Ryan Seacrest Foundation Moves HQ to Nashville

The Ryan Seacrest Foundation (RSF), a non-profit dedicated to inspiring youth through entertainment and education-focused initiatives, announced today the appointment of a prestigious group of entertainment industry advisors to help support the Foundation's mission, including: Scott Borchetta, President, CEO & Founder, Big Machine Label Group, Nicki Farag, Executive Vice President, Promotion, Def Jam Records, John Ivey, President, CHR Programming Strategy at iHeartMedia, Allison Kaye, President, SB Projects, Debra O'Connell, President & General Manager at WABC-TV, and Gary Spangler, Executive Vice President, Promotion, Republic Records. The Foundation also shared the news that its headquarters has relocated permanently from Los Angeles to Nashville, TN.

The Ryan Seacrest Foundation has already arranged for hundreds of celebrities to visit patients across the country at its Seacrest Studios, including Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry, Usher, Luke Bryan and Camila Cabello. Additionally, the newly appointed advisors will join the Foundation's current celebrity ambassadors, pop star and actress Sabrina Carpenter along with singer-songwriter Charlie Puth as well as their former ambassadors Selena Gomez and Nick Jonas, to help the Foundation continue to cultivate unique entertainment experiences for patients and their families in children's hospitals.

"We're honored to have assembled a talented group of industry executives, who have been generously supporting our Foundation for years, to join us officially as advisors to help us advance our efforts and elevate our network of Seacrest Studios," said Meredith Seacrest, Ryan Seacrest Foundation Executive Director/COO. "We're also excited to call NASHVILLE our new home, which isn't far from our Seacrest Studio at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt."

The RSF industry advisors will help the Foundation expand its impact and enhance its multi-media programming in their state-of-the-art media broadcast centers - Seacrest Studios - in children's hospitals across the country. Advisors will work with the Seacrest family and the Foundation staff to help generate awareness of its mission, bring celebrity talent to visit patients at Seacrest Studios, as well as drive development and fundraising opportunities.

Scott Borchetta is the President, CEO & Founder of the Big Machine Label Group which includes Big Machine Records, The Valory Music Co., BMLG Records, Big Machine/John Varvatos Records, publishing company Big Machine Music and its own digital radio station, Big Machine Radio. BMLG artists include Taylor Swift, Florida Georgia Line, Reba, Rascal Flatts, Thomas Rhett, Lady Antebellum, Brett Young, Midland and Carly Pearce.

Nicki Farag, EVP of Promotion for Def Jam Records, is a 15-year veteran of one of the most successful music labels, and has helped to launch multi-platinum smashes such as Alessia Cara's "Scars to Your Beautiful," Logic's "1-800-273-8255," and Justin Bieber's "What Do You Mean?," achieving his first #1 single. Similar successes can be credited to Farag's efforts, including songs by Kanye West, Desiigner, Ne-Yo and Rihanna.

John Ivey, President, iHeartMedia's Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) Programming Strategy, oversees the company's Top 40 brands in more than 150 markets. Ivey is one of the top talents in media when it comes to programming Top 40 radio, and has played a key role in the success of the company's Los Angeles market brands, including KIIS-FM's "On Air with Ryan Seacrest," as well as iHeart Media's CHR stations nationwide.

Allison Kaye is the President of SB Projects, Scooter Braun's entertainment and media company where she helps oversee the company's work in music, TV, film, technology, lifestyle and philanthropy as well as handling management duties for some of SB Project's biggest acts including Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande.

Debra O'Connell is President and General Manager of WABC-TV/Channel 7 (New York), the most watched local station in the country, and all its ancillary businesses. She also oversees "Live! with Kelly and Ryan," the long-running hit Syndicated series produced by the station for Disney/ABC syndication.

Gary Spangler, EVP of Promotion for Republic Records, oversees the record label's promotion strategy across multiple genres. Over the past decade, Gary has developed and executed successful campaigns for artists including Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Drake, The Weeknd, Nicki Minaj and Post Malone.

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