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PLA Media is an award-winning public relations and marketing full service/boutique agency in Nashville, Tennessee. The company was founded in 1985 by business marketing guru Pam Lewis. With 20 years plus of PR/Marketing experience, Pam has an extensive background in corporate and entertainment, marketing, publicity, management, major/independent record labels, consulting and publishing. PLA Media offers publicity/marketing, music publishing and radio promotion for a broad base of industries including real estate development, literary and corporate projects, restaurants, special events, and start-ups to IPO's. We strive at PLA to really hear and interpret a client's message through cost effective, results oriented personalized campaigns. Pamela Lewis, a native of upstate New York, is a graduate of Wells College for Women with a B.A. in Economics/Marketing and a minor in French and Communications. She has done additional graduate course work at Fordham University, The New York School for Social Research, The Publicity Club of New York and is a licensed ministerial candidate, Religious Science International. From 1980 to 1984, Lewis served as National Media Director at Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment, where she was part of the original publicity/marketing team that launched MTV to the world. She also worked with MTV's sister cable channels Nickelodeon, The Movie Channel, and the Arts & Entertainment Network. RCA relocated Lewis from New York City to Nashville to head the careers of top country stars such as Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, The Judds, and Alabama. In 1987, she formed award-winning Doyle/Lewis Management with partner Bob Doyle, while continuing to operate PLA Media. The first client Lewis agreed to represent was an unknown Oklahoma crooner named Garth Brooks. She worked with Brooks until 1994 and also co-managed the early successful career of Trisha Yearwood, securing her record deal at MCA and her first gold and platinum CDs. Lewis's accolades include being named a finalist for the National Association of Women Business Owners ( NAWBO ), Women Business Owner of the Year. Other honors include Performance Magazine's Manager of the Year Award in 1992 and 1993, The Country Music Association's SRO Award ( Manager of the Year ), 2000 Notable American Women, Pollstar's Manager of the Year in 1991 and 1992, Who's Who in Executives and Professionals, and Business Nashville's 40 Under 40. Most recently, PLA Media was named one of Nashville's Top 10 Public Relations Firms by Nashville Business Journal and made the coveted 2001-2002 Book of Lists. PLA has also been nominated, for the third consecutive year, for Nashville's Small Business of the Year Award. In 2003, Lewis made her first foray into the world of politics running for office of alderman-at-large in Franklin, Tennessee. She won a four-year term and was the only female on the board for two years. She has also served on multiple committees as well as being appointed to the Planning Commission and Historic Zoning Board. She is a graduate of Belmont University's Scarlette Leadership Institutes Mini MBA program and leadership music. She is recognized by the American Biographical Institute for inclusion in Woman of Achievement 2005. Her charitable board work includes; the Tennessee State Museum, You Have the Power, Park Center, BRIDGES Domestic Violence Center, Sister Cities of Franklin, Battlefield Preservation Committee GAP, Franklin Moderately Priced Housing Task Force, ARC Board and the Tennessee Preservation Trust. Her other community outreach efforts include historic preservation causes, women and children s advocacy, educational scholarships, animal rights and formed her own charitable foundation in 1997. Performance Magazine - Reader's Poll Award Winner for Personal Manager of the Year 1992 and 1993 Contributed a chapter to the Inside the Minds series on Utilizing New Media in Public Relations Guest Lecturer at Law School University of Michigan, Belmont Univer