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MTSU recording industry chair Beverly Keel was recently named among the eight 2016 honorees for the YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee’s Academy for Women of Achievement.
This is the 25th anniversary for the academy which honors women who serve as role models for other women, according to a YWCA news release.
This year’s honorees will be recognized at a special induction ceremony to be held Thursday, Oct. 6, at the Omni Nashville Hotel. Proceeds will help fund YWCA programs and services.
“This year’s honorees have made and are continuing to make significant contributions to their community,” said AWA co-chairwoman Mary Winn Pilkington in a YWCA news release. “Middle Tennessee is a better place because of their inspiring work, and we are excited to honor them in October.”
Not only a national advocate for women in music, Keel also runs one of the oldest and most prestigious recording industry programs as the chairwoman of the Department of Recording Industry in MTSU’s College of Media and Entertainment. She is also the co-founder of Change the Conversation, an affiliation designed to fight inequality for women in country music.
Keel serves on the boards of The Women’s Fund, Music Makes Us and the Recording Academy. She serves as a writer for Parade magazine and a columnist for The Tennessean and has served as the Nashville correspondent for People magazine.
In 2015, Keel was inducted into the Metro Nashville Public Schools Hall of Fame and was recently named one of the Nashville Business Journals’ Women in Music City Award winners for the third consecutive year.
“This is one of the biggest honors of my career and I am thrilled to be included in such a prestigious and inspiring group of women,” Keel said of the YWCA award. “It is also special to be honored by the YWCA because this organization does such important work on behalf of women and families.”
Other 2016 AWA honorees are:
- Megan Barry, mayor of Nashville;
- Katherine Brown,president and founder, Learn CPR America;
- Marilyn Dubree,executive chief nursing officer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and senior associate dean for clinical practice at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing;
- Claire Gulmi, executive vice president and CFO, AmSurg;
- Cordia Harrington, founder and CEO, The Bakery Cos.;
- Sharon Hurt, Metro Nashville councilwoman at-large and founder and CEO, Jefferson St. United Merchants Partnership (JUMP);
- Aleta Trauger,U.S. District Court judge for the Middle District of Tennessee;
YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. For more information about the YWCA or the event, including ticket details, visit http://bit.ly/1AG2tQc or call 615-983-5146.
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