“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.”

— Amy Poehler

Our Team

Michelle Conceison

Nashville, TN USA [founder]
A veteran of ad agencies in Boston, Chicago, New York and San Francisco, before music Michelle worked with major consumer brands. She bought some of the first keywords Google sold in 1999. Later, as Vice President Director of Media, she built and led Search practices in Boston and Chicago. She managed teams through startup and growth that formed the media landscape, and has been involved in many innovations. Conceison first applied her marketing skills in music volunteering to help artists in 2001. In 2003, while in business school, Conceison wrote a plan.  A year later, she founded the company. An enhanced version of that plan won a competition in 2006, providing initial funding for the company to have its first presence at a music conference. She hasn’t looked back. Michelle is a past President of the board of Folk Alliance International, serving 3 terms (9 years) – and a 2017 “Spirit of Folk” Award Winner. She is Secretary of the board of the International Bluegrass Music Association, and a member of the Leadership Bluegrass class of 2019. She is Women in Music’s global Chair of Mentorship. She is a tenure-track professor of Recording Industry at MTSU.

Alicia Needham

Aliso Viejo, CA USA [2022]
With over 4 years experience as a Marketing & PR Coordinator, Alicia has worked with Sony Music Group subsidiary record label and recording artists, Cutting Edge CE (NOLA) music business conference, and many independent musicians.

Music truly is her passion.

She's the curator and editor for Music's Metaphor, a global music + mental health entertainment platform, as well as the host of The Mindful Rockstar Show podcast. In her free time, she loves binging horror films, cooking plant based meals, and dancing to contemporary pop and hip-hop. Just like Bono, she believes that "music can change the world, because it can change people".

Molly Nagel Driessen

Asheville, NC USA [2014]
Molly Nagel Driessen began her music industry career with the venerated indie record label Sugar Hill Records. In over 12 years there, she moved from mailroom to publicist to project manager, eventually managing their Nashville office and staff. Working with artists from Nickel Creek to Dolly Parton, Doc Watson to Sarah Jarosz, she developed a deep appreciation for and knowledge of Folk, Bluegrass and Americana music, and the artists who work so hard to make a name for themselves in that space. In 2011, she relocated to her hometown of Asheville NC, where she worked with Music Allies and went on to start Little Engine Project Management to assist independent artists in a range of marketing services.

Molly began working with Mmgt (then called Market Monkeys) in 2014, shortly before a 5 year relocation to Spain, where she continued to support Mmgt clients with project management, tour marketing and advancing. Upon return to the US in 2020, her role expanded to day-to-day client support and operations, strategic planning and tour services. She co-works with a fiddler, a 12 year old daughter, and their canine and feline support staff.

Tamara Tondreau

Philadelphia, PA USA [2023]
Tamara Tondreau is currently a songwriter and an Entertainment and Arts Management major at Drexel University. With over 2 years in social media marketing and brand ambassadorships, Tamara has been committed to music, digital media, and being of service to others. She began her journey being a brand ambassador for large corporations such as Course Hero, Bumble, and Victoria’s Secret PINK. She then moved to more music-focused internships such as being a playlist curation intern at HotDrop and being a digital content intern at Ve M. Entertainment. Through her participation in music programs such as Women in Music and Fan to Band, Tamara was introduced to Mgmt Co.

Tamara is currently an A&R Marketing Intern at GREATERTHAN Distribution. In addition, Tamara is a content creator, serves as a member of the PR committee in her campus’ BSU, and also works part-time at Victoria’s Secret.

Jason Eskridge

Nashville, TN USA [2023]
Jason Eskridge grew up in Rockwood TN, and attended Tennessee Tech University, where he played football and received a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He worked at NASA, but couldn’t shake his passion for music. He moved to Nashville, and has worked as an artist and background vocalist for acts including Zac Brown Band, Lyle Lovett, Gladys Knight, Randy Travis, Jonny Lang, Keb Mo’, Taj Mahal, Nicole C. Mullen, Marc Broussard, Robert Glasper, and Toby Mac.

Jason curates and hosts Sunday Night Soul, a monthly soul music series in Nashville that has become one of Nashville's premier music events. He is a leader and artist advocate in the Nashville music community.

“My desire as a musician is to create music that causes the listener to love God, love themselves, love their fellow man, think harder, think deeper, think broader, laugh until they cry, laugh when they want to cry, try something new, remember something old, and ultimately live life to the fullest.”

"Music is one of the few things in this world I've found that consistently brings people from all walks of life together. I hope that the music I create in some way reinforces the ideas of love, empathy, and unity."

Ali Sperry

Nashville, TN USA [2018]
Mmgt is Ali’s first official foray working on the business side of music. She has managed her own singer-songwriter career and is enjoying integrating her first-hand experience, relationships and knowledge with the expertise of the M team. Ali studied Musical Theater at Syracuse University and moved to Nashville to join an all-female country band in 2009. After a couple years with the band she went solo, and has released three full length albums and an EP. She’s toured solo and with band, and knows well the challenges and exultations that life as an artist can offer. Ali is also a yoga instructor and teaches both privately and at studios in Nashville. She lives in Madison, TN with her husband, drummer Jamie Dick.

Jodi Sinatra

Boston, MA USA [2001]
Jodi Sinatra was the very first graphic designer to work with Mmgt (then called Market Monkeys), doing graphic design work for our first album release for our first artist Rachel McCartney. Through the years, Jodi’s contributions to all of our work has enabled us to continue to maintain a high level of design quality and keep up with the speed the music industry commands. We are grateful for this longstanding relationship.