CEO at Country Music Association INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.
Ambiguous identityThis name matches 4 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$838K
Others who share this name
4
Who this is
Profile
Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced
Sarah Trahern is the Chief Executive Officer of the Country Music Association, a position she has held since 2014. She previously served as General Manager and Senior Vice President of Great American Country (GAC) television network after spending six years with The Nashville Network.
Under her leadership, the CMA has stewarded the organization's signature events—the CMA Awards and CMA Fest—and the CMA Foundation has distributed more than $30 million to music education initiatives.
Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.
Track record
Career & tenure
Real tenure, career, and education — from public web sources, what you need to vet a founder or leader beyond the filing window.
Tenure here
CEO 2014-present; retiring December 2026
Education
Georgetown University (Class of 1986)1986
Affiliations
Organizations
Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.
Country Music Association INCCEO · $78.2M revenue · Nashville, TNTO FOSTER NATIONAL INTEREST IN COUNTRY MUSICpay $692K → $838KFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$838Kreported comp
The Cma FoundationPresident · $5.4M revenue · Nashville, TNTHE CMA FOUNDATION EXISTS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO WORTHWHILE CAUSES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AND THE COUNTRY MUSIC…Filed FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Disambiguation
Other people named Sarah Trahern
Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.
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Sarah Trahern2 organizations · Nashville, TNMusic City Bowl INC
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Sarah Trahern1 organization · Nashville, TNNashville Convention & Visitors Bureau
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Sarah Trahern1 organization · Nashville, TNGirl Scouts of Middle Tennessee INC
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Sarah Trahern1 organization · Nashville, TNNashvillehealth
Network
Serves alongside
Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.
Executive & Artistic Director · The Carnegie Hall Corporation
$2.6M
Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org
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