Warner Records Nashville has promoted Kristen Williams from SVP to EVP/Radio & Commercial Partnerships; SVP/Legal & Business Affairs Patrick Sabatini to EVP/Operations & Business & Legal Affairs; and SVP/Strategic Marketing Victoria Mason to EVP/Marketing. Additionally, VP/Interactive Marketing Brooke Hardesty rises to SVP/Digital Marketing and VP/A&R Rohan Kohli has been upped to SVP/A&R. Austin Jenkins has joined the label as SVP/A&R from his previous position as SVP/A&R for MCA and Head of Lucille Records.

Williams joined the label group in 2003, rose to VP in 2014 and SVP in 2016 (CAT 9/22/16); she broadened her role to include retail, streaming, catalog development and direct-to-consumer efforts oversight in 2024 (CAT 2/26/24). Former Global Music Rights Head/Business & Legal Affairs Sabatini joined the label in 2020 (CAT 6/29/20). His career has also included time with Arista, Capitol, Warner Bros. and private law firms. 

Mason joined Warner in 2011 and rose from VP to SVP in 2021 (CAT 8/31/21). Hardesty came aboard in 2012, rising from Sr. Dir./Interactive Marketing to VP in 2021 (CAT 8/31/21). Kohli was elevated from Sr. Dir. to VP in 2023 (CAT 8/1/23) after joining the label in 2018. Jenkins was Island VP/A&R until taking on roles with MCA and Lucille last year (CAT 4/24/25).

Former Big Machine National Dir./Promotion & Marketing Brooke Diaz has joined the recently announced Hey Now Records as VP/Promotion. Additionally, former Big Machine Sr. Dir./West Coast Promotion & National Strategy Bill Lubitz and Dir./Promotion & Marketing/Midwest Jane Staszak have been named National Dirs. for the West and East Coasts, respectively, and former BMLG Sr. Mgr./Streaming Anna Scott Welch has joined as Dir./Streaming. “Brooke is the most passionate person I know when it comes to this business,” says Pres./Co-Founder Kris Lamb. “Her unmatched work ethic sets a level of intensity that inspires everyone around her." Hey Now launched last week (CAT 3/17). Reach Diaz here, Lubitz here, Staszak here and Welch here.

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