Four The Win:
Creative Nation VP/Operations & Administration Kelsey Granda has been elevated to SVP/Operations & Administration. Concurrently, Sr. Dir./Creative Emily Furman has been upped to VP/Creative, Abby Holcomb rises from Coord./Office & Administration to Dir./Office & Social Media, and Alex Tamashunas has been promoted from Mgr./Creative to Dir./Creative. “Kelsey, Emily, Alex and Abby are a powerhouse publishing team," says Co-Founder/CEO Beth Laird. "Working alongside them has been such a joy, and I’m excited about building the future of Creative Nation with them." Granda has been with Creative Nation for nine years and was previously with BMG (CAT 5/23/13). Furman joined last year after 11 years with Carnival Music (CAT 3/8/21). Holcomb joined two years ago (CAT 8/5/20), and Tamashunas joined last year after time with Anthem Entertainment (CAT 11/15/21).
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