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Partial List of The Circle's Industry Speakers
 

in alphabetical order
 
  Camille Barbone
Manager, August Artist Management (Madonna, Nona Hendryx)
 
  Chris Barron
The Spin Doctors, Lead Singer, Songwriter
 
  Seth Lawrence Berman
A&R/Promotion, Tommy Boy Records
 
  Michael Berniker
Sony Music, Vice President/A&R Special Projects
 
  Raina Bundy
Music Executive (Vice President/General Manager, Harmony Records)
 
  Gaye Carleton
President and Founder, Mantra, Empowered Public Relations
 
  Tom Chernaik
wwwAllIndie.com
 
  Scott Cohen
President, The Orchard
 
  Frankie Cutlass
Recording Artist, Tommy Boy Records
 
  Daddy-O
A&R, MCA Records; Producer; member of Stetsasonic
 
  Melliscent Dyane
Dayne*Foster, Inc., music video casting
 
  Jonathan P. Fine
Director of A&R, Robbins Entertainment/BMG
 
  Maurice Gallegos
Producer, Songwriter, Grammy winner, CLIO winner
 
  Richard Gottehrer
CEO, The Orchard; co-founded Sire Records; producer
 
  Ron Grant
Senior A&R Executive, Sony Music
 
 
  David Gray
Creative Manager, Zomba Music Publishing
 
  Mark Green
President, Celebrity Talent Agency
 
  Robert K. Haber
Founder, CEO, The CMJ Network
 
  Peter Hay
President/Founder, Twin Vision, radio promotion and consultant
 
  Dale Hecker
Senior Director of IT, EMI Music North America
 
  Glenn Hughes
Original Member ("Biker") of Village People
 
  Ariel Hyatt
Ariel Publicity, Artist Relations, Booking and Cyber-Promotions
 
  Jeremy Kagan
President/CEO, EZCD.com
 
  Carlos Keyes
Agent, Pyramid Entertainment Group
 
  Jerry Lembo
Radio promotion and consultant, Lembo Entertainment Group
 
  Linda Lorence
Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, SESAC
 
  Phil Lorito
Manager, Michael Bolton, Cyndi Lauper, Johnny Depp
 
  Dave Marsh
Author, journalist, Rock critic, Rock historian
 
  Ruben Martinez
Manager, Nene Musik Productions
 
 
  Robert McVeety
Bobby Mack Entertainment Group
 
  Catherine Moore
A&R Program Director, Music Business Program at New York University
 
  Patrick Moxey
Senior Vice President, A&R, Virgin Records
 
  Herbert Ortiz
CEO, Luna Television Network, New York Undercover, Best of Rod Stewart
 
 
  David Pakman
Founder, Myplay.com
 
  Chris Pati
President, Modern Voices Records, #8 Indie Label of 1987
 
  Robert Reitman
CPA, Frank & Zimmerman & Company (Annabella Sciorra, Keith Sweat)
 
  Mark Roemer
wwwAllIndie.com
 
  Ann Ruckert
Songwriters Guild of America
 
  Daylle Deanna Schwartz 
Author, The Real Deal: How to Get Signed to a Record Label (Billboard)
 
  John Simson
Executive Director of Artist & Label Relations, SoundExchange
 
  Lee Summers
Actor, Dream Girls, From My Hometown, Law & Order, Ryan's Hope
 
 
  Dave Sumpter
A&R, Tommy Boy Records/Warner
 
  The Wonder Twinz
On-air personalities, Sirius Satellite Radio
 
  Vivek Tiwary
Founder, StarPolish.com
 
  Jenny Toomey
Executive Director, The Coalition for the Future of Music, Washington DC
 
  Curtis Urbina
Record Executive, Jellybean Recordings, Atlantic Records, EMI Records
 
  Mitch Weiss
Manager, Rent, Titanic, Village People; author, Managing Artists in Pop
 
 
  Terrie Williams
Publicist (Sean Combs, Janet Jackson, Eddie Murphy, Miles Davis); author
 
  Matt Wishnow
Principal, Insound.com