LOS ANGELES, CALIF. (JULY 23, 2020) — The GRAMMY Museum®
today announced a senior staff reorganization, including the creation
of three key senior leadership positions: Vice President of Finance and
Administration; Vice President of Education for GRAMMY In The Schools®;
and Vice President of Artist Relations, Programs, and Content. Key
features of the restructure include expanding the education department's
national music education programs, otherwise known as GRAMMY In The
Schools programs, such as GRAMMY Camp®, which will be led by
David R. Sears, the Museum's new Vice President of Education for GRAMMY
In The Schools. Additionally, Hilary Fahlsing now leads the Finance and
Administration team as Vice President and Lynne Sheridan has been
promoted to Vice President of Artist Relations, Programs, and Content.
Sears, Fahlsing and Sheridan will all continue to report to Michael
Sticka, GRAMMY Museum President.
"As President of the GRAMMY Museum, it is my responsibility to ensure
that everything we do helps to further our mission of celebrating our
musical heritage and increasing access to music education, which is why
we find it crucial to expand our education and digital initiatives,"
said Sticka. "I'm thrilled to have Hilary, David, and Lynne join GRAMMY
Museum COO Rita George on our expanded leadership team to continue
enriching the impact of the Museum and our programs in Los Angeles,
nationally and digitally.”
New Functional Alignments
As Vice President of Finance and Administration, Fahlsing will be
responsible for the fiscal management of the Museum, including finance
and accounting, legal, human resources, and insurance/risk management,
and will serve as a staff liaison to the Board of Directors.
As Vice President of Education for GRAMMY In The Schools, Sears will be
responsible for the Museum’s renowned GRAMMY Camp, the Music Educator
Award™, career-based education programs, as well as growing the Museum’s
regional and national education programs and initiatives.
As Vice President of Artist Relations, Programs, and Content, Sheridan
will continue to run the Museum's popular Public Programs, as well as
oversee its first digital content department. She will also continue to
lead artist relations and manage the production team.
The changes take effect Aug. 1.
Bios
Hilary Fahlsing joined the GRAMMY Museum in 2018 and
has more than a decade of experience in nonprofit finance,
administration and operations. After beginning her career in marketing,
Fahlsing fell in love with the nonprofit world when she chose to
volunteer for Susan G. Komen for the Cure upon learning of her
mother-in-law’s breast cancer diagnosis. During her tenure at Komen,
Fahlsing went from being an unpaid volunteer to becoming the director of
operations for the Los Angeles County affiliate. She continued in the
nonprofit sector at Toberman Neighborhood Center as CFO, followed by the
Hammer Museum as director of finance & human resources. Fahlsing
worked at the Hammer Museum for nearly five years serving as a key
member of the senior management team and has developed an expertise in
museum finance. She has consulted for other nonprofits and has helped
organizations navigate significant change from growth to acquisition to
other transformations. Fahlsing has a B.A. from UCLA and her M.B.A. from
Loyola Marymount University.
David R. Sears has been a part of the Recording Academy
family for more than 25 years and was integrally involved with the
development and successful implementation of all of the former GRAMMY
Foundation's national education initiatives (e.g., GRAMMY In The
Schools, GRAMMY® Career Day, GRAMMY SoundChecks®,
GRAMMY Camp, Music Educator Award, GRAMMY Signature Schools, GRAMMY
Session, and others). His professional background is multifaceted,
including being a public high school music educator, professional
musician, music director, composer, arranger, conductor, producer, and
more. Over his long music career he has worked with highly-regarded
individuals in the industry, including GRAMMY winners. Sears is a
lifetime voting member of the Recording Academy; a member of the College
Music Society Career Development and Entrepreneurship Committee, the
Advisory Committee of the Herb Alpert Music Center at Los Angeles City
College, the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers
(ASCAP), and the American Choral Directors Association. He is also a
published contributor to the symposium Tanglewood II — Summoning The Future of Music Education and conceived the book of lesson plans Careers Through Music — Building Employable Skills In Your Music Class. Sears did his undergraduate and graduate college work at California State University, Los Angeles.
A 30-year music industry veteran, Lynne Sheridan has
been with the GRAMMY Museum since its inception in 2007. At the Museum,
Sheridan created its well-known Public Programs series, booking and
producing nearly 1,000 artist interviews and performances, film
screenings, and panel discussions with artists such as Andrea Bocelli,
Brandi Carlile, Common, Public Enemy, Haim, La Santa Cecilia, John
Legend, Shawn Mendes, Stevie Nicks, Mavis Staples, Ringo Starr, Sting,
Barbra Streisand, Jack White, Brian Wilson, X, and more. Sheridan
previously worked in New York City at both Columbia Records and Epic
Records, Tommy Boy Music, and the Bob Dylan Music Company. She has
booked and produced panels, programs, showcases and concerts at SXSW in
Austin, Americana Music Festival & Conference in Nashville, and
various tribute shows at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Sheridan
has also produced concerts such as Like a Complete Unknown: A Concert
Celebrating the Music of Bob Dylan with the Skirball Cultural Center in
Los Angeles, collaborated with the New York Performing Arts Library at
Lincoln Center on various programs, as well as co-produced all five
Woody Guthrie Centennial Concert celebrations that took place across the
United States in 2012. Sheridan has a B.A. from New York University.
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