SCOTT GEROW ELECTED PRESIDENT OF LEADERSHIP MUSIC BOARD
New Leadership Music President Scott Gerow (right) received the ceremonial President’s Cup during today’s annual Board Meeting. Immediate Past President Kelli Haywood’s laminated representation was in attendance while she remains on maternity leave. She is supported by President-Elect Neal Spielberg.
Nashville, TN (8/22/24) – Leadership Music has selected Scott Gerow of Battery Lane Music to lead the Leadership Music board for the 2024-25 fiscal year. Located in Nashville, Leadership Music, in its 36th year, is one of the nation’s top leadership programs designed for established leaders in the music industry. Gerow, a member of the LM Class of 2019, owns and manages Battery Lane Music, a production company that specializes in artist/writer production, studio recording, and mixing, as well as music production for film, television, and advertising.
Gerow said, “Being one of the music industry’s premiere educational and networking organizations, Leadership Music is at the heart of a dynamic and influential industry. Its board members and alumni are some of the most talented professionals in the world and work tirelessly to promote positive change in the community.” He added, “It is an honor, privilege, and one of my highest career achievements to lead and serve this organization.”
Officers joining Gerow are President-Elect Neal Spielberg of Spielberg Entertainment, Past President Kelli Haywood of Hsquared Management, Treasurer Steve Eggart of Wiles + Taylor, and Secretary Brad Bissell of CAA. Other members of the Executive Committee include Debbie Carroll of Onsite Workshops, Andrew Kautz of Big Machine Label Group/HBA, Manuel Delgado of Delgado Guitars, Jackie Patillo of the Gospel Music Association, and Rondal Richardson of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.
Leadership Music has appointed four new board members, including Eggart, Tera Healy of The Recording Academy, Catherine Moore of Farris, Self and Moore, and Craig Dunn of One Spark Entertainment.
Will Cheek and Lynn Morrow of Adams & Reese LLP serve as legal counsel.
The complete board list:
Brad Bissell, CAA
David Boyer, FBMM
Debbie Carroll, Onsite Workshops
Manuel Delgado, Delgado Guitars
Nic Dugger, TNDV: Television LLC
Beville Dunkerley, Maverick Nashville
Craig Dunn, One Spark Entertainment
Steve Eggart, Wiles + Taylor
Emily Evans, CMA
Joe Galante, Galante Entertainment
Scott Gerow, Battery Lane Music
Mitch Glazier, RIAA
Kelli Haywood, Hsquared Management
Tera Healy, The Recording Academy
Phil Hughley, Musician/Songwriter
Mason Hunter, BMI
Michelle Tigard Kammerer, Amazon Music
Andrew Kautz, Big Machine Label Group/HYBE
Victoria Mason, Warner Music Nashville
Catherine Moore, Farris, Self and Moore
Jackie Patillo, Gospel Music Association
Lisa Purcell, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Rondal Richardson, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Allison Warren Simpson, Cumulus Nashville
Neal Spielberg, Spielberg Entertainment
Adam Weiser, AEG Presents
Lane Wilson, WME
Leadership Music was founded in 1989 by 12 music industry executives who had graduated from Leadership Nashville. They recognized that there was something unique to the Nashville music community—a sense of camaraderie—and there was a need for a program designed to ensure and protect the dialogue and relationship-building within the music community. To date, the program has graduated 1,400 leaders from across the country in virtually every segment of the entertainment industry, as well as community leaders, including two Nashville mayors, the deputy chief of police, and a Tennessee Congressman.
Leadership Music is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization founded in 1989 providing programs designed to further communications and understanding among facets of the entertainment business and to assist established leaders in their roles as decision-makers. The eight-month program explores how all elements of the industry operate, individually and cooperatively from record labels, artist management, music production, songwriting, music publishing, media, new technology, marketing, and more.