Cindy’s passion is developing creative and skilled songwriters. As a creative music publisher and consultant she provides a variety of services including song catalog assessment and career consultation, songwriter development, a wide variety of workshops and retreats, advocacy and support for all types of songwriter communities as well as being an A&R song resource for independent artists. Her client roster includes a Dove Award-winning songwriter, a church-based publishing company, independent artists, worship leaders and songwriters from Nashville and around the country.

Cindy started her music career with award-winning producer, songwriter Greg Nelson where she production managed five gold and two platinum records. She was also the production manager for Steven Curtis Chapman’s first four records. For fifteen years Cindy was a music publisher with two of Christian music’s largest publishing companies: Benson and Word Music Publishing. While Vice President at Word, Cindy signed and developed top songwriting talents Matthew West, Jason Ingram, Cindy Morgan, Clint Lagerberg, Jason Walker and many others. During 2007 and 2008, Cindy worked as the day-to-day manager for award-winning Sparrow recording artist Matthew West.

In 2009 Cindy directed the ASCAP Foundation’s Christian Songwriters Workshop and will do so again in 2011. Her recent speaking engagements include songwriter groups in Colorado, Texas, California and Pennsylvania, leading a songwriters’ retreat in Nashville that drew participants from 18 states and directing workshops at conferences in Buffalo, Sacramento, San Francisco, Phoenix and Seattle. For the past three years Cindy has led the song track for the Gospel Music Association’s Immerse Training Conference.

For twelve years Cindy has volunteered at the Tennessee Prison for Women. She lives with her husband in Nashville, Tennessee.