T. J. Holmes is an award-winning journalist and national television personality. Holmes recently inked a multi-platform talent deal with BET Networks that includes programming on BET, as well as, content on BET.com. Prior to joining BET Networks, Holmes was a news anchor and correspondent at CNN for more than 5 years. Holmes reported from the scene of numerous breaking news events, including: Joplin, MO, which was devastated by multiple tornadoes in May of 2011; New Orleans during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010; and Blacksburg, Virginia immediately after the shootings on the campus of Virginia Tech. Holmes is a graduate of the University of Arkansas.

Kevin Liles is President and Chief Executive Officer of KWL Management, a holistic talent management company, founded in 2009. Through a personalized, 360-degree artist management approach Liles pioneered as an executive at the world’s largest recording companies, KWL Management empowers elite talent to make the jump from artist to global brand through diversification and partnership development. He views personal relationships as the core of successful brand building, inspiring him to launch KWL to assist an intentionally limited roster of talent to reach new heights personally and professionally.
Rising from unpaid intern to head of global record label, Liles has one of the most storied careers in entertainment. While his interest in the music business grew out of being the original writer of “Girl You Know It’s True” – a song made famous through scandal by Milli Vanilli – his ascent began in 1991 as an unpaid intern for Def Jam in the Mid-Atlantic region. Through a meteoric rise within the organization, by 1998 Liles was named of President of the Def Jam Music Group. Following the merger of Island and Def Jam Music Group in 2002, Liles became Executive Vice President of the new company. By providing leadership sensitive to both the bottom-line and the freedom artists need to create, In this role, Liles was instrumental in the leap of artists from “performer” to “global brand,” leading this transformation for many of the biggest names in hip-hop, rock, and R&B.
In 2004, Liles joined Warner Music Group as Executive Vice President and served on the executive team that took WMG public. As the chief executive behind the implementation of WMG’s innovative “360-degree” strategy for enhanced artist partnerships, Liles oversaw the expansion of the traditional record company role in the artist’s career with a more personalized approach that has become the cornerstone of KWL Management’s success.

Tatiana Grace Simonian is the head of music for Twitter and leads all music-related media initiatives. She also runs @TwitterMusic. She was previously at the helm of social media marketing for Disney Music Group, Hot Topic Inc. and ran her own consultancy which managed campaigns for artists such as The Smashing Pumpkins and Placebo. A former music journalist, Simonian wrote for Rolling Stone, the LA Times, LA Weekly and was associate editor of Anthem Magazine. She's a pianist of 27 years and performs shows when not attending them. A dual citizen of Brazil and US, she speaks Portuguese, Spanish and English. You can follow her: @tatiana and @twittermusic.