Rusty Gaston

In this role, Gaston will leads all creative and operations for the company's Nashville division, including the signing of new songwriters and development of strategies to exploit its catalog.

Gaston was made CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville in January 2020, when Sony/ATV acquired THiS Music, the Nashville-based publishing company Gaston co-founded with Nashville 'Songwriters Hall of Fame' inductee Tim Nichols and acclaimed songwriter Connie Harrington.

Gaston is a graduate of Belmont University and also attended Texas Wesleyan University in Nashville, TN. He serves as a Board Member of the Academy of Country Music and a Board Member for Nashville's Studio Bank.