Carolyn Tate

Carolyn Tate, a key staff member at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum for more than 25 years, died on March 3, 2022. She was 64. A Nashville native, Tate first worked at the Hall from 1986 to 1994 as production and advertising manager, with duties ranging from creative direction to the production of books, magazines, and historical albums. She returned to the Hall in 2002 and served as project manager for the $87.5 million expansion completed in 2014. In the role of Senior Vice President of Museum Services, Tate administered the museum’s collection and supervised the planning, design, and installation of exhibitions. She stepped away from the Hall in 2018 to launch her own company for private celebrity and family archival collections.