Staff
Chris Lisle
Co-founder +
Executive Director
Originally from Nashville, TN, Chris Lisle has over 33 years experience in the entertainment industry. He has worked in a variety of roles including Production Designer, Lighting Designer, Production Manager, and Show Producer. Some of Chris’ clients have include: Alice Cooper, Robert Plant, Brooks and Dunn, Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, Parker McCollum, Judah and the Lion, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, The NFL Draft, Miranda Lambert, One Republic, Dave Koz, Danny Gokey, Sugarland, Billy Currington, Peter Frampton, Nick Carter, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Chris Young, Jennifer Nettles, Lee Brice, Kip Moore, Chase Rice, Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau, IEBA, Sara Evans, Keith Urban, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Ann Womack, Phil Vassar, The Recording Academy (Grammy’s), and many others.
Chris is the co-founder and Executive Director of ECCHO Live (formerly Touring Career Workshop), a non-profit that serves as “Human Resources for Live Event Professionals”. Chris is a former adjunct instructor at Belmont University, teaching classes on Production Design and Tour/Production Management.
Chris is a 2016 graduate of Leadership Music, and is a member of the CMA, ACM, and the ESA (Event Safety Alliance). Chris currently serves as a Board Member for both the CMA’s and ACM’s.
In his spare time, Chris enjoys spending time with his wife and children relaxing on the water at Tims Ford Lake in TN.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
As a 501c3, ECCHO Live (nee TCW) is governed by a Board of Directors. New Board Members must apply and are voted in by the existing Board to serve a two year term. At the completion of that term, some Board members may be requested to serve an additional term without needing to reapply.
Brandon “Soss” Sossamon is a native Texan and grew up in the Live Event Industry working for various Production houses in the Houston area. This led to touring with artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Vampire Weekend, Star Wars in Concert, and several Industrials. Today, Soss works full time as the Director of Production for C3 Presents in Austin handling their Festivals and Special Events. Annual events include ACL Festival, Lollapalooza, NFL Draft, Bonnaroo, and many more. Soss resides in Georgetown, TX with his wife of 18 year and their 10 year old daughter. In his free time, you’d be hard pressed to peel him away from Possum Kingdom Lake.
Brandon Sossamon
Chairman of the Board
Sharon Lee
Originally from upstate New York, Sharon spent most of her adult life in the Boston area. In 2016 she relocated to Nashville and founded High Road Inc., an entertainment trucking company. She has worked with American, European, Latin American and Korean artists including Dropkick Murphys, H.E.R., Switchfoot, Collective Soul, Architects, Andy Grammer, Maneskin, IU, Camilo, Meshuggah, Avatar, The Driver Era, and many others
Sharon and her husband Andy live in Franklin TN and enjoy travel and spending time with their blended family of 5 adult children and 2 teens.
Vice-Chairman of the Board
Jess is a graduate of Ferris State University she has her bachelor’s degree in Music Industry Management with a minor in Special Event Planning. Originally from Upland, California Jessica moved to Nashville to pursue her goals of becoming a tour manager. Outside of the organization Jessica has toured in as a merchandise manager, a production assistant and is currently serving as VIP Coordintor with Jason Aldean.
Jess Trindle
Secretary of the Board
Originally from Chandler, AZ, Mark Anderson made his way to Nashville, TN to complete a B.S. degree in Audio Engineering Technology from Belmont University.
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After graduating, Mark spent the next 5 years touring with several artists in a variety of roles ranging from Stage Manager, Monitor Engineer, FOH Engineer, and Road/Production Manager before joining the CLLD team in 2015 and extending his expertise to the ECCHO Live events.​
Mark Anderson
Tee-Cee Bailey
Tee-Cee Bailey has been in the live music industry for over 30 years. Hailing from South Carolina, she is a classically trained French Horn Player with a degree from North Greenville College. She is also a graduate from Middle Tennessee State University’s Recording Industry Management Program. She has mixed FOH and monitors, but prefers the monitor side of the snake. She is also an accomplished production assistant/production manager.
Tee-Cee has toured with Mila Mason, Mindy McCready, Tim McGraw, Leanne Womack and Martina McBride, but has been the primary monitor engineer for Trisha Yearwood since 1998. Tee-Cee joined the Garth Brooks World Tour starting in 2014. She is currently the monitor engineer for Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks.
When not on tour, Tee-Cee resides in Nashville, TN, where she enjoys reading, spending quiet time with the backyard wildlife, fly fishing and digging in the dirt.
Erik Leighty
Erik is a 20+ year veteran of the touring world who currently works as the Production Manager for Miranda Lambert and the Pistol Annies.
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Erik’s background in the music business was formed as a member of the StudentActivities Board Concert Committee while attending The University of Kentucky. Aftergraduating in 1994, he moved to Nashville to pursue a career in the music business. By1999, he was on the road as a Merchandise Manager and then Tour Manager but eventually transitioned to the role of Production Manager. Since 2005, Erik has overseen worldwide touring productions for Staind, Nelly Furtado, Alice In Chains, Rob Zombie,Billy Currington, Paramore and for the last 10 years, Miranda Lambert, including herVelvet Rodeo Las Vegas Residency.When not touring, Erik has spoken to music industry classes at Belmont University,MTSU and Point Park University. In 2024, he was part of the inaugural CMA Mentorship program
Helena Pygrum
Helena Pygrum has led a twenty-five year career in concert event production in various roles, from theatre publicist in Melbourne Australia, then Tour Road Manager of the Canadian Chippendales in Outback Australia to then moving to the US in the early 2000’s into corporate events with Gail & Rice Productions in Detroit, Festival Production for Clear Channel Entertainment, Venue Production Manager for Live Nation, National Promoter Rep for AEG Live/Messina Group where she toured for close to a decade with the Kenny Chesney Tour. In 2010 she took a career hiatus and ran a small goat farm in New Mexico before returning to Nashville in 2014 as a mother and began managing the labor departments for VER Tour Sound and then PRG Audio. Now as the Director of Labor Resources for Solotech US Live Productions she actively booked labor & touring crews putting hundreds of people back to work post covid, has built an in-house labor department to continue this work and is leading the team with a focus on career advancement, longevity and life/work balance for their crew.
Helena lives in Nashville, TN and where she raises her 10yr old son, alongside two dogs and two cats.
Ryan is the Regional Manager of Artist Relations at the Shure office in Nashville, TN. In 1993, he started at Shure Headquarters in the Customer Service Department, joined the AR team in 1995, and moved down to Nashville in 2001. Some of the artists Ryan works with include The Who, Maroon 5, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Lawrence, Jason Mraz, Jon Pardi, Brett Young and many more. Ryan has over 30 years of performance experience, playing drums, percussion, and singing in various groups and genres.
Ryan Smith
Jake Tickle grew up outside of Philadelphia, PA. After moving to Florida to earn a Degree in Show Production from Full Sail University, Tickle started his professional career at Vari*Lite Production Services. Driven by his love of travel and exploring the world he did a four year float on Cruise Ships. 2006 saw Jake move to Nashville to pursue a touring career. Tickle has spent the last 17 years at Bandit Lites and is currently the Vice President of Business and Innovation. Jake resides in Mt. Juliet, TN with his wife Erin and two sons.
Jake Tickle
A 23+ year veteran of the entertainment industry, Zito has grown his career from the solo crew guy with van and trailer bands all the way to PM for some of the largest rock and pop artists on the planet. He embraces modern technology in touring and celebrates a “people first” mentality on the road.
Zito
Erik Parker
Co-Founder + Advisor
Erik Parker isn’t from Nashville, but he came loving country music so he fit right in. He’s served as lighting director traveling with bands throughout the world such as OneRepublic, NeedToBreathe, Jennifer Nettles and Brooks and Dunn. Parker has also designed stages of all sizes at events such as the KAABOO festival, Midnight Music City: A Nashville New Year’s Eve, Nashville Chapter Grammy Block Party as well as designed and programed tours with Judah and the Lion, Dave Koz, Simply Three and many others.
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In addition to his career and passions in live concerts, Parker has aspirations of helping people create the life they dream of. No matter what life throws your way, as he would say, “You Got This”!