Hank Adam Locklin Senior Manager of Membership & Industry Relations Country Music Association   Hank Adam Locklin serves as Senior Manager of Membership and Industry Relations for CMA, the international trade organization with over 6200 members in 43 countries. He joined the CMA staff in 2004. Locklin works under CMA’s COO, Tammy Genovese, to expand the value and importance of CMA to its members. He is responsible for developing CMA membership through recruitment and other forms of outreach designed to formulate relationships in and out of the music industry. He also works to maintain and increase CMA’s presence in the areas of artist outreach and relations.

Born and raised in Northwest Florida and South Alabama, Locklin is a graduate of The University of Alabama and University of Alabama School of Law. He began his music industry career in 1997 with legendary entertainment attorney Richard “Dick” Frank. From there, Locklin went on to work in artist management with Loretta Lynn and Billy Yates. Prior to joining CMA, Locklin worked with Brownlee Ferguson and Bluewater Music Group. He has produced two critically acclaimed albums for his late-father, Hank Locklin, and the two have performed together numerous times on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry and Ryman Auditorium.

Locklin has served on the Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission, Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (Past Board Member) and Nashville Film Festival (Celebrity Outreach Committee). He is a Board Member of the Phoenix Club of Nashville, S.M.O.T.J., Doric Lodge F. & A.M., Scottish Rite and Almenah Shrine Temple of Nashville, TN.