Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum Promotes Nina Burghard And Lisa Purcell To EVP …





Burghard and Purcell



The COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM has promoted SVPs NINA BURGHARD and LISA PURCELL to EVP roles. BURGHARD will serve as EVP/Finances and Operations, and PURCELL as EVP/External Affairs. Both will continue to report to CEO KYLE YOUNG.

YOUNG said, “Both LISA and NINA have moved into expanded roles, taking on the supervision of additional departments and scopes of work, helping to strengthen the institution. Their talents and leadership have been essential to the success of the museum and its growth over the past decade.”

While previously serving as SVP/Financial Services & Operations, BURGHARD added the museum’s information and technology department to her responsibilities, as well as the management of the museum’s COVID-19 safety processes during the pandemic. Prior to joining the museum in 1998, she spent a decade with ARTHUR ANDERSON LLP.

PURCELL, who previously served as SVP/External Affairs, added supervision of the marketing and public relations departments to her work, which supports the museum’s development, education and community engagement efforts. Her leadership areas encompass contributed income, including individual giving, planned giving, membership and corporate partnerships; educational programming; public relations; public affairs; and marketing. Prior to joining the museum in 2014, PURCELL served as VP/External affairs for HANDS ON NASHVILLE and worked in the program and administrative departments of diverse nonprofit organizations, ranging from the FRIST ART MUSEUM to the music business charity T.J. MARTELL FOUNDATION.




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Canadian Country Music Association Announces Incoming Board Of Directors





(L-R) Cameron-Passley, Napoleone, Proulx, & Rambeau Smith



The CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION (CCMA) has announced the incoming Board of Directors for 2022-2023. These are leaders from the Canadian music, entertainment and arts community who are dedicated to the organization’s mission to elevate and celebrate talent found within CANADA. This year’s four incoming board members are:

MELISSA CAMERON-PASSLEY – Dir., Creative & Operations at KILOMETRE MUSIC GROUP, co-chair of MUSIC PUBLISHERS CANADA’s NXTGEN committee, and an appointed member of the CCMA Board of Directors.

MADELAINE NAPOLEONE – WARNER MUSIC CANADA  VP/Marketing

JOELLE PROULX – Pres. and co-owner of AGENCE RANCH, where she oversees the management of BRITTANY KENNELL, day-to-day management, publicity and tour coordination for MATT LANG and publicity for artists and Country events including FIVE ROSES, LASSO MONTREAL and QUEBEC COUNTRY GALA.

JULIA RAMBEAU SMITH – Currently oversees all communications for The MRG GROUP, which consists of more than 20 business entities including venue operations, live promotions, hospitality and travel. At MRG, she is actively working on a program to support local and emerging acts to play at the only Country-themed bars in TORONTO (CCMA AWARD-winning, ROCK ‘N’ HORSE SALOON) and VANCOUVER (YALE SALOON). 

CCMA Pres. AMY JENINGA said, “We are pleased to be adding new and inspiring voices to our Board of Directors, and I look forward to working with them to elevate, evolve and create new opportunities for our association in the years ahead. Together, they will help us accomplish our goal of celebrating Canadian Country music both here in CANADA as well as globally. This dedicated group of industry veterans are eager to help our members stay connected and engaged throughout the year, and we are excited to have them join us.”




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