Sarah Trahern, the CEO of the Country Music Association, will retire at the end of 2026, she announced Wednesday. She will continue to lead the CMA through the end of the year while the search for a successor gets underway.
Trahern has led the organization since 2014. The CMA is responsible for two of the signature events in country music, the CMA Awards telecast in November and CMA Fest in June.
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“Leading the Country Music Association has been the privilege of my career,” said Trahern in a statement. “I am incredibly
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