THE GRAMMY FOUNDATION AND MUSICARES ELECT NEW BOARD OFFICERS AND MEMBERS:OLIVIA HARRISON

The GRAMMY Foundation^® and MusiCares Foundation^® — the affiliated charities of The Recording Academy^® — announced that their respective Boards have elected new Officers and Members. The new GRAMMY Foundation Board officers are Chair Tim Bucher, CEO, Lyve Minds Inc.; Vice Chair Geoff Cottrill, chief marketing officer of Converse; Secretary/Treasurer Rachna Bhasin, senior vice president of corporate strategy and business development at SiriusXM. The new Chair Emeritus is Rusty Rueff, venture startup investor and advisor. Ryan Seacrest, TV and radio host/producer, continues in his role as Honorary Chair of the GRAMMY Foundation Board.  
       

The newly elected GRAMMY Foundation Board Member is Pamela Alexander, director of community development for Ford Motor Company Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company. The new MusiCares^® Board Members are Jody Gerson, currently, co-president Sony/ATV Music Publishing, (chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing, in January); OLIVIA HARRISON, author and film producer; James Higa, executive director, Philanthropic Ventures Foundation and mentor in residence, Index Ventures; Mike Knobloch, president, film music and publishing at Universal Pictures and Recording Academy Trustee; Michael McDonald, co-founder of ATO Records and artist management company Mick Management; and Kirdis Postelle, senior vice president of marketing for Capitol Music Group.
    

   
“The Board Members of the GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares are genuinely committed individuals who support the missions and programs of their respective Foundations in a range of significant ways,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of the GRAMMY Foundation, MusiCares and The Recording Academy. “We’re fortunate to have such a diverse group of high-level innovative thinkers on the Boards of our Foundations to ensure our institutional progress and continued growth.”