Nan Omansky was born in Baltimore, MD on May 31, 1952, Nan graduated with a BBA in Liberal Arts from Illinois based college. Nan has been an enthusiastic philanthropist throughout her career, including 20 years as board chairperson of Child Protective Services in Parker County, Texas, longtime board member at First Financial Bank, and a donor and volunteer with Campbell Clinic Hospital and Meals On Wheels in Texas. Together with Bob, she supported Wounded Warrior Project, Grand Ole Opry Trust Fund, the Palliative Unit of Cook Children’s Hospital in Ft. Worth, and many others.
Nan met Bob Kingsley (1939-2019) at the National Association of Broadcasters convention. Bob, whom she would marry in 1989, went on to become Country music’s most-known and most-beloved radio personality, cementing his place in the National Radio Hall of Fame.
At the close of 2019, Nan solidified an agreement with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to become the lifetime home of the Kingsley Archives. From her role as the first executive to establish national syndicated radio sales in 1979 to her current position as owner of Country Music’s largest audio archive, Nan Kingsley was always destined to be a game changer.