Eight to be inducted during October
fundraising ceremony
NASHVILLE — MTSU recording
industry chair Beverly Keel was recently named among the eight 2016 honorees
for the YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee’s Academy for Women of
Achievement.
This is
the 25th anniversary for the academy, which honors women who,
through excellence and leadership in their chosen fields, serve as role models
for other women, according to a YWCA news release.
This
year’s honorees will be recognized at a special induction ceremony to be held
from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at the Omni Nashville Hotel, 250 5th Ave S.
Proceeds will help fund YWCA programs and services.
“This
year’s honorees have made and are continuing to make significant contributions
to their community,” said AWA co-chairwoman Mary Winn Pilkington in a YWCA news
release. “Middle Tennessee is a better place because of their inspiring work,
and we are excited to honor them in October.”
A
national advocate for women in music, Keel runs one of the oldest and most
prestigious recording industry programs as the chairwoman of the Department of
Recording Industry in MTSU’s College of Media and Entertainment. She is also
the co-founder of Change the Conversation, a coalition designed to fight
inequality for women in country music.
Keel
sits on the boards of The Women’s Fund, Music Makes Us and the Recording
Academy. She serves as a writer for Parade magazine and a columnist for The
Tennessean and has served as the Nashville correspondent for People magazine.
In 2015,
the MTSU alumna was inducted into the Metro Nashville Public Schools Hall of
Fame and was recently named one of the Nashville Business Journals' Women in
Music City Award winners for the third consecutive year.
“This is
one of the biggest honors of my career and I am thrilled to be included in such
a prestigious and inspiring group of women,” Keel said of the YWCA award. “It
is also special to be honored by the YWCA because this organization does such
important work on behalf of women and families.”
Other 2016 AWA honorees are:
• Megan Barry, mayor of Nashville;
• Katherine Brown, president and
founder, Learn CPR America;
• Marilyn Dubree, executive chief
nursing officer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and senior associate
dean for clinical practice at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing;
• Claire Gulmi, executive vice president
and CFO, AmSurg;
• Cordia Harrington, founder and CEO, The
Bakery Cos.;
• Sharon Hurt, Metro Nashville
councilwoman at-large and founder and CEO, Jefferson St. United
Merchants Partnership (JUMP);
• Aleta Trauger, U.S. District Court
judge for the Middle District of Tennessee;
The
academy was launched locally in 1992 by YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee,
and it is being presented for the 11th year by First Tennessee, the release states.
This year’s recipients join 143 other women who hold this honor.
The
judging committee, composed of business and community leaders, chose the
honorees from an exceptional list of nominees.
YWCA
Nashville & Middle Tennessee is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering
women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. For more
information about the YWCA or the event, including ticket details, visit http://bit.ly/1AG2tQc or call 615-983-5146.
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