Howdy Partners:
Industry vet Jean Williams has joined Country Radio Seminar as Dir./Brand Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, filling a vacancy created by last month's departure of Holly Freeman for a post outside the business. Concurrently, CRS Dir./Brand Marketing & Strategic Partnerships Brooke Sanders has been promoted to Sr. Dir. and Mgr./Marketing Darcie Van Etten has been upped to Dir./Marketing. Williams' prior stops include Show Dog, Westwood One, CMT, BNA and WKIS/Miami. Sanders has been with CRS four years (CAT 7/14/14); Van Etten started with the organization last year (CAT 9/5/17). Reach Williams here, Sanders here and Van Etten here.
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