Music Industry Nonprofit Well Dunn Appoints Collective Entertainment’s Emily White To Board

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Well Dunn – the music industry internship and volunteer placement nonprofit that works with companies across the U.S., from Superfly in San Francisco to Big Hassle Media in New York – has appointed Collective Entertainment’s Emily White to its board. 

In addition to being a founding partner of the music and sports management consulting firm, White is an author and the podcast host of “Interning 101,” as well as the founder of the #iVoted voter turnout initiative.  Her clients include house/dubstep singer and producer Fox Stevenson, indie rock/folk singer Torres and Olympic swimmer Anthony Ervin.

“With the addition of Emily White, Well Dunn will continue to make an impact on the entertainment industry by increasing the access and opportunities provided by our paid and sponsored internships to college students with financial need,” said Superfly co-founder and Well Dunn board president Rick Farman.

White adds, “It’s an honor to join the already esteemed Well Dunn board. I’m looking forward to working with new and old colleagues to take the incredible work that Well-Dunn is doing to the next level and beyond. As a kid from the Midwest who didn’t know anyone in the music industry when I began, I owe so much to internships. At the same time, coming from a middle-class family I know that it can be a struggle to make it work. Well Dunn is completely shifting the paradigm so everyone has the opportunity to intern and enter the career of their dreams.”

Well Dunn was launched in 2012 to honor a passionate music industry intern named Emily Dunn who was a former assistant project manager at Superfly Presents and founded the artist relations company Well Dunn Entertainment. She was tragically hit and killed by a bus less than a month after relocating from Atlanta to San Francisco to pursue her dreams, according to the San Francisco Examiner (via Huffington Post). The nonprofit provides college students the access to getting a start in the music and entertainment industry with paid and sponsored internship opportunities. 

Chris and Deborah Dunn, founders of Well Dunn, said in a joint statement: “Emily White reminds us in so many ways of what our own daughter, Emily Dunn, could have been if we had not lost her.”

Well Dunn aims to help remove barriers and biases within the business to create a more diverse, inclusive and open process for college students seeking internships – and the numbers reflect this mission, with 80 percent of placements being women, 70 percent received financial aid and 25 percent were students of cover. 

Since the nonprofit was founded six years ago it has supported nearly 100 students in paid internships across the United States, with the recent class of interns placed at Superfly (San Francisco), AC Entertainment (Knoxville, Tenn.), Big Hassle Media (New York), Donovan Public Relations (New York), CD Baby (Portland, Ore.) and other partner companies. The fall interns and partners are working with the Country Music Hall of Fame, Grammy Nashville Chapter, Mick Management (New York) and H.O.M.E. (Nashville).

Visit WellDunn.org for more information.