A veteran writer, Christian Bottorff joined the ALIAS Board of Directors in January 2010. He built and maintains the ALIAS website, aliasmusic.org, and assists in a range of media services, including photography, video, grant writing and general editorial services. He serves on the Arts & Flowers Committee. Professionally, Christian is the Manager of Creative Services at the Country Music Association, where his duties include copywriting, editing, proofreading and managing CMA’s archive of photography and editorial content including online and CMA’s weekly news service, which reaches hundreds of newspapers and online outlets across the country. A native of Madison, Tenn., Bottorff graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with a BS in Journalism and Mass Communication. After college, he was a reporter in Destin, Fla., and West Chester, Penn., before being hired at The Tennessean in 2001. During his seven years at the newspaper, Bottorff researched and wrote groundbreaking reports on criminal justice, public safety, and business. He joined HealthLeaders-InterStudy in 2008, and worked three years as a healthcare market analyst, conducting research and analysis of healthcare trends in major US cities.




