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IBMA’s leadership is made up of a talented group of individuals working in the bluegrass music industry. To contact a board member via email, click his or her photo. If you have a suggestion to share with a particular IBMA committee, please use this email link:
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Mike Simpson
Chair
At Large Board Member
Term: 2023
Ashley Moyer
Vice-Chair
At Large Board Member
Rounder Records
Term: 2025
Michael Kaiz
Secretary
Agents, Managers & Publicists
Madison House
Term: 2025
Adam Engelhardt
Treasurer
At Large Board Member
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Term: 2025
Daniel Boner
Executive Committee Member
Print, Media & Education
ETSU
Term: 2024
Darin Aldridge
Artists, Composers, and Music Publishers
Darin & Brooke Aldridge
Term: 2023
Ariel Rosemberg
Event Production
Regime Music Group
Term: 2025
Jerry Salley
Recording, Distribution & Marketing
Billy Blue
Term: 2025
Christine Funk
Merchandisers & Luthiers
Preston Thompson Guitars
Term: 2023
Carolyn Hotte
Associations
Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society
Term: 2023
Christopher Howard-Williams
La Roche Bluegrass Festival
International At Large
Term: 2023
Brad Kolodner
Bluegrass Country Radio / Charm City Junction
Broadcast Media
Term: 2024
Ben Wright
Henhouse Prowlers/Bluegrass Ambassadors
At Large Board Member
Term: 2025
Joe Newberry
Artists, Composers & Music Publishers
Compton & Newberry
Newberry & Verch
Term: 2025
Anna Frick
At Large
Ally Sound
Term: 2025
Deanie Richardson
At Large
Sister Sadie
Term: 2024
Andrea Roberts
At Large
The Andrea Roberts Agency
Term: 2023
Tristan Scroggins
Artists, Composers & Music Publishers
Scroggins & Rose
Term: 2024
Tim Stafford
At Large
Blue Highway
Term: 2024
The IBMA office is based in Nashville, Tennessee – located at 4206 Gallatin Pike. To contact a team member via email, click his or her photo. For general inquiries, please email or call 615-256-3222.
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Paul Schiminger
Interim Executive Director
Amy Beth Hale
Member Services Director
Anna Kline
Business Development Director
Ethan Charles
Events Director
Kristen Bearfield
Communications & Public Relations
Matt Tyson
Content & Communications Manager
Our committees are board-appointed. Our professional members serve on these committees on a volunteer basis to implement the programs of IBMA.
Board Committees
Executive Committee
Nominating Committee
Awards Task Force
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Task Force
Awards Committees
Awards Committee (Broadcast)
Awards Eligibility & Criteria Committee
Awards Show Oversight
Broadcast Award
Distinguished Achievement Award Committee
Event of the Year Award
Hall of Fame Nominating Committee
Liner Notes & Graphic Design Award Committee
Momentum Award Committee
Print Media Award
Songwriter of the Year Committee
General Committees
Bluegrass In The Schools
Education Committee
IBMA Trust Fund Board
IBMA Youth Council
Information Technology Committee
International Committee
Leadership Bluegrass Alumni Committee
Leadership Bluegrass Planning Committee
Legislative Awareness Education Committee
Membership Committee
Songwriters Committee
Songwriter Showcase Selection Committee
Survey Task Force
Women’s Council
