Governance
The Recording Academy recognizes excellence in the recording arts and sciences, cultivates the well-being of the music community, and ensures that music remains an indelible part of our culture.
We are committed to:
- Promoting Diversity & Inclusion
- Fighting for Creators Rights
- Protecting Music People in Need
- Saving Music in our Schools
| PRESIDENT | CHAPTER GOVERNORS |
|---|---|
| Diane Durrett | Samuel ASH |
| Jon Bonus | |
| VICE PRESIDENT | Mike Burton |
| Cannon Kent-Grant | Butta B-Rocka |
| Mara Davis | |
| SECRETARY | Kennard Garrett |
| Daniela Rivera | Kat Graham |
| Tamika Howard | |
| NATIONAL TRUSTEES | Madeline Jackson |
| Avery*Sunshine | Ronnie “Lil Ronnie” Jackson |
| HENNY | Dana Johnson |
| Tami LaTrell | Thom “TK” Kidd |
| Christian Paschall | |
| ADVISORS | Preston Reid |
| Rudy Currence | Malita Rice |
| Andre DeRamus | Chris “Tricky” Stewart |
| Matt Still | |
| Joey Stuckey | |
| Lori Williams |
| PRESIDENT | CHAPTER GOVERNORS |
|---|---|
| Andre “Add-2” Daniels | Melody Angel |
| Andrew Barber | |
| VICE PRESIDENT | Candace “2 Can” Breedlove |
| Jeffrey Becker | Tim Corpus |
| Lee Farmer | |
| SECRETARY | Ryan Alexander Foster |
| Audrey Martinovich | Jaime Garza |
| Laura Jane Grace | |
| NATIONAL TRUSTEES | J. Ivy |
| Dr. Alex E Chávez | Darlene “DJ Lady D” Jackson |
| Dani Deahl | Daniel Kelly |
| Gaelynn Lea | |
| ADVISORS | Anita Lerche |
| Andy Reed | Shelby Lock |
| Marshaun Robinson | Wendy Morgan |
| Ugochi Nwaogwugwu | |
| Deborah Pae | |
| Shake & Bake | |
| Jeannie Tanner | |
| Susan Voelz |
| PRESIDENT | CHAPTER GOVERNORS |
|---|---|
| Quaz DeVille | AleMor |
| Paula Arenas | |
| VICE PRESIDENT | Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd |
| Tony Succar | Kim Cameron |
| Vicky Echeverri | |
| SECRETARY | Daniel Flores |
| Marie Roman | Alex Harris |
| Manu Manzo | |
| NATIONAL TRUSTEES | Tony Mardini |
| Marcella Araica | Marsha Elle |
| Julio Bagué | Nathan Mitchell |
| Ms. Meka Nism | Adrian Morales-Demori |
| Mayna Nevarez | |
| ADVISORS | Jeremy Norkin |
| Marthin Chan | Daniela Padrón |
| Marcello “Cool” Valenzano | Rubén Salas |
| Marcos Sánchez | |
| Natalia Schlesinger | |
| Angel Zamora |
| PRESIDENT | CHAPTER GOVERNORS |
|---|---|
| Jeff Greenberg | Sekou Andrews |
| Peter Asher | |
| VICE PRESIDENT | Jonathan Azu |
| Phylicia Fant | Edie Lehmann Boddicker |
| Claudia Brant | |
| SECRETARY | Moogie Canazio |
| Jett Galindo | Lynne Earls |
| Gabriela Gironas | |
| NATIONAL TRUSTEES | Andrew Gould |
| Cheche Alara | David Helfant |
| Maria Egan | Joel C. High |
| Sara Gazarek | Julianne Jordan |
| Mike Knobloch | Kristin Juel |
| Ledisi | Om’Mas Keith |
| Julia Michels | Raashi Kulkarni |
| Jonathan Yip | Karen Kwak |
| Terrace Martin | |
| ADVISORS | Loretta Muñoz |
| Alexandra Patsavas | Jesse Palter |
| Corece Smith | Autumn Rowe |
| Jacqueline Saturn | |
| Rafa Sardina | |
| Ryan Shore | |
| Ali Stone | |
| Dara Taylor | |
| Simone Torres | |
| Jojo Villanueva | |
| Ben Williams | |
| Catharine Wood | |
| Helen Yu |
| PRESIDENT | CHAPTER GOVERNORS |
|---|---|
| Tim Kappel | Sean Ardoin |
| Jared Boyd | |
| Elizabeth Cawein | |
| VICE PRESIDENT | Ty Boyland |
| Karin Bliznik | Nate Cameron Jr. |
| Isaac Daniel | |
| SECRETARY | Alice Hasen |
| Marcella Simien | A.J. Haynes |
| Candice Ivory | |
| NATIONAL TRUSTEES | Brandon Lewis |
| Carl Nappa | Alex Mallett |
| Ashley Shabankareh | Susan Marshall |
| Ken Shepherd | Derek Norsworthy |
| ADVISORS | Halley Phillips |
| Tonya Boyd-Cannon | Suzannah Powell (pka Boyfriend) |
| Chad Wesley Henderson | Dawn Richard |
| Talibah Safiya | |
| Greg Spradlin | |
| Reed Watson |
| PRESIDENT | CHAPTER GOVERNORS |
|---|---|
| Alison Brown | Dave Audé |
| Cameo Carlson | |
| VICE PRESIDENT | Eleonore Denig |
| Jon Blass | Leslie DiPiero |
| Ben Fowler | |
| SECRETARY | Leslie Fram |
| Mark Thomas | Shani Gandhi |
| Tracy Gershon | |
| NATIONAL TRUSTEES | Jennifer Hanson |
| Fletcher Foster | Eric Holt |
| EJ Gaines | Jessica Rae Huber |
| Armand Hutton | Eric Hurt |
| Matt Maher | Larry Jenkins Jr. |
| Maggie Rose | Beverly Keel |
| Charly Lowry | |
| ADVISORS | Ashley Monroe |
| Rohan Kohli | Gramps Morgan |
| Emoni Wilkins | MORGXN |
| Wendy Moten | |
| Rissi Palmer | |
| Jerry Pentecost | |
| Margo Price | |
| Joel Smallbone | |
| Jensen Sussman | |
| Sam Tinnesz | |
| Butch Walker | |
| Femke Weidema | |
| Parker Welling | |
| Kristin Wilkinson | |
| Alex Wong |
| PRESIDENT | CHAPTER GOVERNORS |
|---|---|
| Lee Dannay | Arooj Aftab |
| Noshir Mody | |
| VICE PRESIDENT | Lakecia Benjamin |
| Erika Elliott | Hannah Carlen |
| Terri Lyne Carrington | |
| SECRETARY | Jamie Dominguez |
| Willy Rodriguez | Cheryl Engelhardt |
| Harold "Fyütch" Simmons | |
| NATIONAL TRUSTEES | Michael Goldstone |
| Nikisha Bailey | Mike Hamilton |
| Torae Carr | David Swagg Harris |
| Sean Patrick Flahaven | Tracey Jordan |
| Lachi | Ben Kane |
| Divinity Roxx | Hill Kourkoutis |
| Kristina Latino | |
| ADVISORS | Seunghee Lee |
| Samantha Howard | Joanie Leeds |
| Granville Mullings | Toby Lightman |
| Lawrence Lui | |
| Steve Pageot | |
| Maria Rice | |
| Natalis Ruby | |
| Charu Suri | |
| Syreeta Thompson | |
| Gina Tucci | |
| Militia Vox | |
| Lysee Webb | |
| Will Wells | |
| Jerry Wonda | |
| Nicole Zuraitis |
| PRESIDENT | CHAPTER GOVERNORS |
|---|---|
| Andrew Joslyn | Ethan Anderson |
| Steven Arrowtopknot | |
| VICE PRESIDENT | Paula Boggs |
| Victoria Wimer Contreras | Sera Cahoone |
| Marian Call | |
| SECRETARY | Bekah Z Flynn |
| Gen Rubin | Halley Greg |
| David Jackson (DJ OG One) | |
| NATIONAL TRUSTEES | Kainani Kahaunaele |
| Sue Ennis | Guy Keltner |
| Dave Gross | Scott Krippayne |
| Eric Lilavois | |
| ADVISORS | Julia Massey |
| Jason Walton | Chris Pack |
| Jody Quine | |
| Molly Sides | |
| Andy Stokes | |
| Andy Stoller | |
| Krishna Thiagarajan | |
| Jonathan Warman |
| PRESIDENT | CHAPTER GOVERNORS |
|---|---|
| Alexandra Cutler-Fetkewicz | Kaisha Blackstone |
| Serena Boyd | |
| VICE PRESIDENT | Jermaine Bryson |
| Aliya Crawford | ChinahBlac |
| Michael DelBene | |
| SECRETARY | Gloria Domina |
| Justin Faulkner | Orrin Evans |
| Suzann Christine Henry | |
| NATIONAL TRUSTEES | Scarlet Estelle Hernandez |
| Terry Jones | Namarah McCall-Spellman |
| Donn Thompson Morelli “Donn T” | Jake Morelli |
| Alex Otey | |
| ADVISORS | Eric Roberson |
| Mina “SayWhat” Llona | Robert Schwartz |
| Malyka Washington | Christopher Michael Stevens |
| Laurin Talese | |
| TreWay | |
| Geronimo Vannicola | |
| Inez Walker | |
| Orlando Watson |
| PRESIDENT | CHAPTER GOVERNORS |
|---|---|
| Kev Choice | Larry Batiste |
| Mike Blankenship | |
| VICE PRESIDENT | Nona Brown |
| Bonny Dolan (CO) | Anthony Caruso |
| Tracy Cruz | |
| SECRETARY | Michael Denten |
| Ben Raznick (CO) | Karina Flonnoy |
| Anna Frick (CO) | |
| NATIONAL TRUSTEES | Kiran “Madame Gandhi” Gandhi |
| Reto Peter | Sarah Jones |
| Jessica Thompson | Mandolyn “Mystic” Ludlum |
| Christina Luna | |
| ADVISORS | Destiny Muhammad |
| Dominic Del Bene | Eamon Mulligan |
| PC Muñoz | |
| Tenia Nelson (CO) | |
| Cecilia “La Doña” Peña-Govea | |
| Jennifer Reason | |
| Joi Rhone | |
| Heidi Trefethen |
| PRESIDENT | CHAPTER GOVERNORS |
|---|---|
| Gina Chavez | Yolanda Adams |
| Faith Anderson | |
| VICE PRESIDENT | Sama'an Ashrawi |
| Gene Moore | Brendon Anthony |
| Erick Bohorquez | |
| SECRETARY | Patrick Conlon |
| Cassie Shankman | Shauna Dodds |
| Norma Duran | |
| NATIONAL TRUSTEES | Sangeeta Kaur |
| Taylor Hanson | Jessica Muñiz |
| Teresa LaBarbera | Shonnie Murrell |
| ADVISORS | Tim Palmer |
| Randy Rogers | Eddie Perez |
| Patsy Torres | Sunny Sauceda |
| Jacob Sciba | |
| Carl Thiel | |
| Paul Wall | |
| Heather Wagner Reed | |
| Kitt Wakeley |
| PRESIDENT | CHAPTER GOVERNORS |
|---|---|
| Deborah Bond | Shelby Blondell |
| Maurette Brown Clark | |
| VICE PRESIDENT | Wayne Bruce |
| Simone Eccleston | Charles Butler |
| Dr. Carlos Chirinos | |
| SECRETARY | Anshia Crooms |
| Aaron Myers | Dave on the Track |
| Maya Elizabeth | |
| NATIONAL TRUSTEES | Sean Glover |
| Tamara Wellons | KOKAYI |
| Wayna | Maysa |
| Raul Midón | |
| ADVISORS | Nia Dinero |
| Keena Carson | Quadrius Salters |
| PatriceLIVE | Daniel Shores |
| Tia Smith | |
| Russell Taylor | |
| TeezySoDope | |
| Kayla Waters | |
| Stacey Williams |
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