ACM Elects New Officers

Pictured (L-R): ACM Secretary Tommy Moore, (incoming) ACM Vice President Lori Badgett, ACM Treasurer Carmen Romano, ACM Chairman Ben Vaughn, ACM President Duane Clark, ACM Parliamentarian Paul Moore and ACM CEO Pete Fisher

The Academy of Country Music has elected new officers for the 2018-2019 term. Newly-elected officers of the board become effective in November.

The ACM has also announced they received a total of $800,000 in contributions to the Lifting Lives program in 2018. The contributions serve Lifting Lives’ ongoing mission to improve lives through the power of music and to fund the Diane Holcomb Emergency Relief Fund.

Chairman of the Board: Duane Clark, FBMM
President: Ed Warm, Joe’s Live
Vice-President: Lori Badgett, City National Bank
Treasurer*: Carmen Romano​, FBMM
Parliamentarian: Paul Moore, PGM Connections
Sergeant-at-Arms: Tim DuBois, Artist Management Partners
Secretary: Tommy Moore, Academy of Country Music

*Treasurer elected in 2016 for a three-year term

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Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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