHINE LABEL GROUP's SCOTT BORCHETTA; SIRIUSXM's STEVE BLATTER; YOUTUBE MUSIC's STEPHEN BRYAN; STEVE BUCHANAN; 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; BRETT ELDREDGE; CREATOR BRAND MANAGEMENT CO.'s TED ELLIS; WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE's JOHN ESPOSITO; LITTLE BIG TOWN's KAREN FAIRCHILD; RED LIGHT MANAGEMENT'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; SHOEKEEPER MANAGEMENT's MARION KRAFT; CREATIVE NATION's LUKE LAIRD; BBR MUSIC GROUP's JON LOBA; UNCOMMON CORD's MATTHEW LAZARUS-HALL; PARADIGM's JONATHAN LEVINE; SPOTIFY's JOHN MARKS; ASCAP's MICHAEL MARTIN; SMACKSONGS' SHANE MCANALLY; MCDERMOTT MEDIA GROUP's DEB MCDERMOTT; CUMULUS MEDIA/WESTWOOD ONE's MIKE MCVAY; EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS' CHARLIE MORGAN;  iHEARTMEDIA's ROD PHILLIPS; AMAZON MUSIC's RYAN REDINGTON; THE FITZGERALD HARTLEY COMPANY's BILL SIMMONS; JEFF STEVENS MUSIC's JEFF STEVENS; WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC, INC's BEN VAUGHN; PREMIER GLOBAL PRODUCTION COMPANY's TROY VOLLHOFFER; BIG YELLOW DOG's CARLA WALLACE; BIFF-BANGS PRODUCTIONS' BIFF WATSON; WILES + TAYLOR & Co., PC's DWIGHT WILES; WME's JAY WILLIAMS; BMI's JODY WILLIAMS; OPRY ENTERTAINMENT's SALLY WILLIAMS; CHRIS YOUNG

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