Join us September 27 for our monthly Membership Meeting! We will come together at 1212 Germantown to mix, mingle, and hear from our special speaker. Members are highly encouraged to attend and guests are welcome.

We will have some networking time from 5:30-6 p.m. before the official kick-off for the event at 6 p.m. Water and snacks will be provided. Street parking is available as are a few spaces behind the venue (first come, first serve).

Mike Kopp, music manager and political and civic activist, will converse with member, Casey Mulligan, about political engagement, marketing and management, as well as how to affect your community.

Mike Kopp has over 35 years of strategic management, marketing and communications expertise honed on the front lines of music, politics and business, with clients that have included artists, Members of Congress, publicly traded and privately held corporations, the NFL and the NBA, as well as numerous regional companies and institutions. A veteran of more than 250 political and civic campaigns on the national and local levels, he served as press secretary to former Vice President Al Gore for nearly a decade.

In the music arena, Mike currently manages multi-platinum selling artist Ben Folds, serves on the Board of the Americana Music Association, is a member of the Recording Academy, and was the founding President of the Music Industry Coalition, Nashville’s first grass roots organization to serve as a voice for working music industry professionals on issues that impact our music heritage and culture.

As a political and civic activist, he continues to advise political candidates and campaigns, served on the Arts Policy Committee for President Biden’s 2020 Transition Team, and is on the Board of the national Arts Action Fund which advocates for arts funding.

Special thanks to 1212 Germantown for hosting us in their space.