Sony Music Nashville Chairman and CEO Randy Goodman to headline Nashville Business Breakfast Sept. 7
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Randy Goodman, chairman & CEO of Sony Music Nashville and Lipscomb alumnus, will be the featured speaker at Lipscomb University’s Nashville Business Breakfast at 7 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 7, in Allen Arena.
Since July 2015, Goodman has been responsible for overseeing all of Sony Music Nashville’s operations, including its three country recording imprints – Arista Nashville, Columbia Nashville, and RCA Nashville – as well as Provident Music Group, a Christian music and film enterprise.
A 32-year industry veteran and a Nashville native, Goodman’s extensive career includes 16 years with RCA Records. During that time he served as executive vice president/general manager of the RCA Label Group in Nashville, the forerunner of what is now Sony Music Nashville. Over the course of his career at RCA, he also spent five years as senior vice president/marketing worldwide for RCA in New York prior to returning to Nashville. While at RCA, he worked with such superstars as Waylon Jennings, Alabama, Kenny Chesney, Dave Matthews Band, Wu-Tang Clan, Martina McBride, Clint Black, Keith Whitley and The Judds.
In 1997, Goodman opened Lyric Street Records for the Walt Disney Co., overseeing the label as President through 2010 and enjoying multi-Platinum success with Rascal Flatts and SHeDAISY, as well as Platinum-sellers Aaron Tippin and American Idol finalist Josh Gracin.
A past President and Chairman of the CMA board, Goodman co-chaired the Music City Music Council with former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and is a board member of the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. In addition, he has served in a wide range of industry consulting roles, as well as artist management.
The Nashville Business Breakfast is a quarterly networking event, presented by Lipscomb University and the Nashville Business Journal, with a news-conference style format, featuring business leaders with local economic impact. The event is sponsored by PNC Bank and Crowe Horwath.