Board Some Sugar On Me:
The Country Music Association (CMA) and CMA Foundation (CMAF) have named new officers and added members for each organization’s respective Board of Directors for 2022. CMA Board Officers are Big Yellow Dog’s Jim Beavers, Chairman; Apple Music’s Charlie Morgan, Pres.; G-Major Management’s Virginia Bunetta, Pres. Elect; and Farris, Self & Moore’s Kella Farris, Sec./Treasurer. CMAF Chair is Girlilla Marketing’s Jennie Smythe and Vice Chair is non-profit executive Mendell Grinter.
New CMA Board members for 2022 include Lindsay Bertelli (Reach, LLC), Jamie Cheek (Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy), Warren Copnick (Sony Music Canada), RJ Curtis (CRB), 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). New CMAF Board members include Beavers, Stephen Parker (Gener8tors), Jay Williams (WME), Ashley McBryde (artist) and Tyne Parrish (The GreenRoom). See a complete list of board members here.
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