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‘Montana Mafia’ crucial in building entertainment scene in state – The University of Montana Entertainment Management Program

Brian Knaff, chairman of TBN Entertainment in Las Vegas, calls Montana natives who work on the national scene in the entertainment business the Montana Mafia.

There are people like Deer Lodge native Mike McGinley, who served as the Rolling Stones tour accountant for 20 years as president of SRO Consultants and CitizenNet, and Bigfork native Ron Baird, who represents Martina McBride and Willie Nelson as vice president of Creative Artists Agency in Nashville.

The Montana group keeps expanding, and a new generation of entertainment managers, 140 strong, are hitting the scene through a program that MetraPark helped build at the University of Montana. The UM Entertainment Management Program http://www.business.umt.edu/programs/umem/

By JACI WEBB [email protected]

Full Story: http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/montana-mafia-crucial-in-building-entertainment-scene-in-state/article_c542209c-958f-523a-bc21-8a03d5188889.html

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UM Entertainment Management Jobs and Internships http://www.business.umt.edu/programs/umem/students/jobs-internships.php

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