Warner Adds Four to Promotion Staff


Warner Music Nashville has added four people to its promotion staff. The four will join Warner West Coast regional rep Rhonda Christensen, who was hired in March. The new team members are part of a new two-team promotion department that will report directly to Warner’s Senior Vice President Promotion Chris Stacey. The new promotion staffers are Nathan Cruise (South East Regional); Carolyn Drosey (Promotion Coordinator); Ray Vaughn (South West Regional); and Lindsay Walleman (Mid West Regional).

Cruise comes to Warner Music from Stroudavarious, where he served as Midwest Regional, Drosey was formerly Promotion Manager for Capitol Records Nashville, and Walleman joins Warner Music from CO5 Music, where she was Mid West Regional. Vaughn was formerly Southwest Regional Promotion Director at Universal Republic Records.

The new structure breaks down along the following lines: Warner Music Group’s Nashville division is called Warner Music Nashville and is headed by President/CEO John Esposito. Warner Music Nashville breaks down into three imprints – Atlantic, Reprise and Warner Bros. Nashville (WBN). Warner Music Nashville and its three imprints will share two promotion teams, which are headed by Senior Vice President Promotion Chris Stacey.