Tony Conway, Stuart Ross, Bill Aucoin Among 2025 Personal Managers Hall of Fame Inductees

The National Conference of Personal Managers unveiled this year’s inductees into its Hall of Fame, an honor recognizing individuals who had distinguished careers in talent management, and the 2025 class includes managers for ALABAMA, Ronnie Milsap, Billy Idol, Jerry Lewis and a former producer of megafestivals like Coachella and Lollapalooza.

Tony Conway, CEO of Conway Entertainment Group in Nashville, joins the Hall having managed the careers of ALABAMA, Lorrie Morgan, Randy Travis and Exile.

Stuart Ross, a Los Angeles-based manager and festival producer, is also in this year’s class. He has worked with Tom Waits and Puddles Pity Party and also produced Coachella, Lollapalooza and Stagecoach in the past.

Burt Stein, a partner at Gold Mountain Entertainment in Nashville, joins the pantheon of managers, representing Ronnie Milsap, The Band of Heathens and other Americana acts.

The headliners for this year’s class are 3 Arts Entertainment co-founders Howard Klein, Michael Rotenberg and Erwin Stoff, who guided the careers of notable film and television talent such as Jessica Alba, Francis Lawrence, Matt LeBlanc, Kristin Chenoweth and more. They also produced projects such as “The Matrix,” “The Office” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”

There are also two posthumous inductees who will be honored: Bill Aucoin, who died in 2010, for helping launch KISS’s career and managing Billy Idol and Joe Stabile, who died in 2004, for managing comedy icon Jerry Lewis.

“The 2025 inductees reflect the extraordinary influence, ethics, and legacy of personal management that the Hall of Fame exists to honor,” said NCOPM National President Clinton Ford Billups Jr.

The new members will be honored Oct. 22 during a reception and ceremony at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. To reserve tickets, visit PersonalManagesHallofFame.org.

The Personal Managers Hall of Fame was established in 2015 and has more than 50 members, including Sid Bernstein, Bernie Brillstein, Brian Epstein, Dolores Robinson, Patricia McQueeney and many more. Inductees are voted in by the NCOPM’s National Board of Officers.