2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Josephine Vaccarello
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, LIVEMadison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. YEARS IN THE BUSINESS: 26FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Administrative assistant at Radio City Music Hall As Executive Vice President, Live, for Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. Josephine Vaccarello, winner of Venue…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Noah Assad
CEORimas Entertainment FIRST GIG IN THE BUSINESS: 26WHAT MADE HIS ‘HEART SING’: Having a No. 1 album 100% in Spanish. The music industry has seen many great managers, but with two of the highest-grossing tours in the past two years,…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Lucy Dickins
GLOBAL HEAD OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC & TOURINGWME FIRST GIG IN THE BUSINESS: Product manager at PWL Records.BIZ PHILOSOPHY: Embrace the uncomfortable, and think outside the box. There’s lots to be proud of for WME’s global contemporary music department. The non-exhaustive…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Becky Colwell
GENERAL MANAGERKia ForumVP OF MUSIC AND EVENTSIntuit Dome FAVORITE MEETING SPOT: My favorite place for a business meeting is the Forum Club at Kia Forum.FAVORITE SHOW: The next one I’m going to see. Becky Colwell is busy — and that’s…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Henry Cárdenas
FOUNDER & CEOCÁRDENAS MARKETING NETWORK YEARS IN THE BUSINESS: 44FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Throwing disco parties in college. The live entertainment industry isn’t for the faint of heart and its ever-evolving landscape isn’t easy to keep up with, especially…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Melissa Ormond
COOGoldenvoiceCOO, FestivalsAEG Presents GETTING POLITICAL: Political science degree via the University of Kansas and interned for Sen. Bob Dole.FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. There’s been talk of the festival circuit struggling, even in the current…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: George Prajin
CEOPrajin Music Group FIRST GIG IN THE BUSINESS: Dad’s Huntington Park, California record store.2024 Highlight: Winning a Grammy award for Peso Pluma’s GÉNESIS. No one could have expected that a lanky young singer from Mexico with a nasally, scratchy voice…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Hans Schafer
SVP, GLOBAL TOURINGLive Nation FORMER GIG: Manager, talent and artists relations at MUN2.MONEY QUOTE: “Yes, there’s been a Latin explosion. There was an explosion in 2017, another in 2018, 2019…” Live Nation executives aren’t shy in sharing their bullishness on…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Louis Messina
CEO AND FOUNDER Messina Touring Group BIZ PHILOSOPHY: Don’t chase moneyMENTOR: Allen Becker, PACE Entertainment There can be no question how Messina Touring Group Founder and CEO Louis Messina came to be included as one of Pollstar’s 2024 Impact 50 class. No…
2024 Impact 50 Honorees: Charles Attal & Charlie Walker
Charles AttalPARTNER, C3 Presents YEARS IN THE BUSINESS: 30FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Stubb’s BBQ Booker, Marketer, Production Mgr, Sometimes Bartend Charlie WalkerPARTNER, C3 Presents YEARS IN THE BUSINESS: 30FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Production Assistant for PACE Concerts in Houston Charles Attal and…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Lee Anderson
PRESIDENTWasserman Music YEARS IN THE BIZ: 24FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Marketing intern at Nectar’s & Club Metronome in Burlington, Vermont Lee Anderson is hard to pin down. He’ll bounce between London and New York, taking detours to Los Angeles…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Marty Diamond
EVP & MANAGING EXECUTIVEWasserman Music YEARS IN THE BIZ: 30+FAVORITE PLACE FOR A BIZ MEETING: Cavatina Restaurant at the Sunset Marquis Coldplay is on track to have one of the highest-grossing tours of all time with “Music Of The Spheres,”…
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