Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum Promotes Two
Lisa Purcell, Warren Denney
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum has announced two promotions. Lisa Purcell has been named senior vice president, education, development and community outreach, and Warren Denney is the museum’s new vice president of creative services.
Purcell will continue to oversee the museum’s contributed income department, supporting the nonprofit’s mission to preserve the evolving history and traditions of country music. She also directs the education and community outreach department, which develops, implements and evaluates programs that share the beauty and cultural significance of country music with local, national and international audiences. Purcell, who joined the museum in 2014, holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in art history from West Virginia University and has completed leadership programs at Belmont University and Harvard University.
“Under Lisa’s leadership, her division has achieved much success. This includes the launch of the museum’s planned giving program and the creation of the Community Counts program, which provides free admission for youth ages 18 and under from Davidson and bordering Middle Tennessee counties,” said Kyle Young, CEO, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. “Through our community outreach efforts advanced by Lisa, the museum now offers more than 1,200 educational programs each year, serving 100,000 people. This museum is a thriving and essential part the Nashville community, and this is due, in large part, to the efforts of Lisa and her team.”
Denney manages the division that meets the overall creative needs of the museum, Hatch Show Print, Historic RCA Studio B and the CMA Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Denney directs the team responsible for the artistic and material support of all exhibitions; catalogs published by CMF Press; records produced by CMF Records; creative support of the museum’s educational mission, development and membership initiatives; and video and radio production. Denney, who joined the museum in 2007 and became creative director in 2009, holds a master’s degree in fine arts in creative writing from Fairleigh Dickinson University, College at Florham and an undergraduate degree in journalism from Middle Tennessee State University.
“Warren has provided the museum with a clear creative vision for the past decade,” Young said. “Under his guidance, we have found new ways to tell not only the museum’s narrative, but the genre’s as well. One way he has done this is through content creation and development and video production and editing. This strengthens our ability to share our story with diverse audiences around the world.”
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