Since she was in high school Consuleo knew she wanted to work with songwriters and copyright, and this was the road she undertook.

Consuelo is currently the CEO/Founder at CribNote Entertainment which offers music publishing and rights management consulting services. and music business solutions for artists and songwriters at various stages of their careers and a music publishing model that is tailored to the needs of the client.

Most recently, she was the VP of Global Administration at Spirit Music Group where she oversaw the administration of the Spirit Catalog, which contains such greats as the Pete Townshend, Billy Squier, T-Rex, and Dropkick Murphys catalogs.

Other previously held positions include Head of Society relations at the UAE based collective rights organization, ESMAA, the General Manager at Mojo Music & Media in their start up year, and AVP of International at BMI.

She was elected and is currently a member of the MLC’s Dispute Resolution Committee and she frequently speaks on panels at music conferences and universities.

Consuelo holds a Bachelor of Science in Music from Hofstra University and a certificate from Columbia Graduate School of Business in Emerging Leadership.

Co-President of Raleigh Music Group for the past nine years, he is an expert on music publishing and song copyrights with over twenty-five years experience in music publishing. From 2012-2015 Peter was Vice President of Catalog Development and Copyright Administration at Imagem Music Group where he signed and managed the catalogs of Elvis Presley, George Gershwin, Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen and Abilene Music (Lion Sleeps Tonight). Prior to Imagem, Peter was Director of Copyrights at music publishers BMG and Cherry Lane Music Publishing.

Antonella Di Saverio, Senior Director, Administration and Publisher Relations, works with publishers, composers and writers on royalty and administration matters.

Joyce Sydnee Dollinger, Esq., is a Partner at the law firm of Alter, Kendrick & Baron, LLP providing counsel in various areas such as copyright terminations, music publishing, recorded music, and also conducts copyright due diligence in connection with the acquisition, sale and/or administration of music copyright catalogues.  She advises artists, songwriters, music producers, musical estates, and artist managers as well as companies ranging from start-ups to entertainment conglomerates on all aspects of their businesses. Before entering private practice, Ms. Dollinger enjoyed a successful career working in-house in the legal and business affairs departments at several prominent music companies, including both major and independent record labels and music publishing companies.  As an entrepreneur, she co-founded and launched music management companies, record labels and concert promotion businesses. Ms. Dollinger is an active member of the bar and has taken on leadership roles at several industry trade organizations, such as the Association of Independent Music Publishers and the New York State Bar Association Entertainment and Sports Law Section, and continues to assist with its annual Music Business Law Conference.

Joanne Kelsey began her music industry journey as a Music Management graduate from William Paterson University in 2001. She started her career in mechanical licensing at the Harry Fox Agency, then moved on to EMI Music (North America) and TUTM Entertainment. In 2011, she joined Razor & Tie Music Publishing, where she served as the VP of Publishing Administration and Licensing. After Razor & Tie was acquired by Concord in 2015, she transitioned to Memory Lane Music Group, overseeing the Publishing Administration, Royalties, and Copyright Departments. Joanne eventually took on the role of managing the entire team at MLMG’s parent company, Royalty Solutions Corporation.

Currently, Joanne is the VP of Royalties and Administration at Anthem Entertainment, leading the global Client Services, Royalties, and Registrations teams. Since 2022, she has also been a board member of the AIMP (Association of Independent Music Publishers). She has organized notable events for the AIMP, such as “O Canada!” and “Music Copyright and the Age of AI: A Discussion with ICMP.” Additionally, she moderated the keynote panel discussion with the PROs at this year’s AIMP Global Summit. Joanne is passionate about advocating for Independent Music Publishers.

In her spare time, Joanne sings alto in the Monmouth Civic Chorus, where she also serves as a co-section leader, and is the Girl Scout leader of her daughter’s troop.

Omar A. Sandoval has been working as the Director of Business Affairs at Spirit Music Group for the last 6 years.

Prior to his current position, Omar worked in Spirit’s sync licensing department for 8 years.

Omar’s previous experience includes working for MTV Networks in their Music and Media licensing department, immigration law in Los Angeles, and working for Killer Tracks – a production music library that is now owned by UMPG. Omar is graduate of UC Irvine and Whittier Law School. He is licensed to practice law in CA and NY.

Brooke Primont is the Executive Vice President of Global Sync at Concord Music Publishing. In this role, Primont oversees all publishing sync operations, managing teams in the U.S., UK, Germany and Australia. She joined Concord over five years ago as the head of the North American publishing sync department, pitching and securing music placements for Concord songwriters and composers in television, film, ads, video games and other mediums. Primont joined Concord in 2017 after seven years at Razor & Tie and seven years at Cherry Lane Music Publishing. Prior to that, she was Director of Writer Publisher Relations at BMI. Primont has proven results in music pitching, music licensing and clearance, including recent placements with brands such as Heinz, Chevy, Kmart, Payless, Apple, Pepsi and hit TV series including Grey’s Anatomy. She has also held the title of Music Supervisor on the independent films, Concussion and No Pay Nudity. Primont is a graduate of Tulane University, where her career in music kicked off with her own radio show on WTUL.

Melanie Santa Rosa is currently Head of Copyright Administration at Third Side Music. Before joining Third Side, Melanie was Executive Vice President of Global Digital Copyright
Administration at Word Collections, where she oversaw Word’s worldwide digital copyright and royalty administration for comedians, other spoken word artists, songwriters, and music publishers.

Prior to Word, she was Senior Vice President of Global Administration at Spirit Music Group and managed Spirit’s copyright efforts throughout the world. Melanie was an integral part of the company’s success, and helped build Spirit Music Group into one of the premiere independent
publishing partners in the world.

Melanie has over twenty years of experience in music copyright
administration, performing rights, licensing, and global societies. She joined Spirit in 2010 as Manager, Film/TV/Advertising, Performance and Copyright Administration and prior to that, she was at BMI for 10 years where she worked with their songwriters and publishers, as well as liaised with other performing rights organizations (PROs). As an advocate for creators, Melanie contributes to the music publishing industry-at-large as an active member of the Association of Independent Publishers (AIMP), Music Managers Forum-US, Women in Music, and the Society Publisher Forum. She also serves on the Board of the AIMP’s New York Chapter and previously was on the Operations Advisory Committee of the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC).

Michael S. Simon is the President of Rumblefish and President & CEO of the Harry Fox Agency LLC, premier music rights management organizations, which are part of the Music Services Division of the SESAC Music Group. Previously, Simon was HFA’s Senior Vice President of Business Affairs, General Counsel and Chief Strategic Officer.

Since joining HFA in 2001, Simon has directed and expanded the company’s traditional mechanical licensing business by creating its Rumblefish rights management service (formerly known as Slingshot) which provides customized, outsourced solutions for music distributors and rights holders. His team has developed groundbreaking licensing arrangements for online music and music video services, ringtones, lyrics, guitar tablature, background music, digital jukeboxes and other new media opportunities.

Before joining HFA, Simon was the Executive Vice President of Business Affairs and General Counsel of Razorfish, Inc. and President of Razorfish Studios. At Razorfish, Inc., he guided the company’s growth over five years from a private company of 18 people to a public company of over 2,000 employees. At Razorfish Studios, he was responsible for managing the creative development, business affairs and investor relations associated with the Studio’s recordings, motion picture productions, web sites, magazines, television programs, art & photography books and entertainment merchandise.

Prior to Razorfish, he founded Simon Ventures, a recording artist management and consulting company, whose roster included such major label acts as the Honeydogs and the Gigolo Aunts alongside several independent recording artists. Before that, Simon was Senior Director of Legal Affairs at PolyGram Records. He also served as an associate in the entertainment and intellectual property law practice of Levine Thall Plotkin & Menin and the corporate, litigation and entertainment practice of Rubin Baum Levin Constant & Friedman.

Simon received his Juris Doctor from the Columbia University School of Law and his Bachelor of the Arts, magna cum laude, from Amherst College.

As Reservoir’s Vice President, A&R and Marketing, David Hoffman identifies new talent and catalogs to sign and facilitates creative opportunities for the company’s roster of songwriters, producers, catalogs, and performing artists. David’s expertise has led to the signing of four-time Grammy winning multi-instrumental writer-producer Michael League and his internationally renowned band Snarky Puppy, Platinum-selling alt-rock band Joywave, synch darlings Savoir Adore, as well as critically acclaimed, developing artists Photay, Madison McFerrin, and Sego, among others. In his current role, David works closely with global superstar David Guetta’s current music publisher Jack Back, as well as Stewart Copeland, and he also oversaw Reservoir’s acquisition of the historic catalog of Bossa Nova pioneer, Laurindo Almeida.

In addition, David spearheads the marketing of one of the industry’s storied music publishing companies, Shapiro Bernstein Music Publishing. Acquired by Reservoir in 2020, Shapiro Bernstein is home to some of the most beloved songs in American history including “In The Mood,” “On The Sunny Side Of The Street,” and “Ring of Fire,” among others.

Prior to joining Reservoir, David was at Shapiro Bernstein for 18 years, where he worked across the Copyright and Administration departments before creating the position of Creative Director where he served for over a decade in an A&R capacity, in addition to overseeing creative synch pitching for the entire Shapiro Bernstein catalog for Television, Film, Advertisement, and Videogame placements. David has also music supervised global advertising campaigns for major brands including Apple and Puma, as well as the documentary film Still Bill, about legendary singer-songwriter, Bill Withers.

He has been invited to speak as a panelist and guest lecturer at SXSW, CMJ, AIMP, ASCAP, BMI, and Syracuse University, among other venues. Beyond his music business career, David spent six years as a professional drummer, often touring upwards of 200+ nights a year. He graduated from Syracuse University and lives in New York City.