Spring 2010 Member News
The Atlanta Braves have seven employees who are members of the Atlanta Chapter of WISE, including Sue Gerten, who serves as the WISE Within Chair. The Braves open the 2010 regular season at Turner Field on Monday, April 5 with a 4:10pm game against the Chicago Cubs. Games two and three of the season-opening series will be played on April 7 & 8, both games at 7:10 p.m. Tickets are available at www.braves.com.
Member Tammy Hurt, president and founder of Outsourse Events in Atlanta, has started a new business, Placement Music, LLC. Based in Atlanta Georgia, Placement Music is a boutique entertainment firm specializing in the licensing, creation and placement of high-quality, well-recorded, pre-cleared music for television, film, gaming, animation, advertising, and all other forms of digital media. What makes Placement Music a stand-out from every other entertainment company is the quality, sound and integrity of the music we create, produce and represent. Our product is the result of the talents of our roster of award-winning songwriters, producers, engineers and musicians from the Atlanta music community. Our team is readily available to create and professionally record work-for-hire compositions or supply pre-cleared original songs.
Member Jackie Tyson has signed a new client, Project Athena Foundation, for her sports public relations agency, Peloton Sports. The Project Athena Foundation is launching a national run/walk event in three cities this year, the AKALI Project Athena Racing Series. The first event will take place in San Diego on May 8, 2010. www.akaliprojectathenaracingseries.com. The Foundation helps female survivors of medical or traumatic setbacks to live their athletic dreams as part of their recovery. All “Survivors” who register for one or more events in the series will receive complimentary registration.
SPECIAL NOTE:
Don’t forget to support the Atlanta Beat of Women’s Professional Soccer. The Atlanta Beat will open their home schedule on Sunday, May 9 at Kennesaw State University. The new a $16.5 million, 8,300-seat soccer stadium will be home to both the Atlanta Beat Women’s Professional Soccer team and the KSU Owls women’s soccer program. visit www.womensprosoccer.com
