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MusicRowPics: Rising Women On The Row 2016

April 8, 2016/by Molly_Hannula

MusicRow honored five music industry superstars today (April 8) during its fifth annual Rising Women on the Row breakfast, held at the Omni Nashville.

The event saluted Sony/ATV’s Creative Director of A&R Abbey Adams, Maverick Nashville’s head of marketing and digital strategy Amanda Cates, Warner Music Nashville’s VP of A&R Cris Lacy, BMI’s executive director of writer/publisher relations Leslie Roberts, and WME’s first female partner in Nashville Risha Rodgers.

The morning also included an interview with AEG Live Sr. VP executive Ali Harnell, and a performance by Capitol Records Nashville rising artist Mickey Guyton.

City National Bank was again this year’s presenting sponsor. Supporting sponsors included Applauze, BMI, CAA, Dickinson Wright, IEBA, The Kinkead Entertainment Agency, Martin Allbee & Associates, Maverick, Monarch Publicity, Nashville School of the Arts, The Recording Academy & MusiCares, Sony/ATV, Song Suffragettes: Let the Girls Play, Tri Star Sports & Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Nashville and WME.

Read all about it in Bobby Karl’s recap.

Pictured (L-R): Craig Shelburne, Amanda Cates, Leslie Roberts, Cris Lacy, Abbey Adams, Risha Rodgers, Sherod Robertson. Photo: Molly Hannula

Pictured (L – R): Craig Shelburne, City National Bank’s Diane Pearson and Sherod Robertson. Photo: Moments By Moser

Pictured: Ali Harnell and Sherod Robertson. Photo: Moments By Moser

Pictured: Ali Harnell. Photo: Moments By Moser

Pictured (L – R): Craig Shelburne, Abbey Adams and Sherod Robertson. Photo: Moments By Moser

Pictured (L – R): Craig Shelburne, Amanda Cates and Sherod Robertson. Photo: Moments By Moser

Pictured (L – R): Craig Shelburne, Cris Lacy and Sherod Robertson. Photo: Moments By Moser

Pictured (L – R): Craig Shelburne, Leslie Roberts and Sherod Robertson. Photo: Moments By Moser

Pictured (L – R): Craig Shelburne, Risha Rodgers and Sherod Robertson. Photo: Moments By Moser

Pictured: Mickey Guyton. Photo: Moments By Moser

Pictured: Mickey Guyton. Photo: Moments By Moser

Pictured: Sherod Robertson and Ali Harnell. Photo: Moments By Moser

Pictured (L – R): Risha Rodgers and Lou Taylor. Photo: Molly Hannula

Pictured (L – R): Troy Stephenson, Robert K. Oermann and Sherod Robertson. Photo: Molly Hannula

Pictured (L – R): Erika Wollam Nichols, Leslie Fram and Sherod Robertson. Photo: Molly Hannula

Pictured: Sherod Robertson and Alicia Warwick. Photo: Molly Hannula

Pictured (L – R): Elizabeth Motley, Mickey Guyton and Sherod Robertson. Photo: Molly Hannula

Pictured: Sherod Robertson and Whitney Daane. Photo: Molly Hannula

Pictured (L – R): Craig Shelburne, Tracy Gershon and Sherod Robertson. Photo: Molly Hannula

 

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