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Deborah Dugan is an American executive who was the first female president and CEO of The Recording Academy from August 1, 2019 to January 16, 2020.

Early career

Dugan worked on Wall Street and for Disney Publishing Worldwide. During her early years in the music industry, she worked for EMI, Capitol Records and SBK Records.

Career

Dugan served as CEO of (RED), co-founded by Bono and Bobby Shriver. The nonprofit foundation is aimed at the eradication of AIDS. In 2017 and 2018, she contributed to Forbes.com.

Recording Academy presidency

On May 8, 2019, the board of trustees of The Recording Academy confirmed that Dugan would be its next president and CEO. She began her tenure on August 1, 2019, succeeding Neil Portnow. Dugan was the first woman president of the nonprofit, and her contract was for three years.

On January 16, 2020, Dugan was relieved of her duties as president and CEO and placed on administrative leave, accused of bullying her assistant, whom she inherited from Portnow, resulting in the assistant taking a leave of absence. Recording Academy Chairman Harvey Mason Jr. took over as interim president and CEO. In response, Dugan made claims that the Recording Academy was complicit in corruption, citing "voting irregularities, financial mismanagement, 'exorbitant and unnecessary' legal bills, and conflicts of interest involving members of the academy’s board, executive committee and outside lawyers". On March 2, 2020, The Recording Academy announced that it had officially fired her. A letter was sent to its members informing them of the action which was taken by its Board of Trustees.

Board work

She is on the board of the Moth and creative nonprofit Girl Effect.

External links

• Official Twitter account

References

1. Aswad, Jem (Apr 13, 2019). "Deborah Dugan to Succeed Neil Portnow as Recording Academy Chief". Retrieved Apr 23, 2019.
2. "Sexism? Cronyism? Mismanagement? After sudden ouster of Grammys chief, spin and finger-pointing begin". Los Angeles Times. January 18, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
3. Aswad, Jem (Apr 16, 2019). "Who Is Deborah Dugan, the New Boss of the Recording Academy?". Retrieved Apr 23, 2019.
5. https://www.forbes.com/sites/deborahdugan/people/deborahdugan2/#6b5abb425e7d
6. "BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPOINTS DEBORAH DUGAN AS PRESIDENT/CEO OF". GRAMMY.com. May 8, 2019. Retrieved Jan 26, 2020.
7. "New Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan Pledges More Diversity, Inclusion: 'I'm In Awe of the Potential'". Billboard. Retrieved Jan 26, 2020.
8. ^ Peck, Emily (24 January 2020). "Deborah Dugan Tried To Fix The Grammys. Instead She Says She Was 'Ruined' By A Boys Club". Huffington Post.
9. ^ Sisario, Ben (2020-01-16). "Grammys Leader Deborah Dugan Removed 10 Days Before Ceremony". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
10. "Ousted Grammys chief: 'We will expose what happens when you "step up" at the Recording Academy'". Los Angeles Times. Jan 17, 2020. Retrieved Jan 26, 2020.
11. Ifeanyi, K. C. (2020-01-23). "Ousted Recording Academy CEO punches back and claims the Grammys are fixed". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
12. France, Lisa Respers. "Recording Academy fires Deborah Dugan". CNN. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
13. "Board & Committees". The Moth.
14. https://www.girleffect.org/who-we-are/our-people/deborah-dugan/

• Presidents of The Recording Academy
• HIV/AIDS activists
• American music industry executives
• Living people
• American women chief executives
• Activists from New York City
• Businesspeople from New York City
• 20th-century American businesspeople
• 20th-century American businesswomen
• 21st-century American businesspeople
• 21st-century American businesswomen
• People from Long Island