Advisors | Ambassadors
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Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Davis is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the lead vocalist and frontman of the band Korn, which is the pioneering act of the nu metal genre. Since their debut album release in 1994, Davis' distinctive multitimbral voice and Korn's detuned seven string guitar attack duo have influenced and inspired a generation of artists and acolytes.
Fourteen of his albums reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200, including MTV Unplugged and Greatest Hits, Vol. 1. In the U.S, he was awarded fifteen platinum album certifications by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
He won two Grammy Awards out of eight nominations throughout his career. As of 2018, Davis has sold over 40 million albums worldwide.
Davis and Richard Gibbs wrote and produced the score and soundtrack album of the film Queen of the Damned.
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Shawn Mendes
Shawn Mendes is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His debut studio album Handwritten in 2015 debuted atop the US Billboard 200, making Mendes one of five artists ever to debut at number one before the age of 18. The single "Stitches" reached number one in the UK and the top 10 in the US and Canada.
Mendes' second album Illuminate (2016) also debuted at number one in the US, with its singles "Treat You Better" and "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" reaching the top 10 in several countries. His self-titled third studio album (2018) was supported by the lead single "In My Blood".
The album's number-one debut in the US made Mendes the third-youngest artist to achieve three number-one albums. In 2019, he released the hit singles "If I Can't Have You" and "Señorita", with the latter peaking atop the US Billboard Hot 100. His fourth studio album, Wonder (2020), made him the youngest male artist ever to top the Billboard 200 with four studio albums.
Among his accolades, Mendes has won 13 SOCAN awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards, eight Juno Awards, eight iHeartRadio MMVAs, two American Music Awards, and received three nominations for a Grammy Award and one nomination for a Brit Award. In 2018, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual list.
The Shawn Mendes Foundation seeks to enable those who choose to dream big and to wonder about how to use their voice, vision, or abilities to change the world for the better.
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RZA
RZA is an American rapper, record producer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is the de facto leader of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan,having produced most albums for the group and its respective members.
RZA has been heavily involved in filmmaking since the late 90s. He has scored a number of films, most notably Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004). He has written and directed in film and television, starting with his directorial debut, The Man with the Iron Fists, in 2012.
He has also acted in numerous films and TV series, including the films American Gangster and Brick Mansions, and the TV series Gang Related and Californication.
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Diane Warren
Diane Warren is an American songwriter. She was awarded an honorary Oscar for her contributions to the art of songwriting, and has been nominated a record fifteen times for the Academy Award. She has also won a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and three consecutive Billboard Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year from 1997 to 1999.
The Diane Warren Foundation, in conjunction with the ASCAP Foundation and the VH1 Save the Music Foundation created a joint initiative, beginning in 2000, called Music in the Schools.
The initiative provides sheet music, band arrangements, folios, and method books to each of the schools that are already recipients of musical instruments from the VH1 Save the Music Foundation.
Board of Directors
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Alan Cottle
Alan Cottle, Founder of Cottle Capital Group, brings over 30 years of real estate experience, including acquisition, financing, development, general contracting, marketing and sales to the company. Mr. Cottle has successfully developed both residential and commercial real estate projects throughout the United States, Bahamas and Central America.
Mr Cottle is active in many service and political organizations and has served on the boards of several master planned communities in the United States.
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Jeff Greenberg
Jeff Greenberg is the owner and CEO of The Village, a globally renowned recording studio located in West Los Angeles.
Hundreds of bestselling albums have been recorded in the studio, from artists such as Fleetwood Mac, Rolling Stones, B.B. King, Steely Dan, John Mayer, and Taylor Swift.
Jeff has owned the studio since 2007, after running it since 1995.
After the studio fell on hard times, Jeff revitalized it with a reverence for the past and a focus on what was possible for the next generation of artists.
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Paula Salvatore
Paula Salvatore served as Vice President, Senior Director, and Studio Manager of Capitol Studios for many years before rising into her role as Vice President of Client Relations and Studio Marketing at Universal Music Group.
At Capitol, she was directly instrumental in facilitating recording sessions with countless influential artists, including Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra, Diana Krall, Bob Dylan, Barbara Streisand, James Taylor, Tony Bennett, and Natalie Cole.
Prior to her tenure with Capitol Studios and UMG, Paula managed the legendary Sound City Studios.
She is a highly respected voice of authority in the music industry, often called upon for advisement, speaking engagements, and panel discussions.
Executive Leadership
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Nolan Bushnell | CTO
Nolan Bushnell is an American businessman and electrical engineer. He established Atari, Inc. and founded Chuck E. Cheese.
He has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame, received the BAFTA Fellowship and the Nations Restaurant News "Innovator of the Year" award, and was named one of Newsweek's "50 Men Who Changed America".
He is widely recognized as the Godfather of the video game industry. In 2012, he founded an educational software company called Brainrush that utilizes video game technology in educational software. He also serves on the board of Anti-Aging Games.
Bushnell's Law, also known as Nolan's Law, is a video game design principle that states that the best games are easy to learn but hard to master. Blizzard Entertainment has adopted the principle as a motto and design principle.
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Richard Gibbs | Interim CEO
Composer, Music Producer, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, Owner of Woodshed Recording Studio.
Governor, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (The Oscars).
Member of Oingo Boingo, 1980-1984.
Select Scoring Credits: The Simpsons, Say Anything, Dr. Dolittle (Eddie Murphy), Big Momma's House, 10 Things I Hate About You, Queen of the Damned, and Battlestar Galactica.
Keyboardist/Music Director/Arranger Credits: Aretha Franklin, War, Tom Waits, Robert Palmer, The Muppets, and Tracey Ullman.
Woodshed Recording Clients: Barbra Streisand, U2, Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Shakira, Garth Brooks, Cher, Ariana Grande, P!nk, Tom Petty, Miley Cyrus, Chance the Rapper and many others.
Founder of the Composers Breakfast Club. Guest Speakers include: Matt Groening, Bob Saget, Stewart Copeland, Fran Drescher, Danny Elfman, Flea, Elliot Gould, Ken Kragen, Jane Seymour, and scores more.
Founder of Armory of Harmony.
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Cameron Sinclair | Chief Alchemist
Cameron Sinclair is a veteran social impact entrepreneur and designer who has built projects in more than 60 countries, creating schools, clinics and shelter solutions for over 2.6M people.
For three years, Cameron led social innovation at Airbnb and worked on their purpose-driven philanthropy.
He was Director of the Jolie-Pitt Foundation and Co-Founder and CEO of Architecture for Humanity.
He is a recipient of the TED prize, the National Design Award and is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.