


Ralph Peer II and Golnar Khosrowshahi
National Music Publishers’ Association Names New Board Chair and Vice Chair
Former Board Chairman Irwin Z. Robinson recently retired from the position
The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has made some changes to key positions at the top. peermusic Executive Chair Ralph Peer II will chair NMPA’s Board of Directors, and Golnar Khosrowshahi, Founder and CEO of Reservoir, will serve as Vice Chair.
Ralph Peer II
Peer has been on NMPA’s board for 54 years.
Since he started peermusic, the company has begun operating 39 offices in 32 countries.
peermusic owns or administers over 1 million titles.
Peer’s accolades include Lifetime Achievement Awards from the NMPA and Music Publishers Association, the International Confederation of Music Publishers Award for outstanding contribution to global music publishing, and the Music Publishers Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Golnar Khosrowshahi
Khosrowshahi’s publishing house, Reservoir, is the first female-founded and led publicly traded independent music company.
Reservoir operates in New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto, London, Abu Dhabi, and Mumbai.
Khosrowshahi has been named a Billboard Power Player, Billboard‘s Women in Music Executive of the Year, and Music Week’s International Woman of the Year.
The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has made some changes to key positions at the top. peermusic Executive Chair Ralph Peer II will chair NMPA’s Board of Directors, and Golnar Khosrowshahi, Founder and CEO of Reservoir, will serve as Vice Chair.
Ralph Peer II
Peer has been on NMPA’s board for 54 years.
Since he started peermusic, the company has begun operating 39 offices in 32 countries.
peermusic owns or administers over 1 million titles.
Peer’s accolades include Lifetime Achievement Awards from the NMPA and Music Publishers Association, the International Confederation of Music Publishers Award for outstanding contribution to global music publishing, and the Music Publishers Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Golnar Khosrowshahi
Khosrowshahi’s publishing house, Reservoir, is the first female-founded and led publicly traded independent music company.
Reservoir operates in New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto, London, Abu Dhabi, and Mumbai.
Khosrowshahi has been named a Billboard Power Player, Billboard‘s Women in Music Executive of the Year, and Music Week’s International Woman of the Year.
The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has made some changes to key positions at the top. peermusic Executive Chair Ralph Peer II will chair NMPA’s Board of Directors, and Golnar Khosrowshahi, Founder and CEO of Reservoir, will serve as Vice Chair.
Ralph Peer II
Peer has been on NMPA’s board for 54 years.
Since he started peermusic, the company has begun operating 39 offices in 32 countries.
peermusic owns or administers over 1 million titles.
Peer’s accolades include Lifetime Achievement Awards from the NMPA and Music Publishers Association, the International Confederation of Music Publishers Award for outstanding contribution to global music publishing, and the Music Publishers Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Golnar Khosrowshahi
Khosrowshahi’s publishing house, Reservoir, is the first female-founded and led publicly traded independent music company.
Reservoir operates in New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto, London, Abu Dhabi, and Mumbai.
Khosrowshahi has been named a Billboard Power Player, Billboard‘s Women in Music Executive of the Year, and Music Week’s International Woman of the Year.
Ralph Peer II
Peermusic
Golnar Khosrowshahi
Reservoir
Music Publishers Association
Songwriters Hall of Fame
Executive Moves
Executive Leadership Changes
Industry Personnel Changes
Global Publishing Expansion
Executive Appointments
Industry Association Leadership
Music Publishing
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
United Arab Emirates
India
New York City, US
Los Angeles, US
Nashville, US
Toronto, CA
London, GB
Abu Dhabi, AE
Mumbai, IN
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- This article was written with information sourced from Music Row.
- We covered it because of the NMPA’s influence on the global publishing market.
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