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Ahmad Davis
Artist Relations Manager at UnitedMasters
Alex Tarrand
Co-Founder of STYNGR
Alexander Flores
Water & Music Tech Lead
Andrew Batey
Founder and Co-CEO of Beatdapp
Bob Durkin
President and Co-Founder of Southern Entertainment
Brandon Thomas
Artist Manager
Brent Faiyaz
Singer, Songwriter, Producer
Brian Swenk
Owner / Lead Agent, Rockwood Booking Agency
Charles Whitfield
Manager of Brand Partnerships & Sports Marketing, Lowe’s Companies, Inc
Chastan Swain
Executive Director, Hometown Strong
Cherie Hu
Founder of Water & Music
Chris Smith
Music Supervisor, Licensing Expert & Songwriter Advocate at Sing-Along Music Group
Crystal Taylor
Founder, CEO
Daniel Grimmett
Founder of Dark Label Music
David “Dae-Lee” Arrington
David “Dae-Lee” Arrington, Artist and Producer
Deraj
Musician, See & Hear
Dolph Ramseur
Founder and Artist Manager, Ramseur
Eric Holt
Managing Partner of The Lovenoise Group, Co-Founder of Syzygy Management, and non-profit board member
Eric Teel
Public Broadcasting Veteran
friday jones
Owner, i Love a Good Vibe
Garret K. Woodward
Arts/Entertainment Editor for The Smoky Mountain News and Smoky Mountain Living Magazine
George Ramsay
Bold Music Co-Founder
Gill Holland
Founder sonaBLAST!, Co-owner of LaLaLand recording studio
Heather LaGarde
Founder & Owner Haw River Ballroom
Hope Nicholls
2023 NC Hall of Fame Inductee
James Daugherty
NC Music Educators Association
Jason Jet
Founder GrindHaus Studios
Jason Jordan
Principal, Earthprogram
Jaylen Thompson
Music coordinator for film & TV
Jeanette Porcello
Senior Manager, A&R, Downtown Artist and Label Services
Jennifer Leff
Managing Director of Human Services at MusiCares
Jenny Powers
Founder and CEO, Blue Avenue Music Group
Jessica Tomasin
Manager at Echo Mountain Recording Studios
Joel Jordan
Founder Synchtank, Co-founded earthprogram
John Tosco
Founder and Executive Director of Tosco Music
Kara Leinfelder
Leadership in nonprofit management, marketing and communications, production, and fundraising
Kevin McCloskey
Studio Owner
Lauren Light
Multi-talented artist, singer-songwriter, and sync powerhouse
Lauren Stark
Curator, Summerfest
Liz Brigham
Executive Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the Jay Hurt Hub at Davidson College
Liz Brigham
W. Spencer Mitchem ’59 Executive Director at Jay Hurt Hub for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Davidson College
Liz Whalen Tallent
Co-Captain for North and South Carolina for NIVA, Co-Owner at the Orange Peel, Orange Peel Events & Rabbit Rabbit
Marcus Pyle
Professor of the Humanities and Assistant Professor of Musicology at Davidson College
Mark Eckert
Multiplatinum producer / engineer, drummer, and founder of That Pitch
Michael Graff
Southern Bureau Chief for Axios
Mike Killeen
CFO at First Avenue Productions
MoonLander
Musician
Neil Sheehan
President Vocana
Patra Sinner
General Counsel for Symphonic Distribution
Peter Harvey
Co-Founder and CEO of RoyFi Inc.
Roger H. Brown Jr.
Chair, Salt Lick Incubator
Sara Colée
Co-creator of CLT Loft Sessions
Shante Williams, Dr.
General Director of Opera Carolina
Staci Meyer
Chief Deputy Secretary, NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
Taylor Winchester
Director of Revenue at found.ee
Taylor Winchester
Director of Revenue at found.ee
Thomas Athey
Co-Founder at MESA
Tina Farris
C.E.O., Founder, and namesake of Tina Farris Tours
Tre. Charles
Alternative/Indie Soul Artist
Will Siderys
Senior Director of Business Development, Music & FanDX