Michelle Guzman serves as Yamaha’s Senior Director of In-House Agency. In the early part of her career, she worked on automotive advertisements before joining Yamaha in 2018, which was a ...
Dee Halacsy grew up with an upright piano in her home, often listening to her mother play. She took piano lessons and developed a real love for music. While in school she joined the band,...
Dr. Jennifer Hall was approached by Crystal Morris to assist a small team of women, then known as the Smart Women in Music (SWIM) founders, who were inspired and motivated to form a leade...
Julie Hamm is the Director of School Services at White House of Music in Wisconsin. The role perfectly fits Julie, who grew up in a very musical home. Her parents both played musical inst...
April Hebert is an educational sales representative dedicated to supporting school music programs and band directors. Growing up in a musical family, April was immersed in music from a yo...
DeDe Heid met her husband Todd while selling his music store, Heid Music, their newspaper advertising. After attending numerous NAMM Shows with Todd, as well as other business meetings, D...
Katie Helgeson remembers the day in the fourth grade when a local music store brought instruments to her school to try out. She asked the instructor which was the hardest to learn and so ...
Jennifer Hoffman joined the corporate staff of Guitar Center in 2019 as Category Manager, having started at Music and Arts in college before moving to the West LA Guitar Center for severa...
Anna Huthmaker has been immersed in music her entire life—her mother even went into labor at a Knoxville Symphony performance! She began playing the violin at five and soon developed prof...
Kristi Jacobsen has always been surrounded by music. During her school years, she played clarinet in the wind ensemble, marching band, and for several musicals. After earning a degree in ...
Erin Kessler began playing French Horn in school and had a close relationship with her grandmother, who encouraged and inspired her to keep music in her life. Erin’s grandparents establis...
Amy Kreider has been passionate about music from a young age. She played piano, viola, and flute and later studied music business and marketing in college. These passions came together wh...
Jennifer Lantz lights up with joy when reflecting on the early days of Bandwagon Music, the store she co-founded with her husband in 2016 in Nashville. Initially established as a repair s...
Katie Loesch discovered her love for music through the French horn, which she played throughout school before earning her college degrees in music performance. By day, she excels as the H...
Lisa MacDonald is the Director of Vertical Marketing for Yamaha, focused on serving the needs of key customer groups, especially music educators and houses of worship. She played violin i...
Laura Madigan fondly recalls the welcoming atmosphere she felt the first time she walked into Shure’s headquarters in Niles, Illinois—an energy she still enjoys daily. A lifelong lover of...
Bryana Marshall was captivated by the flute she discovered in a closet—her mother’s—and began her musical journey playing saxophone and bassoon along the way. After studying music educati...
Brenda Martinez began her musical journey at the age of eight, first on piano, then branching out to horn and guitar, all while performing in bar bands by age fourteen. Her love for Latin...
Kristin Masarik loves the moment when a young student comes into Heid Music with their parents to pick up an instrument for their school's band program. They are bewildered and nervous, y...
Jennifer Mayes feels a great connection with those involved with the Women of NAMM (WoN). The networking and friendships she finds with the group bring her background and passion for musi...
Elizabeth Mayton has a diverse background in both music education and religious studies. She integrates her academic knowledge into her musical journey. Whether as a cantor in her church ...
Kara McCanna began playing violin at an early age alongside her sister, sparking a lifelong passion for music and craftsmanship. Over the years, she has performed with both the Bozeman Sy...
Whitney McNicol began her professional life as an accountant, a skill set that would later prove invaluable when her musician husband suggested they purchase a local music store. Whitney ...
Iris Meneley combined her business acumen with her husband’s musical passion to co-found Texas Amps & Axes, a music school and retail store in Prosper, Texas, established in 2015. Iri...
Crystal Morris started in the music industry as a child working with her dad at his booth at the NAMM show. In 2000, Gator Cases was launched at a NAMM Show when they saw a need for cases...
Natalie Morrison grew up in a very musical family, both of her parents were percussionists and her brother played saxophone. She was never pushed into music, but it was important to her p...
Mallory Nees learned to harmonize at a young age, thanks to her parents, who both had a passion for music. They purchased Mallory a keyboard when she was 7 years old to prepare her for pi...
Gail O'Brien Stewart grew up in a family that greatly appreciated music and as a child she often attended live concerts. In elementary school she went to a young people’s concert where se...
Marsha Orwig serves as the dynamic and tech-savvy CIO of Quinlan & Fabish Music in Illinois, a renowned and respected chain of music stores she first joined as an eager intern back in...
Jessie Osborne has always been deeply passionate about music and lifelong learning. When she joined the team at Spicer’s Music in Auburn, Alabama, it was a natural fit. As the dedicated a...
Jessica Palmer, as a passionate music maker throughout school and a music education major in college, was impressed by West Music's approach towards supporting band directors. As a young ...
Stephanie Patterson has earned a unique reputation as Fox Product’s “oboe meme queen,” combining her love for the instrument with social media savvy and humor.
