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CMA Women’s Leadership Academy Opens Applications

March 10, 2026/by Lauryn Sink

CMA Women’s Leadership Academy. Photo: Jamie Schramm

CMA’s Women’s Leadership Academy (WLA) applications are officially open now through March 31.

The program will begin in August with a welcome event, followed by 9 in-person sessions, and conclude in October with a celebratory event. Sessions topics may include, leadership branding, imposter syndrome, establishing boundaries, managing conflict and stress, communication, leveraging influence and more.

Women who are active CMA members with five years of experience working primarily in the country music space can apply here. More information, including full requirements for participation, can be found here.

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Lauryn Sink is a staff writer at MusicRow Magazine. Hailing from Lexington, North Carolina, Lauryn is a 2025 graduate of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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