T.J. Martell Foundation – the music industry’s leading nonprofit to fund innovative medical research focused on treatments and cures for cancer – is revealing its top-tier list of performers for the 2020 Nashville Honors Gala at the Omni Hotel on February 24. This year’s star-studded event will feature RASCAL FLATTS, VINCE GILL, WADE HAYES, CARLY PEARCE, MICHAEL RAY, and CECE WINANS.
The annual celebration will toast to a new class of honorees in Music City being acknowledged for their professional accomplishments, community spirit, and philanthropy, including: GRAMMY award-winning contemporary Christian artist Amy Grant – Tony Martell Outstanding Entertainment Achievement Award; President of Morris Higham Management, Clint Higham – Chairman’s Award; Associate Director for Clinical Research and Director of Phase I Research at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Dr. Jordan Berlin – Medical Research Advancement Award; commercial real estate developer and CEO of Hall | Emery, Patrick G. Emery – Spirit of Nashville Award; and community builders Jim and Laurie Seabury – Lifetime Humanitarian Award. Jim is the Chairman and CEO of Enterprise Solutions while Laurie is a current and former Chairwoman/Board Member of multiple charitable organizations.
Co-chaired by entertainment executive, Steve Buchanan, and Sweet Talk Publicity President/Owner, Jensen Sussman, the T.J. Martell Foundation thanks Emerald sponsors: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, The Charlie and Moll Anderson Family Foundation; Gold sponsors: BMI, Hall Capital, Sarah Cannon, The Cancer Institute of HCA Healthcare; and Silver sponsors: Brookfield Properties Development, Messina Touring Group, Sandbox Entertainment | Smacksongs, and SiriusXM. Thanks are also extended to in-kind sponsors Lipman Brothers, Morris Light & Sound, Moo TV, and Soundcheck.
For additional information on the 2020 Nashville Honors Gala, visit tjmartell.org.