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# Leadership Music Names 49 Industry Leaders
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/leadership-music-names-49-inudstry-leaders/
- Published: 2019-05-28T10:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-05-28T10:30:00.000Z
- Description: Leadership Music has named forty-nine industry leaders to its 2020 class, which begins in September. Founded in 1989 by twelve music industry alumni of Leadership Nashville, Leadership Music, now a. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2019/05/leadership-music-names-49-inudstry-leaders.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, music, musician, musicians, Nashville, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:55

[![Leadership-music-logo](https://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20240a48a1488200d-150wi "Leadership-music-logo")](https://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20240a48a1488200d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Leadership Music has named forty-nine industry leaders to its 2020 class, which begins in September. Founded in 1989 by twelve music industry alumni of Leadership Nashville, Leadership Music, now a nationwide program based in Nashville, has graduated more than 1,200 leaders. 

I'm a proud 2016 graduate of Leadership Music, the best class ever.

The annual program is designed to create a forum for recognized music industry leaders to learn as they deep-dive into almost every segment of the music business, while identifying and exploring issues currently affecting the music industry; and to provide once-in-a-lifetime experiences while building lasting relationships with classmates and alumni in all areas within or related to the music industry.Participants first attend an orientation and alumni welcome reception in September, a two-day Opening Retreat in October, followed by six all-day sessions once a month, ending in May with graduation at a two-day Closing Retreat.“Since my selection to the class of 2007, Leadership music has meant more to me than words can express,” President Jimmy Wheeler emphasized. “It truly is a life-altering experience. The things I have learned and the relationships I have formed will last long beyond my music business years. Being a member of the selection committee is an honor and a privilege. We take an enormous amount of time and energy to select the next, best class ever. It’s the people that are the lifeblood of this amazing organization.”Co-Chair and songwriter Stacy Widelitz adds he is always impressed at the incredibly balanced class make-up. “Choosing a group of diverse leaders is vital,” he pointed out. “We consider genre of music, the segment of the music industry they represent, gender, ethnicity, in town and out-of-town, community involvement and service, and more. We always tell class members they are in the class they were meant to be in. It’s such fun to watch wide-eyed ‘freshmen’ develop as the cohesive unit of friends forever more to be known as the Leadership Music Class of 2020.”Class of 2020 **Ken Abdo**, Attorney, Fox Rothschild (Minneapolis, MN) **Steve Ambers**, Director, International Business Development & Compliance, SOCAN (Los Angeles, CA) **Ana Cristina Cash**, Artist/Songwriter, Cash Cabin Enterprises **Josh Billue**, President/Co-Founder, JR Facility Management **Erich Carey**, Vice President & Senior Counsel, National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) (Washington, DC) **Angelin Chang**, Professor, Cleveland State University (Cleveland, OH) **Jen Conger**, Business Manager, FBMM **Michael Corcoran**, Executive Vice President, Marketing, mTheory **Chip Dorsch**, Marketing, Red Light Management **Craig Dunn**, Vice President, Collective Artist Management **Ron Fair**, Producer/CEO, Faircraft, **Erica Farber**, President/CEO, Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), (Los Angeles, CA) **Ben Goad**, Content Strategist, *The Tennessean/USA Today* Network **Pete Griffin**, President/CEO, Musicians on Call

 **Gator Harrison**, iHeartCountry Brand Coordinator/Senior Vice President of Programming, iHeartMedia Nashville

**Henry Beecher Hicks**, President/CEO, National Museum of African American Music **Liz Kennedy Holman**, Senior Vice President, Communications and Gold and Platinum Awards Program, RIAA (Washington, DC) **Donna Hughes**, Director, Radio Marketing, Universal Music Group **Emily Hungate**, Vice President, Business Operations, Black River Entertainment **JoAnna Janét**, Singer/Songwriter **Katie Jelen**, Creative Manager, Synch Licensing, Warner Music Group **Michelle Kammerer**, National Director of Marketing & Promotion, Big Machine Label Group (BMLG)

 **Chris Kappy**, Owner/Founder, Make Wake Artists

 **Michael Lemon**, Director, Government Affairs/Counsel, Internet Association (Washington, DC)

**Jay Liepis**, Apple Music Nashville Lead **Joel Lindsey**, Songwriter, (Santa Barbara, CA) **Tom Manatos**, Vice President, Government Relations, Spotify (Washington, DC) **Katie McCartney**, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Label Operations, Monument Records **Catherine** **Moore**, Partner/Business Manager, Farris Self & Moore **Victoria Nugent**, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Warner Music Nashville **Doug Oliver**, General Manager, Pioneer Coach **Milly Olykan**, Vice President, International Relations and Development, CMA **Silvio Pietroluongo**, Senior Vice President, Charts & Data Development, *Billboard* (New York, NY) **Kelly Rich**, Senior Label Relations Manager, Amazon **Katharine Richardson**, Partner, Richlynn Group **Rondal** **Richardson**, Director, Donor Services, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee **RJ Romeo**, General Counsel/Senior Talent Buyer, Romeo Entertainment Group **Braeden Rountree**, Booking Agent, WME **Ben Roy**, Vice President, Programming & Development, Dick Clark Productions (Los Angeles, CA) **Doug Sarrett**, Engineer/Owner, uno mas studio **Jeff Syracuse**, Associate Director, Customer Relations, BMI **James Slater**, Songwriter **Kylen Sharpe**, Booking Agent, CAA **Judy Tint**, Counselor-at-Law/Clinical Assistant Professor of Music Business, New York University (New York, NY) **George Uribe**, President, Guestbooker **Adam Weiser**, Vice President, Global Touring, AEG Presents **Jody Whelan**, Director of Operations, Oh Boy Records **Travis Wolfe**, Vice President, Corporate & Special Events, APA **Holly Zabka**, Vice President, Essential Music Publishing