Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum Adds To Board

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum tapped cultural arts activist Steve Turner, founder of Butler’s Run LLC, for a ninth term as chairman and re-elected Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill to a 15th consecutive term as president during the museum’s quarterly board meeting held last week.

Newly elected trustee David M. Ross, owner of BossRoss Media Consulting, joins re-elected trustees David Conrad, J. William Denny and Mark Bloom for three-year terms. Remaining trustees include Rod Essig, Keel Hunt, Ken Levitan, Mary Ann McCready, Turner, Ernie Williams (treasurer) and Jody Williams.

Bill Simmons, partner at the Fitzgerald Hartley Co., Chris Stewart, former CEO of Gelber Group LLC and Marcus Whitney, president of Jumpstart Foundry, were named new officers.

The new officers join re-elected board members Al Giombetti (executive vice president); and vice presidents Earl Bentz, Mike Dungan, Randy Goodman, John Grady, Lon Helton, Mike Helton, Donna Nicely, Gary Overton, Blake Rowling, Jim Seabury, Clarence Spalding, Troy Tomlinson and Tim Wipperman.

CMA CEO Sarah Trahern serves as an ex-officio member. Chris Horsnell and Mike Milom of Milom Horsnell Crow Rose Kelley PLC continue as the not-for-profit educational organization’s legal counsel.

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Jessica Nicholson

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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