ACM LEVel Up: Lifting Every Voice program is a two-year professional development and enrichment curriculum for rising leaders in Country Music, designed to empower participants to play a pivotal role in expanding the horizons of Country Music into new audiences that transcend demographics and geography. The program’s first year is spent learning as well as collaborating to develop a proposed plan to expand Country Music’s reach into new and underrepresented audience segments; the second, implementing said plan. The program is funded wholly by the Academy of Country Music at no cost to participants.
LEVel Up, Class of 2025
- Allie Bartone, Red Light Management
- Lilly Brown, BMI
- Zoe Cummins, Songwriter
- Tanner Davenport, White Boy MGMT & Black Opry
- Hope Garrison, Triple Tigers
- Krista Hayes, Pruitt - BBRMG/BMG
- Samantha Kane, Grand Ole Opry
- Matt Najdowski, Farris, Self & Moore, LLC
- Ashley Negrillo, Maverick Nashville
- Jess Tomlins, Neon Cost
LEVel Up, Class of 2024
- Alexes Aiken, Westwood One
- Jackie Ebnet, mtheory
- Haley Fairman, United Talent Agency
- Kenyon Glenn, ASCAP
- David Hawkins, MY Public Relations Lab
- Lacey Hayes, Romeo Entertainment Group
- Gator Pizer, Farris, Self & Moore
- Nathan Pyle, Songfluencer
- Lizzy Stone, Wiles + Taylor & Co.
- Bryan Webb, Apple Music
LEVel Up, Class of 2023
- Sabrina Butera, CAA
- Nick Coulson, SiriusXM/The Highway
- Ellen Ford, BBR Music Group
- Aimee Graham, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- Synnovea Halsel, Sony Music Publishing
- Alex Heimerman, Universal Music Group Nashville
- Roxy King, UMPG
- Markus Koger, Smoking Section Podcast
- Jenn Tressler, Opry Entertainment Group
LEVel Up, Class of 2022
- Kaela Allen, Singer/Songwriter
- Mackenzie Cooper, Triple Tigers Records
- Stephanie Davenport, Warner Music Nashville
- Morgan Kenney, WME
- Daniel Killian, FBMM
- Shelby White, AEG Presents