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Hannah Paramore — President, Paramore Digital: Quintessential early adopter of digital business. Started consulting businesses on Internet presence in 2002. Marketing firm relocated to the Central Business District from The Gulch in 2013. Rosemary Plorin — President, Lovell Communications: Coruns company with Chairman and CEO Paula Lovell. Joined firm that focuses on health care in 2000. Mark Montgomery — Founder, FLO {thinkery}: Co-founded and served as CEO of online music marketing company Echomusic, which IAC/Ticketmaster (now Ticketmaster Live Nation) acquired in 2007 for $25 million. Oversaw the retrofitting of SoBro building in which FLO now operates. Ronald Roberts — CEO, DVL Seigenthaler: Former CEO of DVL Public Relations & Advertising who co-leads 2014-created DVL Seigenthaler with president (and former Seigenthaler CEO) Beth Seigenthaler Courtney and Chairman John Van Mol (the former CEO of then-Dye Van Mol & Lawrence). Joined DVL in 1992, becoming president and chief operating officer in 2008. Deborah Varallo — President, Varallo Public Relations: Energetic marketing and PR expert who often wields a camera. Network links the region’s corporate, community and nonprofit arenas throughout the South. Clients include financial firms, real estate service companies and nonprofits. Rumored to rarely sleep.
MEDIA AND PUBLISHING Chuck Allen — EVP and COO, Athlon Sports Communications Inc.: Runs company known for its college and pro sports season preview annuals. Athlon Media Group acquired Parade Media Group (parent company of Parade magazine) in late 2014.
John Ingram — Chairman, Ingram Industries/Ingram Content Group: Named chairman of Ingram Industries in 2008. Vital Source Technologies, a unit of ICG, announced in 2014 a partnership with Plymouth University to establish U.K.’s largest e-textbook program (30,000 students). Demetria Kalodimos — Anchor, WSMV Channel 4: The longest continuous evening news anchor in WSMV history, having joined the station in 1984. Produces documentaries for her Genuine Human Productions housed in SoBro-based Filming Station. Rosetta Miller-Perry — Publisher, The Tennessee Tribune: Founded Perry & Perry & Associates in 1990 and, the following year, created The Tennessee Tribune, one of the most influential African-American publications in Tennessee (with weekly readership of more than 150,000). Sherod Robertson — Publisher and Owner, MusicRow magazine: Former CFO for Nashville Post parent company SouthComm Inc. Bought MusicRow in November 2010. Oversees all operations and develops strategic initiatives for MusicRow, RowFax, and MusicRow’s CountryBreakout radio chart. Mark Schoenwald — President and CEO, Thomas Nelson: Guided company through the 2012 sale to News Corp. subsidiary Harper Collins. Hands-on leader also serves as president of New Creative Enterprises, a supplier of gift, garden and home decor products. Phil Williams — Investigative Reporter, WTVF: Bulldog hard news man who boasts three duPont-Columbia University Awards and two George Foster Peabody Awards. Started what has become a storied broadcast journalism career as a newspaper reporter.
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T.B. Boyd III — President and CEO, R.H. Boyd Publishing: Heads family’s 115-year-old religious publishing company and chairs Citizens Savings Bank & Trust, the oldest continuously operating black-owned bank in America. Nashville Entrepreneur Center Hall of Fame member.
John Allen — President, New West Records: Former VP at BMG Chrysalis opened New West’s first Nashville office after being appointed president in late 2014. Roster includes Buddy Miller, Patty Griffin, Rodney Crowell, John Hiatt and The Whigs.
Yuri Cunza — Co-Founder and Editor, La Noticia: Influential voice for Nashville’s vibrant Latino community. Peru native whose Spanish-language newspaper features original content written by and for Hispanics. Teams with co-founder Loraine Segovia-Paz.
Dan Auerbach — Musician, Producer, Frontman of The Black Keys and The Arcs: Owns and operates Easy Eye Sound recording studio. Has produced albums by Cage the Elephant, Nikki Lane, Ray LaMontagne and Lana Del Rey. Business partner at Barista Parlor Golden Sound.
Chris Ferrell — CEO SouthComm Inc.: Former Metro councilman at-large who founded SouthComm, publisher of Nashville Post and Nashville Scene, and publications in Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Tampa and Washington-D.C. Led company’s 2014 acquisition of Cygnus Business Media. Company focuses on niche, B2B and custom publications.
Scott Borchetta — President and CEO, Big Machine Records: Launched Big Machine (2005), sister label The Valory Music Co (2007) and Republic Nashville (2009). Roster includes Taylor Swift, Reba, Trisha Yearwood and Rascal Flatts.
Athlon’s Allen leads robust company change The late Jerry McCoin had a vision in the 1960s, one that would result in what likely was the nation’s first college football preseason preview annual. Charles W. Allen (folks call him “Chuck”) continues that vision — and with purpose. The president and CEO of Athlon Media Group/Parade, Allen oversees what is, arguably, one of the nation’s most underrated consumer and B2B media brands. During his publishing career, Allen led the launch and growth of two of the largest magazines in the U.S (AARP and, most recently, Parade) with brand value exceeding $1 billion. A former captain in the U.S. Army, he has also sat on the boards of Magazine Publishers of America and World Christian Broadcasting. In short, Allen is one of the most decorated members of the Nashville publishing industry. “AMG/Parade had a good 2015 transitioning several publications and the new business model and is poised to have a very good 2016,” Allen says. Last year brought transition of all company assets as AMG/Parade became what it bills itself as a “top 10 publishing media company” with distribution of 1.5 billion copies annually, 54 million unique website visitors and relationships with 1,748 newspaper partners across the United States. > William Williams
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