An Evening with David Israelite: Understanding the Changing Face of Royalties

February 11th, 2016

Join us for this unique opportunity to hear from one of the industry’s most active figures on the challenges we face as our music moves to digital. This will be an important chance to look at the commonalities and differences between the concerns of audiovisual composers, songwriters and publishers in our shared quest for fair payment.

DAVID M. ISRAELITE
President and CEO of the National Music Publisher’s Association (NMPA)

MODERATED BY ASHLEY IRWIN
SCL President

The National Music Publisher’s Assocation (NMPA), founded in 1917, is America’s largest music publishing trade association with over 3,000 members. Its mission is to protect, promote and advance the interests of music creators. The goal of the NMPA is to protect its members’ property rights on legislative, litigation and regulatory fronts.

David M. Israelite is President and CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), a position he has held since February 2005.

Israelite is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the NMPA’s operations, from legal strategy and implementation to government affairs and advocacy. His tenure to date has produced landmark legal successes on behalf of publishers, groundbreaking industry collaboration in royalty rate agreements and raised the profile of the publishing community within the music industry. He has been named to Billboard’s Power 100 multiple times and serves on several boards including the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Special Olympics DC.

Prior to leading NMPA, Israelite held senior positions in various capacities for the U.S. government including at the Department of Justice where he was appointed Chairman of the Task Force on Intellectual Property and in the U.S. Senate where he was Administrative Assistant for Missouri Senator Kit Bond.  Israelite earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri and his undergraduate degree from William Jewell College.