Karen Rodriguez has more than 16 years of experience in music royalties. Over those 16 years Ms. Rodriguez has held positions responsible for royalty reporting and analysis for BMI, The Walt Disney Company and Windswept Holdings where she was employed for 11 years, most recently as Senior Vice President of Administration and Royalties. Since 2007 Ms. Rodriguez has been a consultant to the music industry specializing in royalty accounting, music publishing administration, royalty audits, due diligence and catalog valuations. She has audited Warner/Chappell Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing, Universal Music Group, Sony/ATV, Spirit Music, MGM, Studio Canal, EMI Music Publishing, Sony/BMG and EMI Capitol on behalf of Grammy Award winning songwriters, multi-platinum recording artists and producers, independent music publishers, movie directors and studio profit participants.
She has also served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) and as Chairman of the Publisher Steering Committee for the Harry Fox Agency.
Ms. Rodriguez is a classically trained clarinetist and holds bachelor’s degrees in Music and Economics with an outside field in Business from Indiana University along with a Certificate in Executive Management from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.
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