CCC ELECTS NEW OFFICERS AND BOARD

The California Copyright Conference has announced the officers and board of directors for its 2021–22 season.

Mara Kuge, President/Founder of Superior Music Corporation, will be the new president, while Renee Jeske, Manager, Income Tracking, Disney Music Group, will serve as VP and music-industry consultant Cheryl Dickerson will be treasurer.

Music publishing and licensing consultant Jean Montiel will be the new secretary; Rene Merideth, Co-Founder/COO of Exploration, will be assistant secretary. The new officers are longtime members of the CCC board of directors.

Re-elected board members include Warner Chappell Senior Manager of Sync Clearance Elizabeth Henderson, Star Vibe Group Chief Creative Officer Sherry Orson, Chicago Music Library EVP Marrsha Sill and Atrium Music CEO Josh Young.

Newly elected to the board is Jonathan Lane, Senior Director, Synch & Licensing, 5 Alarm Music, and Music & Supervisor, Tapestry Music Services.

Serving their second terms will be Jane Bushmaker, Director, Royalty Audit & Contract Compliance, Prager Metis CPAs, Reggie Calloway, Director, Music Royalty Funding, Sound Royalties, Dana Childs, Music Business & Operations Lead, HiFi Productions, Sabrina Ment, VP, Business & Legal Affairs, Music, Walt Disney Television, Paula Savastano, Senior Director, Copyright & Royalties, Angry Mob Music, and Carolyn Soyars, Manager, Copyright Administration, BMG.

BMI Creative Director David Streit will be first alternate; newly elected Kristina Benson, founder of Sweet on Top, will be second alternate.

Established in 1953, CCC was created to address copyright-related issues pertaining to music and entertainment by seven founding members. It has grown to more than 300 members globally.