➽ PERFORMING RIGHTS

Clay Bradley

VP CREATIVE, NASHVILLE, BMI

In March 2020, Bradley returned to BMI to lead its Nashville creative department and its partnership/events team. Earlier in his career, he spent seven years with BMI and subsequently was founder/ CEO of Eclipse Music Group, an artist development and publishing company. This year he has re-signed Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Ross Copperman and Thomas Rhett and is committed to promoting diversity on Music Row. “Nashville is long overdue for a reckoning with its past,” says Bradley. “I love highlighting Music City and all of the genres we represent, especially during this pivotal moment.”

Mike Sistad

VP, NASHVILLE MEMBERSHIP, ASCAP

In 2020, Sistad led his team in moving both ASCAP’s Christian Music Awards and Country Music Awards to social media during the pandemic, while ensuring that talent development activities, such as The ASCAP Foundation’s Nashville songwriting workshops and ASCAP’s Guidance From Publishers for Songwriters program, could take place online. Writers he has signed to ASCAP over the years include Chris Stapleton, Kelsea Ballerini, Old Dominion, Brothers Osborne, Carly Pearce and Matt Stell.

Kelli Turner PRESIDENT/COO,

SESAC RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

Last summer, in the wake of calls for racial and social justice, the Nashvillebased Turner joined senior executives across SESAC and sister companies Harry Fox Agency and Rumblefish to create a diversity and inclusion network. In October, Turner assisted in SESAC signing Jon Nite, whose multiple No. 1 co-writes include Gabby Barrett’s multiformat smash, “I Hope.” Nite joins other Nashville songwriters including Jimmie Allen, Lee Brice, Blanco Brown, Niko Moon and Hillary Scott on SESAC’s roster.