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A2IM announces new board members
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 28 May 2014
The American Association Of Independent Music, A2IM to its mates, has announced the election of five new names to its board of directors, which is all kinds of fun.
They are Razor & Tie President Craig Balsam, Epitaph General Manager Dave Hansen, Hopeless Records chief Louis Posen, Dualtone Music Group CEO Scott Robinson and Tommy Boy top man Thomas Silverman.
Says A2IM President Rich Bengloff of his new board buddies: “27 A2IM label members ran for the A2IM board this year, the most ever, and the quality of candidates confirmed that the A2IM leadership bench is deep. We thank them all for running and offering to serve their indie music label community colleagues”.
A2IM also announced the addition of Warp records’ Josh Berman, Mack Avenue Records’ Denny Stilwell and Compass Records Group’s Garry West as members of Bengloff’s Advisory Committee. Kill Rock Stars’ Portia Sabin, Concord Music Group’s Glen Barros and Ole’s Jim Selby will meanwhile act as board officers for 2014-2015, and Wind-Up Records General Manager Alan Galbraith has been designated as the group’s representative within the Worldwide Independent Network.
One of the trade body’s outgoing board members, Beggars Group head Martin Mills, said in a statement: “It’s been a privilege to have been part of the A2IM board as an overseas interloper – I am so impressed with the job that both the executives and the board do for our community, and love seeing it go from strength to strength. I shall be cheering the team on from the sidelines, and returning, I hope, after my interregnum”.
Let’s all start saying ‘interregnum’ more (or at all) now. As soon as I’m finished with this, I’m going on my lunch interregnum.
