Nineteen folks right now have been elected or re-elected to the Recording Academy’s 42-member board of trustees, which includes Taylor Hanson, a member of the brother trio Hanson, which topped the Billboard Scorching 100 in 1997 with “MMMBop” Sara Gazarek, who gained her initial Grammy on Feb. 4 for supporting to arrange a new edition of the common “In the Wee Compact Hrs of the Morning” and publishing veteran Mike Knobloch, president of music and publishing at NBCUniversal. Their phrases took outcome on Saturday (June 1).

“I’m honored to welcome this amazing group of creatives to our board of trustees,” Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, stated in a assertion. “Our board’s know-how and commitment to encouraging tunes persons almost everywhere has been necessary to all we have achieved at the Academy. Nevertheless, the perform under no circumstances stops, and I seem forward to doing the job along with our new and present trustees on strategies we can continue to present assistance for our new music group.”

Of the 42 trustees that deliver on the countrywide board, 30 are elected by the chapter board of governors (15 each and every single calendar year) and eight are elected immediately by voting and experienced shoppers of the Academy (4 each and every calendar year). The remaining 4 seats are comprised of the national trustee officers, who are elected by the board of trustees when every single and each and every two numerous years. The present-day national trustee officers, who are all presently midterm, are Tammy Damage (chair), Dr. Chelsey Green (vice chair), Gebre Waddell (secretary/treasurer) and Christine Albert (chair emeritus).

“Welcoming our recently elected trustees is always these types of an enjoyable time at the Academy,” Damage claimed in a assertion. “With new thoughts to contribute to our board and the eagerness to assisting improve tunes, I have no doubt that jointly this year’s board of trustees will keep on our determination to fostering a various and consultant songs industry.”

The 2024-25 board consists of 6 Grammy winners, which includes two who just received prizes at the 66th yearly Grammy Awards on Feb. 4. People freshly-minted winners are J. Ivy, who received most effective spoken word poetry album for the subsequent calendar year in a row for The Light-weight Inside of, and Gazarek, who gained most effective arrangement, devices and vocals for the aforementioned new version of “In the Wee Compact Hrs of the Morning” by säje featuring Jacob Collier.

The 4 other Grammy winners on the current board are Angélique Kidjo, who won her fifth Grammy two numerous years back, for best international audio album for Mom Character songwriter Jonathan Yip, who gained two Grammys six decades in the previous for co-making the Bruno Mars smash “That’s What I Like” Ledisi, who won greatest classic R&B overall performance 3 numerous years back for “Anything for You” and Cheche Alara, who won finest Latin pop album 5 decades ago for Sincera.

3 customers of the current board of trustees served on the Recording Academy’s all-essential tv committee for the 66th Grammy Awards: Alara, Harm and Knobloch.

All positions on the board of trustees are topic matter to two, two-12 months phrase limits.

These newly elected or re-elected trustees joined the Academy’s midterm trustees to uphold the Academy’s mission, which the Academy says is “to provide and represent the tunes group at-significant by way of its dedication to promote diversity, fairness and inclusion, struggle for creators’ rights, shield audio persons in need to have, preserve music’s background, and invest in its upcoming.”

You can learn the complete list of the Academy’s board of trustees, chapter officers and bylaws ideal right here.

The total record of the Academy’s board of trustees is revealed beneath. An asterisk signifies that they have been elected or re-elected this year.

Cheche Alara*

Christine Albert

Marcella Araica

Julio Bagué    

Nikisha Bailey*         

Larry Batiste  

Marcus Baylor

Jennifer Blakeman*   

Evan Bogart   

Torae Carr*    

Dani Deahl*   

Maria Egan*  

Fletcher Foster*         

Anna Frick     

EJ Gaines*     

Kennard Garrett         

Sara Gazarek*

Tracy Gershon

Dr. Chelsey Inexperienced

Dave Gross*  

Jennifer Hanson

Taylor Hanson*

Justin “Henny” Henderson*

Tammy Hurt   

J. Ivy  

Terry Jones*   

Angelique Kidjo

Mike Knobloch*        

Ledisi 

Eric Lilavois   

Susan Marshall           

Riggs Morales

Donn Thompson Morelli “Donn T”  

Ms. Meka Nism*       

Ashley Shabankareh*

Ken Shepherd*          

Jessica Thompson*

Gebre Waddell

Paul Wall        

Wayna

Tamara Wellons*

Jonathan Yip