NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 14, 2012 - At the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum's quarterly board meeting today, Rod Essig, agent, Creative Artists Agency;  Keel Hunt, president, the Strategy Group; Ken Levitan, co-president, Vector Management; Mary Ann McCready, president, Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy, Inc.;  and Steve Turner, president, Butler's Run LLC, were re-elected to three-year terms as trustees.

     Turner was also tapped for a fifth term as chairman; and Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill was re-elected to an eleventh consecutive term as president.

     Remaining trustees include David Conrad, J. William Denny, Randy Goodman, John Grady, Henry Juszkiewicz, Ernie Williams and Jody Williams.

     Current officers Earl Bentz, Mark Bloom, Connie Bradley, Tony Brown, Mike Dungan, Vince Gill, Al Giombetti, Francis Guess, Lon Helton, Mike Helton, Don Light, Donna Nicely, Brian O'Connell, David Ross, John Seigenthaler, Clarence Spalding, Troy Tomlinson and Tim Wipperman were all re-elected. 

     Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The museum's mission is the preservation of the history of country and related vernacular music rooted in southern culture.  With the same educational mission, the foundation also operates CMF Records, the museum's Frist Library and Archive, CMF Press, Historic RCA Studio B and Hatch Show Print^®.

     More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum is available at www.countrymusichalloffame.org  or by calling (615) 416-2001.

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