Eight New NAMM Board Members Elected at the 2016 NAMM Show

At its Annual Meeting of Members, held January 23 during the 2016 NAMM Show, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) named eight new music industry professionals to its board of directors.

The NAMM Board provides leadership, counsel and direction to NAMM, the NAMM Foundation, and the global music products industry.

In welcoming the incoming industry leaders, chair Mark Goff expressed his confidence in the new directors’ expertise. “We are grateful to these eight respected, established professionals for stepping up to serve the global music products industry and NAMM’s membership,” said Goff. “They represent a diverse, cross-section of the membership, each bringing a unique market perspective to the board. We look forward to working with them to lead the industry forward.”

The following NAMM Members were elected to serve three-year terms on the incoming 2016 board:

Steve Ceo – C.A. House Music


Cindy Cook – The Candyman Strings & Things


Larry Fishman – Fishman Transducers, Inc.


Richard McDonald – Fender Musical Instruments Corporation


Clinton Muntean – Mainline Marketing, Inc.


Myrna Sislen – Middle C Music Corp.


Tabor Stamper – KHS America, Inc.


Clint Strait – Strait Music Co.

The NAMM Board bids farewell with great appreciation to the outgoing board members, including Gayle Beacock of Beacock Music Co., Inc., John D’Addario III of D’Addario & Company, Inc., Jim DeStafney of Blues Angel Music, Jessica Freehling-Kazzie of Art’s Music Shop, Inc, Rob Joseph of MusicMax Inc. dba R. Joseph Group, Ben Kraft of Kraft Music Ltd., Ron Manus of Alfred Music, Andy Zildjian of SABIAN Ltd. View the full NAMM Board of Directors and Executive Committee by clicking on the corresponding tabs at NAMM.org/about.