ACM Lifting Lives Announces 2024-2025 New Board Of Directors
ACM Lifting Lives has revealed the newly-elected Board of Directors for the 2024-2025 term. Officer roles for the 2024-2025 term are Chair Shawn McSpadden, Vice-Chair Fletcher Foster, Vice-President John Hickman, Treasurer Paul Barnabee and Secretary Taylor Wolf.
The ACM Lifting Lives Board of Directors is comprised of leaders in non-profit and corporate affairs who are referred to as public directors, and other leaders who also serve as ACM Board members, referred to as representative directors.
This year, there were six public director positions elected, one representative director position elected, and six public director-at-large positions appointed to the ACM Lifting Lives Board of Directors. One director was appointed to an Emeritus Board Seat.
Newly-elected public directors include, Sandi Borchetta, Tiffany Brush, Kathleen Flaherty, Michelle Kammerer, Rondal Richardson and Sally Williams. Ebie McFarland is a newly-elected representative director. Newly-appointed public directors-at-large include Scott Adkins, Jackie Campbell, Jeffrey Hasson, Chad Kudelka, Elaina Smith and Zach Sutton. Rod Essig is the newly-appointed emeritus director.
The complete board is listed below.
2024-2025 ACM Lifting Lives Board of Directors:
OFFICERS:
Chair: Shawn McSpadden, Range Media Partners
Vice-Chair: Fletcher Foster, F2 Entertainment
Vice-President: John Hickman, Dallas Cowboys
Treasurer: Paul Barnabee, FBMM
Secretary: Taylor Wolf, ACM Lifting Lives
PUBLIC DIRECTORS:
Scott Adkins, Adkins Publicity
Sandi Borchetta, Big Machine Label Group / Music Has Value
Tiffany Brush, Topgolf
Jackie Campbell, 615 Leverage + Strategy
Kathleen Flaherty, Morgan Wallen Foundation
Fletcher Foster, F2 Entertainment
Jeffrey Hasson, United Talent Agency
Julie Gordon
John Hickman, Dallas Cowboys
Greg Hill, Hill Entertainment Group
Michelle Kammerer, Amazon Music
Chad Kudelka, Creative Artists Agency
Tom Lord, Red Light Management
Diane Pearson, City National Bank
Rondal Richardson, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Adi Sharma, The Neal Agency
Elaina Smith, Nights with Elaina
Zach Sutton, Red Light Management
Sally Williams, Live Nation
REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTORS:
Randy Bernard, Major Bob Music
Duane Clark, FBMM
Chandra LaPlume, Sandbox Productions
Ebie McFarland, Essential Broadcast Media
Shawn McSpadden, Range Media Partners
Darin Murphy, Creative Artists Agency
Annie Ortmeier, Triple Tigers Records
Storme Warren, TuneIn Radio’s “The Big 615”
PAST CHAIRS:
Lori Badgett, City National Bank
Paul Barnabee, FBMM
Bruce Bowman, PlaySpots
Debbie Carroll, Onsite
Mark Hartley
Gayle Holcomb, William Morris Agency
Lorie Lytle, Fridrich & Clark Realty
Daniel Miller, Fusion Music
Tree Paine, Premium PR
Troy Vollhoffer, Premier Global Production
Ed Warm, Joe’s Live
EMERITUS DIRECTORS:
Rod Essig, Creative Artists Agency
Gayle Holcomb, William Morris Agency
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