A Trustee for The Recording Academy New York Chapter, Ruby Marchand is a global A&R professional who has discovered, developed and nurtured artists across a multitude of genres during her career at Warner Music Group. Currently, she is head of A&R and oversees Ryko, where she's signed artists including Keb' Mo', Will Hoge, Fran Healy, Allison Moorer, the Posies, Sam & Ruby, Matt White, and Matt Duke. Previously, as Vice President of A&R at Warner Music International for 25 years, Marchand worked with prominent and emerging artists throughout Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Canada and Australia/New Zealand. She has served as Chairperson of GRAMMY Camp — Basic Training for the past nine years and was Vice President of the New York Chapter in 2010–2011.