Full Name
Leslie Fram
Speaker Bio
Since joining CMT in 2011, Fram has negotiated key partnerships with major and indie label acts for world premieres and exclusive digital content. She champions new avenues to showcase rising acts and 4 years ago launched the first female-powered initiative for the network, CMT’s “Next Women of Country” to give voice to emerging female artist that now includes a tour and digital performance component. Most recently, Fram has initiated and oversees CMT Equal Play franchise to support underrepresented voices in country music that includes 50/50 representation male/female in all video hours to include equality, the Equal Play Award and the Equal Play Development Program for artist and industry. Last year, Fram & CMT launched Equal Access under the Equal Play franchise with mTheory This program was created to train, educate and develop artists and managers that are underrepresented in country music.
Respected for both her hit intuition and hard-driving passion for music, Fram was the first woman to receive the TJ Martell Award in recognition of outstanding performance in the music industry in 2000, and was presented with the NARAS-Atlanta Chapter Heroes Award for her outstanding contributions to music and the music community. In 2009, she was honored as a Lifetime Achievement Inductee in the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame, the recipient of the very first ‘Innovation In Music’ Awards held 3 years ago and recognized by the Nashville Business Journal’s ‘Women In Music’ 6 years in a row. Leslie currently serves on the Board of The Recording Academy/Nashville Chapter, The Grammy TV Committee, Save The Music, Save The Music Advisory Board and an alum of Leadership Music Class of 2014. Fram is an avid philanthropist and spokesperson, using her voice to support numerous non-profits and causes. Fram is co-founder of ‘Change the Conversation,’ a movement aimed at supporting and promoting female artists and Co-Founder/Board Member of Nashville Music Equality formed to create an anti-racism environment in the Nashville Music Community by providing conversation, education, mentorship and resources.
Respected for both her hit intuition and hard-driving passion for music, Fram was the first woman to receive the TJ Martell Award in recognition of outstanding performance in the music industry in 2000, and was presented with the NARAS-Atlanta Chapter Heroes Award for her outstanding contributions to music and the music community. In 2009, she was honored as a Lifetime Achievement Inductee in the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame, the recipient of the very first ‘Innovation In Music’ Awards held 3 years ago and recognized by the Nashville Business Journal’s ‘Women In Music’ 6 years in a row. Leslie currently serves on the Board of The Recording Academy/Nashville Chapter, The Grammy TV Committee, Save The Music, Save The Music Advisory Board and an alum of Leadership Music Class of 2014. Fram is an avid philanthropist and spokesperson, using her voice to support numerous non-profits and causes. Fram is co-founder of ‘Change the Conversation,’ a movement aimed at supporting and promoting female artists and Co-Founder/Board Member of Nashville Music Equality formed to create an anti-racism environment in the Nashville Music Community by providing conversation, education, mentorship and resources.
