Recording Academy Co-President Valeisha Butterfield Jones to Exit for VP Role at Google
thewrap.comValeisha Butterfield Jones, the co-president of the Recording Academy, is exiting the organization and will join Google in a vice president role focused on diversity.Butterfield Jones joined the organization behind the Grammys as its chief diversity officer in 2020, and she was elevated to co-president in June 2021 alongside Panos A.
Panay. The Academy will continue to be led by CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and president Panay. No new co-president will be named at this time.
Senior management whom previously reported to Butterfield Jones will now report directly to Mason.Butterfield Jones will begin at Google as vice president, partnerships, in October.
She worked at Google prior to joining the Recording Academy as the global head of inclusion. Butterfield Jones was recently appointed an honorary co-chair of the Black Music Collective, and she will continue to be involved with the Recording Academy, with additional details about her involvement to be announced in the coming months.“This is a bittersweet moment for our Recording Academy family.
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