Tara Traub – SVP Global Touring, Live Nation
Tara Traub is currently a Senior Vice President of Global Touring at Live Nation. Traub joined the leading live entertainment company as an intern 20 years ago and quickly rose through the ranks. She now books top-earning tours with artists like Harry Styles, Hootie & The Blowfish, The Chicks, Glass Animals, Christina Aguilera, Haim, Gwen Stefani, Kacey Musgraves, 5 Seconds of Summer, Pentatonix and more. Most notably, Traub promoted and produced Michelle Obama’s 2018-2019 Becoming Tour in 33 cities across the world. She promoted the largest selling and grossing amphitheater tour of 2019 with Hootie & The Blowfish grossing well over $42M. Traub was responsible for over 200 shows in 2018 & 2019, grossing well over $100 million dollars per year. Traub was recognized as part of Billboard’s 40 Under 40 list in 2016, Billboard’s Women in Music in 2018, as well as recognized in Pollstar Salutes Women of Live in 2020. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan.