The Recording Academy’s Board of Trustees has officially appointed Harvey Mason Jr. as the Academy’s President/CEO, effective June 1.Mason had been in the position on an unpaid, interim basis since January 2020.
He was named to the post when former president Deborah Dugan was put on administrative leave 10 days before the 2020 Grammy Awards.
She was terminated on March 3 of that year and has since sued the Recording Academy.Ironically, Dugan was brought in following the departure of former CEO Neil Portnow, who resigned following controversial comments in 2018, when he answered a question about the Academy’s allegedly sexist voting and lack of female representation by saying female artists needed to “step up.”Mason was formerly the chair of
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