Your ’24 Rising Through The Ranks Recipients
• The 26 scholarship recipients for this year’s Rising Through The Ranks program, presented by the RAB, BMI, Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio, Inc. (MIW) and Xperi have been selected: Kaylee Barr (Cox Media Group, Orlando); Laurie Clotworthy (Audacy, New Orleans); Katie Doherty (Southern Stone Communications, Jackson, TN); Meg Dowdy (Townsquare Media, Purchase, NY); Sheri Fermoyle (Hubbard Radio Minnesota North); Hannah Hageman (WHOP, Forcht Broadcasting, Hopkinsville, KY); Monique Harris(Cox Media Group, Atlanta); Terri Hayden (BMI Nashville); Nikki Kuniej (Charleston Radio Group, Charleston, SC); Liz Lively (Wheeler Broadcasting, Roanoke, VA); Alice Lobo (Premiere Networks, NYC); Annette Malave (RAB, NYC); Kellie Marnin (Audacy, NYC); Amanda Orlando (WRRM/Cincinnati / Cumulus); Lauren Pallitto (iHeartMedia Detroit); Kelly Pruitt (Cumulus Indianapolis); Samantha Randall (7 Mountains Media, Elmira, NY); Heather Riley (Ham Broadcasting / The Edge Media Group, Cadiz, KY); Morgan Spano (Cox Media Group, San Antonio / Abilene, TX); Kristen Summers (Community First Broadcasting, Spirit Lake, IA); Tess Taylor (Hubbard Radio Brainerd/Baxter, MN); Liz Urban (Beasley Media Group, Detroit); Emily Vainstein (Audacy, Los Angeles); Bani Werner (Alpha Media, N. Mankato, MN); Felicia Wong (Cox Media Group Local Solutions, Clearwater, FL); and Dynasti Young (Salem Media Group, Fremont, CA).
This year’s hybrid program starts with a virtual session on August 13, leading up to the in-person event August 20-22 at BMI’s Nashville office.
Current speakers include Hartley Adkins, President, iHeartMedia Markets Group; Rob Babin, EVP, Radio, Cox Media Group; Danni Bruns, OM/PD, Cumulus Memphis; Kristin Cantrell, Owner/Operator, Seven Mountains Media & CapCity Communications; Erica Farber, Immediate Past President/CEO, RAB; Kelli Frieler, Owner, Vibrant Impact & Director, Guaranty Digital Media; Kim Guthrie, Division President, iHeartMedia; Kim Johnson, VP of Professional Development, RAB; Susan Larkin, COO, Audacy; Ruth Presslaff, Board President, Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio, Inc. (MIW); Jeff Schmidt, SVP, Professional Development, RAB; Erika Sylvia, Market Accounting Manager, Radio One Houston/Dallas; Sandye Taylor, SVP/Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, BMI; Brooke Williams, SVP, Membership, RAB; Trisha Yearwood, award-winning recording artist; and Linnae Young, EVP, Operations & Revenue Development, Salem Media Group. This year’s notebooks are sponsored by Mr. Master.
