Advisory Board
Curtis Bergh
Talia Borodin
Shar Borg
Jay Byrd
Lisa Caesar
Joyce Dollinger
Evangeline Elder
Steve Ferguson
Kathryn Fraizer
Jonathan Gruber
John Harper
Kennita Hickman
Rebecca Kennedy
Aklima Khondoker
Kevin Lyman
Dana Meyerson
Sam Novey
Kevin Patrick
Brian Penick
Lawrence Peryer
Hamza Salem
Melanie Shark
Amaechi Uzoigwe
Mike Ward
Founders
Emily White
Founder/CEO
Emily White is a Founding Partner at Collective Entertainment, whose career spans the entertainment industry, carving out a unique path that defines a modern maven.
After witnessing slim margins in the 2016 U.S. Election that were the size of venues, White was inspired to get out the vote. The result was a new initiative called #iVoted, in which over 150 venues in 37 states let fans in on Election Night 2018, who showed a selfie from outside of their polling place. Press on #iVoted can be found here. The movement pivoted due to the pandemic by creating #iVoted Festival 2020, smashing the record for the largest single-night digital concert in history. Fans RSVP'd to access the election night webcast of 450+ artists with a selfie at home with their blank and unmarked ballot or fro outside their polling place.
White is currently an in-demand speaker and consultant due to her expertise within the modern music and sports industries, artist development, social media, and beyond. In the media, White’s name and photo has graced the covers of Billboard and Pollstar magazines with her work additionally profiled in Forbes, Fast Company, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, CNN, Fox Business, Vox, The Huffington Post, Pitchfork, Relix, The Fader, Pollstar, Stereogum, Alternative Press, ESPN and more. White has proudly served on the boards of Well-Dunn, Future of Music, SXSW, The David Lynch Foundation Live while additionally serving on The Grammys’ Education Committee and Pandora’s Artist Advisory Council.
White is an Amazon #1 best-selling author of How to Build a Sustainable Music Career & Collect All Revenue Streams and hosts the #1 Music Business podcast globally of the same name.
Mike Luba
Founder
Patrick Sansone
Founder
Melissa Garcia
CMO
Melissa Garcia is a co-founding partner, artist manager, and consultant at Collective Entertainment.
Since 2011, she’s worked with numerous clients and companies across the music, sports, and skydiving industries as a day-to-day manager, tour manager, marketing/social media consultant, project manager, and marketing generalist.
Melissa first started in the music industry interning for her now business partner, Emily White. It was through that internship where she developed a strong interest for tour and day-to-day management. The experience served her well and from there, she began managing her own clients. In 2018, she co-founded Collective Entertainment with Emily.
In 2020, she became Chief Marketing Officer for #iVoted working with a team of over 200 volunteers to put on the largest single night concert event in history, all in support of voter turnout.
Melissa holds a Master’s degree in Music Business from New York University and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from the University of Florida. In 2017, she completed a 300 hour yoga teacher training course, earning an instructor certificate under the Southern Institute for Yoga Instructors. Along with teaching yoga regularly, Melissa is a licensed skydiver and certified FAA Senior Parachute rigger.
Lesly Montes
Event Director
Pronouns: She/Her
Languages: English, Spanish
Lesly Montes is a Partner at Collective Entertainment, a Live Entertainment Producer, Digital Marketing Strategist and Management Consultant. With a passion for music and culture, Lesly has dedicated her career to producing unforgettable experiences and engaging content for brands, fans and artists.
As a Producer, she has managed large-scale event production, advertisement & marketing campaigns, podcasts, and additional projects for a variety of clientele nationwide; ranging from Music to Lifestyle, Health, and Activism.
She is also frequent production consultant for Ultra Music Festival, iHeart Radio’s Jingle Ball, Audacy’s Riptide Music Festival, and various independent concerts, award shows and conferences across the United States.
In her role as a Director, Lesly has overseen the planning and execution of digital and live events for the non-profit initiative #iVoted. Most notably, the #iVoted Festival, the largest digital concert in history, which took place on election night 2020 with over 450 artists participating, including Billie Eilish, Trey Anastasio of Phish, Playboi Carti, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Maggie Rogers, Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, Living Colour, Young the Giant, and countless more. All artists were booked based on the data of the top streaming artists in key swing states, whose margins are often decided by the size of a concert venue.
#iVoted Team Members
Webcast Booking team
Booking Captain: Lilia Iza
Booking Lead: Jennie Ryan
Data Scientist: Diana Degnan
Lauren Allison
Kaylee Boerner
Grant Cardwell
Leslie Campbell
Gianna Cicchetti
Alora Coffey
Joseph Corless
Shannon Couillard
Holly Debarger
Amanda Detyens
Katie Dowell
Colin Hall
Jasmine Hargrove
Rebecca Hoff
Anthony Incristo
Jenna Larcara
Rocki Love
Jules Mastrocola
Jazmin Molina
Sarah Masccimento
Sarah Nascimento
Liv Novoselsky
Mandi Ohlsen
Gabriella Ortiz
Indigo Passariello
Giovanna Pollicino
Arianna Pyatetski
Isabella Ramos
Mia Saldana
Ria Sharma
Erin Steward
marketing
Head of Creative: Neelu Mohaghegh
Social Media: Fernanda Balzaretti
Social Media: Vitoria Carvalho
PR Intern: Sarah Kloboves
Intern to CMO: Grace Lawton
Intern to CMO: Lukas Salinas
Intern to CMO: Lynda Garcia
Sponsorship Lead: Michael Zimmerlich
Grant Writer: Jack Hanson
Production Team
Kathleen Fanor Adkins
Grayce Long
Camryn Murawski
Abigail Piccolo
Venue Team
Bronson Boyle
Emily Kang
Podcast Team
Haru Yoshimatsu
Allison Emm