Photo Credit: The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM)
NAMM announces eight new board members at the 2025 NAMM Show joining its board of directors. Here’s a peek at the new board members elected for 2025.
Eight newly elected board members will be joining the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Board of Directors for 2025. The music trade organization announced the news during its annual meeting of members at the 2025 NAMM Show in Anaheim.
These new members will serve a three-year term through January 2028 and will provide oversight and support of NAMM’s vision, mission, and objectives. NAMM’s board of directors consists of 24 directors elected by the NAMM membership, each serving three-year terms in slates of eight.
“NAMM is eternally grateful to the talented coalition of industry leaders that continue to volunteer their time to guide our organization into the future,” said John Mlynczak, NAMM President and CEO.
New board members include:
- Mayumi Allison, CEO, Hosa Technology, Inc.
- Betty Bennett, CEO and Co-Founder, Apogee Electronics Corp.
- Jenna Day, Owner, Day Violins LLC
- Jeremiah Manriquez, President, CEO and Owner, Pecknel Music Co., Inc.
- Tim Pratt, President and Owner, Dietze Music House
- Thomas Ripsam, President and CEO, C.F. Martin & Co., Inc.
- Tom Tedesco, President and CEO, The Music People
- Hans Thomann, CEO, Thomann Musikhaus
Tom Sumner, NAMM Chair, thanked the outgoing board members during the annual meeting of members and lauded their ideas and expertise, which have benefitted the organization and its members as a whole.
They are Roger Hart (TKL Products Corp), DeDe Heid (Heid Music Company), Elizabeth Heidt (Gibson), Adam Levin (Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center), Lana Negrete (Santa Monica Music Center), Paul Tobias (Tobias Music), Ray Williams (Music Marketing), and Steve Zapf (Conn-Selmer).
The largest global not-for-profit music trade organization, NAMM’s mission is to strengthen the $19.5 billion music products industry and promote the pleasures and benefits of making music. NAMM is comprised of over 10,000 global member companies and individual professionals representing a global workforce of over 475,000 employees. The group has also contributed to LA wildfire relief and is soliciting more donations towards that effort.