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Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation Elects Board Members, Officers

January 11, 2013/by Jessica Nicholson

logo1The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation has elected its new board members and officers for 2013. Pat Alger is the organization’s new chair and Ken Paulson is the vice-chair. Layng Martine, Jr. will continue to serve as secretary and Mike Dye will continue to serve as the board’s treasurer. The announcement was made today (Jan. 11) by outgoing chair John Van Mol, CEO of DVL Public Relations & Advertising.
“After years of hard work by so many former and current board members and through the generosity of numerous friends and music industry leaders, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame will at last become a physical reality,” said Alger via a statement. “At this exciting time, it is a tremendous honor to be elected Chair of this all-volunteer board, made up of these great songwriters and dynamic business leaders. There is still a lot of work to do and money left to raise, but what an incredible team we have in place to do it.”

Board of Directors
 
Pat Alger: Songwriter, Hall of Fame member
Steve Bogard: Songwriter, Director of the Copyright Forum
Mike Dye: CEO of Mercury Supply Company
Kye Fleming: Songwriter, Hall of Fame Member
Rich Hallworth: CEO of Corizon
Wayland Holyfield: Songwriter, Hall of Fame Member
David L. Maddox: Assistant Professor of Music Business, Belmont University
Layng Martine, Jr: Songwriter
Robert K. Oermann: Nashville entertainment journalist, music critic, author and historian
Ken Paulson: President and CEO of the First Amendment Center
Dr. Bo Thomas: Vice-President for University Advancement, Belmont University
Troy Tomlinson: President and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville
Mike Vaden:  Director of Decosimo/Vaden
John Van Mol: CEO of DVL Public Relations & Advertising
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Jessica Nicholson serves as the Managing Editor for MusicRow magazine. Her previous music journalism experience includes work with Country Weekly magazine and Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) magazine. She holds a BBA degree in Music Business and Marketing from Belmont University. She welcomes your feedback at jnicholson@musicrow.com.
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