Debbie Carroll

Debbie Carroll, Vice President of MusiCares® Health & Human Services, is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing MusiCares’ programs and services nationally. Under her leadership, MusiCares has succeeded in substantially increasing their programs and services from 230 clients and $236,000 distributed in 1998 to approximately 8,600 clients and more than $6.5 million distributed in 2018. 10 years ago, Carroll was instrumental in launching MusiCares’ first Preventative Healthy Essentials Clinic. Since then, the program has expanded to over 300 annual events nationwide that address medical issues, dental and hearing health, addiction recovery services, and educational topics of interest to music people.

With nine years prior experience in the human services field, Carroll joined MusiCares in August of 1998, and worked in various capacities in the health care industry, ranging from hospital settings to private practice. During the course of her illustrious career, Carroll was instrumental in developing substance abuse treatment programs in Massachusetts, Colorado, and Georgia.

She currently serves as chairman of ACM Lifting Lives as well as the Onsite Foundation Board of Directors and serves on the Cumberland Heights and Music Health Alliance Advisory Boards. She has been honored for the past five years with the Nashville Business Journal’s Women in Music Business Award. Carroll has received numerous awards and accolades throughout her career, such as the Communication Service Award through the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center in 2015.

Carroll holds a master's degree in social work from the University of Georgia, and her bachelor of arts degree in psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder.