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John Ozier

Advisory Board Member

As Reservoir’s EVP of Creative, John Ozier heads the company’s Nashville office, which he helped launch in 2019. 

Ozier serves on the senior management team of Reservoir, which celebrated its fourth year as a publicly traded company in 2025. His reputation has helped Reservoir solidify deals with some of country music’s most legendary names, while his keen ear has identified and fostered the growth of its up-and-coming songwriters. By delivering on catalog acquisitions and numerous chart-topping hits, Ozier was named a Billboard Country Power Player in 2025. In addition to establishing himself as a key player in the industry, Ozier also previously served as the National Chair of the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) for two years, and as the Nashville Chapter Head and President for nine years. Ozier continues to serve on the Board of the Nashville Chapter as its President.

 

Over the last 18 months, Ozier’s signings contributed to over 10 Hot 100 tracks and over 20 Billboard 200 Albums, including 14 #1s across all Billboard charts. Chart positions are just one metric demonstrating Ozier’s tastemaker status. His signings across the last year and a half have also garnered impressive industry recognition, with countless nominations and award wins across several industry ceremonies.
 

Ozier is also a hit songwriter having written 5x Platinum single “Hard To Love” for Lee Brice; as well as Platinum single, “Whiskey In My Water” for Tyler Farr. He has won multiple BMI Awards, the covered “Top 10 Songs I Wish I’d Written” Awards by the NSAI, and multi-platinum awards from the NMPA and RIAA.

 

Ozier is a current member of the Regions Bank Middle Tennessee Advisory Board, a board member of the W.O. Smith School, and member of the CMA, ACM, NSAI, AIMP and more. He previously served on the board of the Oasis Center where he helped spearhead the annual Breland & Friends fundraiser that has raised over $500,000 for the organization.

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