Cruz Control: Non-profit organization event consultant Lyndsay Cruz has been appointed ACM Lifting Lives Exec. Dir. effective Jan. 2. Based out of the ACM's Encino, CA headquarters, the position reports to Academy of Country Music CEO Pete Fisher. "Lyndsay has well-established relationships with top creative professionals and firms across the entertainment sector and more than a decade of fundraising and event experience," says ACM Lifting Lives Vice Chairman Paul Barnabee. Beginning Jan. 2, reach Cruz here.