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CMA Announces Board Of Directors For 2022

January 6, 2022/by LB Cantrell

The Country Music Association has announced its new Board of Directors for both CMA and the CMA Foundation.

Jim Beavers (Chairman), Charlie Morgan (President), Virginia Bunetta (President Elect) and Kella Farris (Secretary/Treasurer) are the 2022 CMA Board Officers.

New CMA Board members for 2022 include Lindsay Bertelli (REACH, LLC), Jamie Cheek (Flood, Bumstead, McCready, & McCarthy), Warren Copnick (Sony Music Canada), R.J. Curtis (Country Radio Broadcasters), Jenee Fleenor (Musician), Sina Hall (Semmel Concerts Entertainment), Chris Kappy (Make Wake Artists), David Kells (Bridgestone Arena/Nashville Predators), TJ Osborne (Brothers Osborne), Shannon Sanders (BMI), Brittany Schaffer (Spotify), and Candice Watkins (Big Loud Records).

Click here for a full list of the 2022 CMA Board of Directors.

As for the CMA Foundation Board of Directors, new members include Jim Beavers (Big Yellow Dog Music), Stephen Parker (gener8tor), Jay Williams (WME), Ashley McBryde (Artist), and Tyne Parrish (The GreenRoom).

These new members join existing board members Eric Jimenez (Aldine Independent School District), Jennie Smythe (Girlilla Marketing), Joe Galante (Galante Entertainment Organization), Mendell Grinter (Nonprofit Executive), Karen Fairchild (Little Big Town), Ron Samuels (Vice Chairman, Pinnacle Financial Partners), Chris Young (Artist), and Mike Dungan (Universal Music Group Nashville). The 2022 CMA Foundation Chair is Jennie Smythe and Vice Chair is Mendell Grinter.

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LB Cantrell is Editor/Director of Operations at MusicRow magazine, where she oversees, manages and executes all company operations. LB oversees all MusicRow-related content, including the publication’s six annual print issues and online news. She is a Georgia native and a graduate of the Recording Industry Management program at Middle Tennessee State University.
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