Marcie Allen, President, MAC Presents
Marcie Allen is President of NYC based sponsorship and fulfillment agency MAC Presents. Allen leverages her sixteen years of music industry experience to negotiate high profile sponsorships between the world's leading brands and artists. In 2011, MAC secured BlackBerry as presenting sponsor of Foo Fighters Garage Tour and Samsung/ATT's endorsement with Keith Urban.

Jake Berry, Production Director, U2, Walking With Dinosaurs
Jake Berry is a multiple award winning live event production director whose 30 year career has spanned the globe working for some of the most successful tours, acts and events ever staged. From his early days as a drum and percussion technician Jake's career has taken him from his hometown of Devon, England to having produced large-scale events and tours in over 60 countries.  He has been a production director for internationally known rock music acts such as the Rolling Stones, U2, Tina Turner, Cher and AC/DC to name but a few.  Jake is equally at home in the theater and family entertainment realm coordinating and directing tours for Pokemon, Bob the Builder and Walking with Dinosaurs and currently Batman Live. However, Mr. Berry’s most triumphant success may well be his decades long friendship and business relationship with Lori Tierney.

Joe Brauner,
Agent with CAA NYC since 2004. Music Agent since 1983. Responsible agent for Amos Lee, Norah Jones, Harry Connick, Jr., & Sutton Foster, among others. Close personal friend of Dane Cook and Ray Waddell. Husband, Father, Dog Lover. Prefers Red over white and draft over bottled.

Ashley Capps, President, AC Productions
One of the foremost independent promoters in the United States, Mr. Capps and his company, AC Entertainment, create, produce, book, and present hundreds of concerts and events every year, including internationally recognized festivals such a Bonnaroo, Moogfest, & Big Ears. Capps also manages a number of renowned artists.

Richard Coble, Tour Manager, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey
Richard is a native Londoner who cut his teeth tour managing under the wings of Elvis Costello, Robert Palmer and Lou Reed.  He then moved onto manage tours for amongst others, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, JLo and the Dixie Chicks during the “Bush incident” years. Richard lives with his wife, son and daughter in Los Angeles, CA.

Matt Conn, Doctor of Pages, Root Music
Matt Conn is the Doctor of Pages at RootMusic, creator of BandPage, the #1 music application on Facebook. BandPage has over 250,000 bands and 25 million+ users every month. Matt is a member of the founding team and helps guide platform direction, engagement and analytics of the system.  As Doctor of Pages, Matt works with some of the largest artists on Facebook like Rihanna, Bon Jovi, and Green Day. Matt is focused solely on tools and practices to make sure users get the best possible engagement and value out of the platform that is becoming many artists' largest online property. 

Steve Dutko, East Coast Sales Representative, Mobile Roadie

Steve Dutko comes from a music industry background having worked at EMI, Sony and Universal label groups.  From there, he joined the entertainment marketing division of William Morris Endeavor. Steve then continued in the brand space at a boutique PR agency within the Omnicom family where he created and authored the agency's new business proposals.

Jordan Glazier, CEO, Eventful
Jordan is the President and CEO of Eventful.  Under Jordan's leadership, Eventful has become an essential part of the lives of its nearly 18 million registered users and a leading digital service connecting entertainment consumers with movies, live music, performers and local events.  Prior to Eventful, Jordan was a general manager at eBay, where he built and managed three of eBay's largest business units. 

Pinky Gonzales, SVP, West Coast Operations, BubbleUp Ltd.
Pinky Gonzales is a successful entrepreneur, digital strategist and the 2010 Belmont University Adjunct Professor of the Year.  He currently resides in Portland, OR, where he manages west coast operations for BubbleUp Interactive, a brand development and digital services agency representing Keith Urban, Margaritaville and BB King’s Blues Clubs

Ali Harnell,
Ali Harnell has long been an integral and active part of the music industry and her community on both a professional level and as a passionate volunteer and fundraiser.   Currently Senior Vice President, AEG Live/The Messina Group (since 2004), Harnell manages the South Eastern region from her Nashville headquarters for international entertainment company AEG. She is responsible for bookings in the region and oversees all aspects of the operations. Harnell also manages AEG’s touring activity for country music’s hit making duo Sugarland and superstar Keith Urban.  Harnell served on the Board of North American Concert Promoters Association in 2009; Nashville Committee Chairperson for the City of Hope Spirit Award in 2009;  has twice been nominated as Pollstar's Talent Buyer of the Year, and in 2010 and 2011 as ACM Promoter of the Year. An Atlanta native, Harnell received her BA in Communications and Foreign Language Studies from American University in 1990 and is proud and happy mother to Eli Murphy, age 11.

Ian Hogarth, Co-Founder, CEO, Songkick
Ian is the CEO & co-founder of Songkick. Songkick, the home for live music on the web is now the second-largest live music destination after LiveNation. Songkick makes it easy for fans to track their favorite artists so they never miss them live

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Nathan Hoy, VP of Music, ReverbNation
Nathan Hoy currently serves as ReverbNation’s liaison for many major labels, music corporations and artists where his technology background has proven effective in generating strategic insights and formulating innovative approaches to artist marketing within the digital/social media market place. Hoy brings with him more than 18 years experience in the music and technology field to develop and execute strategic and creative marketing plans for top clients, emerging musicians and Grammy-winning artists.

Bob Kinkead, Agent, Paradigm Talent
Bob Kinkead has been an agent for 29 years.  He began his career at the legendary comedy agency Spotlite Enterprises in 1982 representing, Jimmy "JJ" Walker, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfield and Dennis Miller among others.  With stops at William Morris Agency’s Nashville office through the acquisition of Jim Halsey Company, the opening of APA’s Nashville office in 1994 and Buddy Lee Attractions; Kinkead has worked with the likes of Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, Waylon Jennings, The Oak Ridge Boys, Sammy Kershaw, Dwight Yokam, Mark Collie, T. Graham Brown, Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert.  Bob is currently headquartered in PARADIGM’s Nashville officeand is the RA for Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, Reno Collier, Killer Beaz and musical artists Randy Owen, Billy Ray Cyrus, Here Come the Mummies, Greg Hanna and Martin Ramey.

Amos Lee,
Since the release of the Amos Lee album in 2005, the Philadelphia-born and –based former schoolteacher has been one of his generation’s most celebrated songwriters. After being named one of Rolling Stone's "Top 10 Artists to Watch,” Lee quickly went on to tour with such giants as Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, Paul Simon, and Elvis Costello. His next two albums—Supply and Demand (2006) and Last Days at the Lodge (2008)—continued to extend his audience and his reputation, and his songs appeared in numerous films and television shows. With a sound that’s rooted in both folk and soul, Lee has often been compared to artists like James Taylor and Bill Withers, though he says that his own sensibility is shaped by an ever-widening range of influences. For Amos Lee, the key to his fourth album, Mission Bell, was time—taking the time to reflect, to write, and to record songs that lived up to his own expectations.

Kip Levin, Executive Vice President, Ecommerce
Kip Levin serves as Executive Vice President of Ecommerce for Live Nation Entertainment. In that role, Levin runs operations, product, and design for the Live Nation network of sites including LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.com. Prior he served as Senior Vice President of Product & Digital for Ticketmaster. In that role he led Ticketmaster’s centrally organized product and design teams responsible for global digital strategy and the creation, management and marketing of Ticketmaster’s wide range of client and consumer products.

Steve Lopez, Tour Manager, Widespread Panic
Steve Lopez began his career in his native Portland, OR in the mid-nineties managing and tour managing local bands. He is the current tour manager for Widespread Panic and has been with the band for 11 years. In recent years, Lopez has also tour managed such acts as Gov’t Mule, Devotchka, and The Original Meters while lending his talents to the Warren Haynes X-mas jam, and Bonnaroo Music Festival. 

Max Loubiere, Tour Director, Billy Joel
Max Loubiere's successful career in the music industry began over 35 years ago.  He has worked in production and artist management with such artists as Bill Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Neil Young, and Boston just to name a few.  Max lives in New Orleans and is currently Tour Director for Billy Joel, a job that he has had for the last 22 years.

Bobby Reynolds, VP, The Joint/AEG Live
Seven years into his tenure with AEG Live, Bobby Reynolds is the Vice President of Booking for the companies Las Vegas office where he and his team oversee booking for two of the busiest venues of their size in the world, The Coliseum at Caesars Palace and The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel.  Prior to joining AEG Live, Bobby worked at Worldwide Entertainment and before that spent seven years with House of Blues.

J Sider, CEO, RootMusic
J is the Founder and CEO of RootMusic.com,which developed the #1 Music App on Facebook called "BandPage". Recently named to 2011’s BillBoard’s 30 Under 30, J believes in the future of the music community, and is out to build the most effective solutions for musicians to succeed.

Dan Steinberg, President, Square Peg Concerts
DAN STEINBERG, founder of Square Peg Concerts, started producing club shows at the Mercury Cafe in Denver at age sixteen. After graduating high school in 1993, Dan joined 2B Announced Presents as a talent buyer. After college Dan relocated to Seattle at the tail end of 2002 promoting under the name Dan Steinberg Presents, later re-branded as Square Peg Concerts in October 2004, producing live events all over the country. Dan was nominated as Independent Promoter of the Year in 2003 and 2010 by Pollstar and was a member of the Concert Industry Consortium Panels in 2002 and 2004 as well as Pollstar Live in 2011. Square Peg Concerts promoters all forms of live Entertainment, this past year highlights includes shows Comic Kathy Griffin, Jason Mraz, Straight No Chaser, Kris Kristofferson w/ Merle Haggard, Daniel Tosh, Atmosphere, Indigo Girls, Trailer Park Boys, Yo Gabba Gabba, John Prine, The Avett Brothers, Dream Theatre, Eric Church and Cheech and Chong.

Jay Sweet, Producer, Newport Folk Festival
Jay Sweet is the producer of the Newport Folk Festival, the Editor at Large of PasteMagazine.com, and a managing partner and co-founder of Sweet & Doggett, one of the East Coast’s premiere music consulting firms specializing in marketing, sponsorship, branding, licensing and content acquisition. 

Russell Wallach, President, Live Nation Network
Russell is President of Live Nation Network, overseeing all sponsorship programs across venue, online, social media, mobile and artist platforms at Live Nation Entertainment, the world leading live entertainment and eCommerce company. Under his leadership, his team has successfully developed a broad range of multimillion-dollar, integrated marketing programs with some of the biggest global brands, including Citi, Coca-Cola, HP, UPS, Diageo and Starwood Hotels

Tom Windish, President, The Windish Agency
Originally starting in his apartment in Chicago, The Windish Agency began with the desire to be the best agency possible for the bands that Tom Windish loved. Now with offices in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Toronto, the agency continues to keep the goals and needs of the artists at the center of its business by finding inventive and thoughtfully constructed ways to bring their live performances to fans.