2019 Music Entrepreneurship Competition Judges

Michael Archer is a UNT alumnus and the owner of the Manhatten Innovation Lab: an early-stage business accelerator and turn around specialist bringing unsurpassed functional management and expertise to grow new ventures.

Tonya Butler is a seasoned veteran of the music business with more than 14 years of experience as an entertainment attorney and label executive. She is an award-winning Toastmaster and author of the self-published career guide, The Music Business Is Corrupt, or Maybe You Just Can’t Sing? She has a Juris Doctorate from California Western School of Law and a Master of Laws in entertainment media from Southwestern University School of Law/Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England.

Deborah Brooks is a UNT alumnus and founder of DFW Musicians Services, LLC, a company that connects high quality musicians with clients.

Jason Levi is a UNT alumnus and founder of Rise8 Studios