Mississippi Music’s Johnson Named VP of NASMD

Rosi Johnson, CEO and president of Mississippi Music and Mississippi Music Acceptance Corporation, was elected vice president of the National Association of School Music Dealers (NASMD) during its 52nd annual convention, held in San Orlando, Florida, March 31-April 5, 2014. She is on track to become the first woman to serve as president of the association.

Johnson is president of Mississippi Music, Inc., a four-store, full-line retailer based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, established in 1946 by her husband Dex’s parents, Mac and Jim Johnson. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Mississippi. Rosi currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of School Music Dealers and is a past board member of the National Association of Music Merchants. She is a member of the Alliance of Independent Music Merchants (AIMM), American Music Conference (AMC), Mississippi Music Educators Association, Historic Hattiesburg Downtown Association and Area Development Partnership of Forrest and Lamar Counties. Johnson was named the MS Business Journal’s Business Woman of the Year 2011.