Ready To Rise Through The Ranks

• Scholarship recipients for this year’s Rising Through the Ranks program, presented by the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), BMI and Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio, Inc., have been selected. As previously announced, this year’s program will be a hybrid event starting with a virtual session on August 2, leading up to the in-person event happening August 9-11 at BMI’s Nashville office.

Featured speakers will include Hartley Adkins, President of Markets Group, iHeartMedia; Caroline Beasley, CEO, Beasley Media Group; Kristin Cantrell, Owner/Operator, Seven Mountains Media; Donna Detweiler, Sr. Manager, Broadcast Services, Xperi; Erica Farber, Pres. & CEO, RAB; Jessica Frost, Executive Director, Industry Relations, BMI; Suzanne Grimes, EVP, Cumulus Media & Pres., Westwood One; Kim Johnson, Director of Sales, RAB; Patty Kincaid, VP/GM, Media Staffing Network; Susan Larkin, COO, Audacy; Val Maki, SVP/Market Manager, Bonneville San Francisco; Ruth Presslaff, Board President, Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio, Inc; Jeff Schmidt, SVP, Professional Development, RAB; Erika Sylvia, Market Comptroller, Emmis Communications; Stephanie Theisen, VP of Sales & Marketing, Leighton Broadcasting; Sabina Widmann, Pres. & Regional Radio GM, TelevisaUnivision; and Ashley Wilson, Director of Country Programming, Kentucky/Indiana Region, iHeartMedia.

Here now are the 26 Scholarship Recipients attending this year’s virtual program:

Staci Bonner, iHeartMedia, West Valley, UT; Nicole Bossio, Beasley Media Group, Detroit; Karen Buckner, iHeartMedia / iHeart Digital Solutions, Jacksonville, FL; Christine Cartwright, CapCity Communications, Frankfort, KY; Lila El Naggar, Key Networks, NY, NY; Ali Evans, Chapel Hill Media Group, Chapel Hill, NC; Jennifer Evans, Stingray Media, Charlottetown, Montreal; Liz Goshert, Federated Media, Mishawaka, IN; Sari Harlow, East Arkansas Broadcasters, Jonesboro, AR; Angie Keilhauer, BMI, Nashville; Mollie Kendrick, Audacy, Sacramento, CA; Emily Leonard, 5 Star Media/Saga Communications, Clarksville, TN; Nikki Lyter,Hubbard Broadcasting/2060 Digital, Baxter, MN; Kristen Martin, Cromwell Media, Owensboro, KY; Zipporah Mondy, KJIW/Helena, AR; Kara Moninger, Alpha Media, Louisville, KY; Kaylin Mozdzen, Townsquare Media, Marcy, NY; Karen Muth-Pasco, GenMedia Partners; Chelley Odle, Odle Media Group, LLC, Park Hills, MO;  Kathy Paxton, Basin Radio Network/Legend Communications, Gillette, WY; Kimberli Rivera, Audacy Phoenix; Maya Szymanski, Katz Radio Group, Culver City, CA; Claudia Talamantez, TelevisaUnivision (Amor 107.7)/Austin, TX; Lisa Varner, North Central Florida Media Group/Saga Communications, Ocala, FL; Roxie Wadelington, Audacy’s WJMH (102 Jamz)/Greensboro, NC; Madison Wright, RAB, New York, NY.