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About Lauren Funk Creative Director - Big Yellow Dog Music Lauren Funk works as Creative Director for Big Yellow Dog Music, an independent publishing company based in Nashville whose catalogue has racked up four Grammys, twenty-nine number ones, and hundreds of placements. Big Yellow Dog's roster includes Meghan Trainor, Maren Morris, and Josh Kear to name a few.  Lauren has been working at Big Yellow Dog for over two years

About Jacee Badeaux Creative Director - Big Yellow Dog Jacee Badeaux has joined Big Yellow Dog Music as Creative Director. In this role he will assist the creative services team responsible for writer management and song plugging at the publishing company. In 2011, Badeaux appeared on season 10 of American Idol, where he made it to the Top 40. He then attended Belmont University and interned at Big Yellow Dog

About Alex Stefano General Manager Creative - Big Yellow Dog Alex Stefano is the General Manager Creative – Film & TV Sync at Big Yellow Dog Music. In her role, Stefano oversees the day-to-day operations of the sync department including working with Big Yellow Dog Music’s stable of 20 writers to market and license their songs for sync. Sync is a central part of Big Yellow Dog Music’s business, and

About Butch Baker Creative Director - Mojo Music and Media Butch Baker lead HoriPro's Nashville office for over 8 years, claiming an impressive track record of success. A now 32-year resident of Nashville, Butch Baker began his career in music as a recording artist, inking 4 major record deals. His transition to the business side of music came by working as an independent A&R rep for Giant and Sony Records.

About Christina Wiltshire Creative Director - Warner Music Publishing Christina Wiltshire is from the Washington DC area and went to college at The University of South Carolina. Upon graduation, she moved to Nashville to chase her passion for songs. She started her career as Creative Coordinator for Patrick Joseph Music learning from legendary publisher, Pat Higdon and served as Creative Director at Sea Gayle Music. She has now taken a

About Nicole Sherrill Creative Director - MV2 Entertainment Nicole Sherrill is a 28 year old born and raised Nashvillian!! A legacy of the music industry, Nicole always had a passion for everything music and inner workings of the business. After receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in musical theater from the University of Mississippi, she immediately jumped into the professional performing world working with Matt Davenport Productions.

About Christian Conant A&R Coordinator Prescription Music Christian Conant is an A&R Coordinator for Prescription Music out of Nashville. This company is owned by Multi- Grammy Award winning producer Dr. Luke. This company’s main focus is on the pop genre and film/tv/sync market. Christian has been at Prescription Music Nashville office since September 2019 after which he has been a part of several artist/writer signings such as artist/writer Caroline Baker

About Leah Hodgkiss A&R Coordinator - Prescription Songs Leah Hodgkiss is originally from Memphis. However, music brought her to Nashville when she moved in 2015 to secure a formal education at Nashville’s prestigious music college Belmont University. Leah snagged her first “official” position in the music industry as an A&R Representative for Prescription Songs in Nashville. Under the mentorship of Award Winning publisher Katie Fagan, Leah is excited to grow

About Greg Gallo Creative Director - Reservoir-Media In addition to being a husband and a father to a beautiful son, Greg Gallo is the Creative Director at Reservoir-Media. Prior to Reservoir-Media Greg was Creative Director of Big Deal Music working alongside Dale Bobo and Pete Robinson. Gallo, a Raleigh, N.C. native, has also worked with Big Loud Shirt and Ash Street before becoming a partner at Revelry Music Group, and

About Rachel Wein A&R Creative Coordinator - Prescription Songs Nashville Rachel Wein is on the A&R team at Prescription Songs and has helped to spearhead Prescription Songs Nashville - the first office to open separate from their headquarters in Los Angeles. Directly after graduating from Boston University, Rachel secured a well-rounded set of internships with companies including Monotone (Jack White, Vampire Weekend, The Dixie Chicks, LCD Soundsystem, etc.), New Frontier