CRS Agenda Committees Announced

The Country Radio Broadcasters have announced the individuals who will serve on the 2019-2020 CRS Agenda Committee to plan for CRS 2020, set for Feb. 19-21, 2020. Agenda chair Judy Lakin will return for her second year, and will guide segment leaders to steer key areas of educational curriculum, including radio, programming, digital, tech, streaming, label promotion, sales, and marketing.

This year’s segment leaders and agenda committee members are:

⏩ Radio/Programming:
Brent Michaels, KUZZ/Bakersfield (Team Lead)
Drew Bland, Entercom/Seattle (Team Lead)
Christopher Barber, Townsquare Media/Rockford
Jess Jennings, Charleston Radio Group
Jules Riley, iHeartMedia/St. Louis
Joey Tack, SummitMedia

⏩ Digital/Tech/Data:
Tim Gerst, Thinkswell (Team Lead)
Billy McKim, Texas A&M (Team Lead)
Jason Bailey, Sun Broadcast Group
Sloane Cavitt Logue, WME
Katie McCartney, Monument Records

⏩ Label:
Lou Ramirez, Warner Music Nashville (Team Lead)
Michelle Kammerer, Big Machine Label Group (Team Lead)
Andy Elliot, Pearl Records
RJ Meacham, Curb Word Entertainment
Stacy Blythe, Big Loud
Carsen, Silverfish Media

⏩ Sales/Marketing:
Judy Lakin (Team Lead)
Jeff James, CXO5 (Team Lead)
Stephanie Callihan, Entercom/Austin
Ashley Wilson, iHeart/New Orleans
Jennifer Ritchie, Revolution PR/Seattle

The balance of the CRS 2020 Agenda Committee is made up of volunteer professionals from all sectors of the Country radio, streaming, and record industries. Committees are responsible for planning events for the upcoming year’s Country Radio Seminar.

Lakin commented about this year’s chosen representatives, stating, “We are thrilled to have so many talented individuals step up to serve on The Agenda Committee this year.  I’m honored to lead this dynamic team in creating compelling content for CRS 2020.”