Luke Laird was born in Hartstown, Pennsylvania in 1978. After graduating from Grove City Area High School, Luke moved to Tennessee in 1997 and attended Middle Tennessee State University. In December 2001 he graduated from MTSU with a degree in Recording Industry Management. While at MTSU Luke was a member of Tennessee Beta Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Following college, Luke became an assistant tour manager for Brooks & Dunn. In 2002 he signed a publishing deal with Bertelsmann Music Group Publishing and landed his first cut on Lee Ann Womack's “There's More Where That Came From” album with a song called "Painless" co-written with Bill Luther and Hillary Lindsey.

Luke has written or co-written twelve #1 Billboard singles including the following:

Carrie Underwood: “So Small”, “Last Name", “Temporary Home”, “Undo It”

Blake Shelton: “Hillbilly Bone” featuring Trace Adkins

Sara Evans: “A Little Bit Stronger”

Rodney Atkins: “Take a Back Road”

Eric Church: “Drink in My Hand”

Little Big Town: "Pontoon"

Hunter Hayes: "Somebody's Heartbreak"

Chris Young: “You”.

Luke also co-wrote the top 5 singles “Baggage Claim” by Miranda Lambert and "Mama's Song" by Carrie Underwood. Over his career Luke Laird has collaborated with Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Ne-Yo, Luke Bryan, John Legend, Charlotte Church, and many others. In 2012, Laird was named BMI's Country Songwriter of the Year, having co-written five songs that appeared on the year's most played list. Additionally, his song with Rodney Atkins, "Take a Back Road" was named Song of the Year.

Luke is a prolific and sought after writer, producer and collaborator, with more than 800 compositions to his credit. His songs have been on more than 20 million albums sold. He continues to remain busy within Nashville’s country music scene. He and his wife Beth founded Creative Nation, which is a music publishing and management company. Creative Nation is home to some of music's top songwriters and producers. The company has partnerships with Universal Music Publishing Group and Pulse Recording.

Please join the Board of Directors in congratulating Luke on his personal and professional success. We are fortunate to have such an esteemed alumnus.

ΣAE TN Beta Alumni Association