Leadership Music Names Class of 2013

Forty-five new members have been selected to participate in the 24th class of Leadership Music. 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 Leadership Music Class of 2013 is an impressive group of industry professionals with a wealth of experience and expertise from a diverse field of music businesses,” said Jamie Cheek, managing partner at Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy, who, as immediate past president of the board of directors, chaired the committee. “Once again, the selection committee has done an outstanding job in selecting members for a great Leadership Music class, and I am certain all will find the eight month experience enlightening and rewarding.”

Members of the Class of 2013 are: Rachel Barnhard, Digital Marketing, Borman Entertainment; Anthony Barton, Sr. VP, CMT; Holly Bell, Sr. VP, City National Bank; Teddi Bonadies, General Manager, Rodeowave Entertainment; David Boyer, Associate Business Manager, Flood, Bumstead, McCready, & McCarthy; Craig Campbell, President, Campbell Entertainment Group; Sarah Cates, Sr. Director, Curb College Initiatives, Belmont University; Misty Cochran, Director of Advertising and Promotions, Nashville Symphony; George Couri, President/Owner, Triple 8 Management (Austin, TX); Tiffany Dunn, Sr. Counsel, Loeb & Loeb; Marghie Evans, Managing Partner, Do Write Music; Nicole Gaia, President/Owner, NPG PR; Mary Forest Findley, VP, Sales and Marketing, Country Aircheck; Blair Garner, Host, After MidNite, Premiere Radio Networks; Jim Griffin, Managing Director, OneHouse (The Plains, VA); Chris Harris, Artist Manager, Rainmaker Management; Aaron Hartley, Sr. Manager of Administration, CMA; Frank Hernandez, Opera Singer; Jeremy Holley, VP, Consumer and Interactive Marketing, Warner Music Group; Honey Hopkins, Director, Music City Music Council; Tim Hunze, Owner/Partner, Parallel Music Publishing; Jennifer Jacobsen, VP, Industry and Government Relations, Sony Music Entertainment, (Washington, DC); Brian Jones, VP, Bobby Roberts Company; Thomm Jutz, Owner, TJ Tunes; Kelly King, Owner, King Pen Music/Rascal Flatts Entertainment; Will Korioth, Owner, WhiteWater Amphitheatre (New Braunfels, TX); Justin Levenson, Manager, Licensing Operations, SESAC; Jim McCormick, Staff Songwriter, BMG Chrysalis; Marc Meisel, Executive Producer, Prime Ventures (Gainesville, FL); Aaron Mercer, Sr. Director, Commercial Music Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing; Ellen Meyer, President, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film; Cassie Petrey, Owner, Crowd Surf; Stacey Portnoy, Marketing Manager, Samsung (Bellevue, WA); Laurie Pozmantier, Agent, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (Los Angeles, CA); Jeff Price, CEO/Founder, TuneCore (Brooklyn, NY); Brooke Primero, Sr. VP, PR and Marketing, ACM (Los Angeles, CA); Scott Register, Head of A&R, Think Indie Distribution/Birmingham Mountain Radio (Birmingham, AL); Paula Roberts, Executive Director, National Museum of African American Music; Paul Roper, President, Dualtone Records; John Shackleford, Managing Partner, Shackleford, Melton & McKinley (Dallas, TX); Lesly Tyson, VP, Promotion, Sony Music Nashville; Don VanCleave, General Manager, The Artists Organization; Jeff Van Driel, Director, Business and Legal affairs, Naxos of America; Brian Wagner, Marketing Manager, Ryman Auditorium; Colin Willis, Sr. VP, Sales and Business Development, Next Big Sound.