WMBA Presents Annual Awards

The Women’s Music Business Association (WMBA) recently celebrated their 2009 Annual Cocktail Reception and Awards Ceremony at Nashville’s Limelight. Awards were presented to the following WMBA members: Wonder Woman of the Year — Loretta Martin; Miss Congeniality — Sheree Spoltore. Additional award recipients were: Melissa Bollea, Leslie Mitchell, Tarryn Smith, Holly Hefner Nance, Whitney Sutton, and Heather Hubbard. In addition, a special induction of WMBA’s inaugural Alumni Group was announced at the celebration. Inducted into 2009/2010 Alumni are: Melissa Fuller, Dana Kelley, Jessica Porfirio, Amanda Thompson, Sara Pociask, Malia Axsom, and new Alumni Chairman, Jennifer Witherell. For more info on WMBA, click here.

Back Row (l-r) Leslie Mitchell, Cindy Collins, Brandi Simms; Middle Row (l- r) Penny Dionne, Heather Hubbard, Melissa Bollea, Loretta Martin, Sheree Spoltore & Kasey Cleckler; Front Row (l-r) Holly Ashby, Betsy Walker, Kama Upton

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LB Cantrell is Editor/Director of Operations at MusicRow magazine, where she oversees, manages and executes all company operations. LB oversees all MusicRow-related content, including the publication’s six annual print issues and online news. She is a Georgia native and a graduate of the Recording Industry Management program at Middle Tennessee State University.

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