Emily Dunn was a very passionate young person. When she chose to do something, she saw it through. In 2005, when she was just 16, she talked her mom, Deborah, into going to Bonnaroo together where she immediately fell in love with live events. Over the next year, while still in high school, Emily created her own company, Well Dunn Entertainment. She worked with AC Entertainment, Suite Treatments and others every chance she had. After taking a gap year between high school and college to travel the world, she continued working extensively with concerts and events throughout college.

Emily Dunn was a very passionate young person. When she chose to do something, she saw it through. In 2005, when she was just 16, she talked her mom, Deborah, into going to Bonnaroo together where she immediately fell in love with live events. Over the next year, while still in high school, Emily created her own company, Well Dunn Entertainment. She worked with AC Entertainment, Suite Treatments and others every chance she had. After taking a gap year between high school and college to travel the world, she continued working extensively with concerts and events throughout college.

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(New York, NY) Music industry networking nonprofit Well Dunn is pleased to announce the appointment of new Board member David ‘5-1’ Norman. Norman, a Tour Director / Tour Accountant has 35 years of global touring experience throughout North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, South America and South Africa. During the pandemic, Norman, along with several other tour managers lead the Tour Management 101 Webinar series where the next generation can learn about the concert industry.

Well Dunn Executive Director, Nancy Tarr says, “I am thrilled to have David join our board; he has already provided backstage mentoring opportunities for Well Dunn candidates, and during these difficult times he has stepped in to create incredible learning and networking opportunities with Tour Management 101. He will be instrumental in developing and launching our newly implemented mentoring program and will be a great asset to our community of students.”

David ‘5-1’ Norman said, “I am truly honored and humbled to be joining Well Dunn’s efforts while representing this amazing organization. When I started in this industry, I had three amazing mentors whom I still speak with even today.

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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. 

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The Well Dunn Foundation is a non-profit organization set up in memory of a young woman named Emily Dunn, and is the primary focus of our fundraising efforts. Its mission is to support the ambitions of new professionals interested in the entertainment business. The Global Goulets are proud to team up with such a great cause.

Who was Emily? Just about the raddest person we’ve ever met, and one of our closest friends. At first she was just the hippy across the hall, but as the months progressed and we got to know her, she became like our sister.

Emily was a brilliant girl who had travelled more than anyone we’d ever met – South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, she’d done it all before the age of 25. She’d hiked in the Himalayas and trekked across the Andes. She had travelled around some of the countries we will travel through on the Rally before we’d even heard of them.

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Well Dunn, a program to support young professionals in search of internships and careers in the entertainment business, has launched. The program’s mission is to support the aspirations of inspired up-and-comers who want to work in entertainment but lack the necessary resources to take on an internship.

Entertainment companies that have already reserved internship positions for Well Dunn-chosen participants, include: A.C. Entertainment, Big Hassle Media, CID Entertainment, Cloud 9 Adventures, JamBase, Life is good, Red Light Management, Relix, Suite Treatments and Superfly Presents. The businesses will provide substantial training and supervision to Well Dunn interns.

Well Dunn was founded in honor of Emily Dunn, a young professional in the music business who exemplified leadership, integrity, confidence, deep engagement and a driving work ethic. Emily worked as a volunteer and then intern in the production and operation side of the entertainment business. She was killed in a bus accident in San Francisco in August 2011. She was 23. Dunn worked as a volunteer just after high school and started working at Bonnaroo, among many other events, in 2005, while still in college. By the time of her death, she was a full-time staffer, with Superfly Presents, Bonnaroo’s Co-Producer,

“Emily brought a tremendous amount of energy and creativity to her work at the festival every year and she became a good friend to so many,” said Superfly’s Rick Farman. “We want to help people who are like Emily, who started as a volunteer, but might not have the resources or access to the opportunities that she did.”

Bonnaroo organizers have pledged to donate a percentage of their guest charity donation fee to Well Dunn. Funds raised by Well Dunn will be used in part to provide stipends as a contribution towards living and other expenses incurred during internships.

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