Triple 8 Management Bolsters Staff With Five New Additions

– Kelly Kresen

Triple 8 Management, with offices in Nashville and Austin, expands to 35 with the addition of five new staffers and the promotion of another. 

– Jon Smalt

Kelly Kresen joins the team as day-to-day manager for Kaleo and will work in Nashville. Previously, she was VP of partnerships and strategy for Los Angeles-based management company Gin + Tonic. Prior to that, Kresen was a business and legal affairs exec at APA.

Jon Smalt also comes on board as a manager in the Nashville office. He brings with him artists Devon Gilfillian and Becca Mancari.  Alec Edmonds joins the team as day-to-day management assistant in Nashville.

Jen Dalton becomes marketing director and will work in Austin. Other marketing staff additions are Aaryn Cantu and Avery Bashaw. 

It’s shaping up to be a year of change for Triple 8 management, with the staff expansion as well as a move from Music Row in Nashville to a newly renovated space in the city’s Wedgeworth-Houston neighborhood.

In addition to Kaleo, Triple 8 Management represents a diverse roster of clients including Anastasia, Chase Rice, Eli Young Band, Joe Nichols, Judah & The Lion, Pat Green, Scotty McCreery, The Cadillac Three, Whisky Myers and more.