Join MMF-US for the third episode of our webinar series called Perspectives - bringing you voices and ideas from a variety of genres, race, ethnicities, backgrounds and identities, from all aspects of the music industry - ranging from managers and self-managed artists to professionals in areas like publishing, label, marketing, royalty, distribution, technology and beyond.

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Episode three will feature the following panelists:

Janette Berrios - VP of Corporate Marketing for Symphonic Distribution

Janette Berrios is the VP of Corporate Marketing for Symphonic Distribution.

Originally from Puerto Rico, Janette began her career in the music industry as one of

Symphonic’s first hires. Throughout her time working alongside her husband and

founder of the company, Jorge Brea (Indie Power Player and of Dominican descent),

they have established Symphonic as one of the leading independent music distributors

in the industry with offices in Tampa FL, Nashville, TN, Brooklyn, NY, Bogota, Colombia,

São Paulo, Brazil and recently, South Africa.

Her expertise lies within entrepreneurship, artist development, multi-channel campaign

management, event production, branding, and creative design. She has been able to

share her knowledge in conferences like SXSW, Winter Music Conference, Amsterdam

Dance Event, M for Montreal, and several more.

For many years, Janette has been in the pulse with the top independent Latin scenes.

From ideation to execution, she produced the annual Music Industry Sessions, a series

of panels, workshops and networking events in Puerto Rico. The event has activated

thousands of independent musicians, producers and content creators on the island.

Janette is an active participant in the community and a member of the board of directors

of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), Digital Marketing Program of the

University of South Florida, Music Industry Recording Arts Program of the University of

St. Petersburg and several local arts organizations from Tampa. She also served

previously as a board member of the Association for Electronic Music Association

(AFEM).

In addition, she was recently included in Billboard's “Indie Power Players” List for 2022,

2021, and was awarded the “Wonder Women in Latin Music” presented by the LAMC

and Amazon Music.

Stephanie Santiago-Rolón - Founder and CEO of Elevated Music Industries

Stephanie Santiago-Rolón is a millennial entrepreneur from Puerto Rico, who is the Founder and CEO of Elevated Music Industries, a boutique label, management, publishing, distribution and digital marketing firm. Female diversity and inclusion within the industry are two major topics for Stephanie and her role in developing rising Latin Urban Pop Artist Songwriter and Actress, Nohemy, who was recently featured as a lead actress in the first Latin YouTube Original Series, BRAVAS. This was a major step forward in changing the narrative of the growing female Latin Urban genre and the ever changing storyline of Latinas in the film industry.

Her passion for advocacy of rights, specifically for creators and entrepreneurs of color and independent artists, led her to develop TCC Latin, where she serves as the Director. This innovator continues to shed a light on the fight for racial and social injustice as the co-founder of Conciencia Collective and works to connect advocacy with pop culture as an Advisor with Neta Collab, a social justice digital marketing firm. Always with her eye on the future, Stephanie is Google Next Gen Tech Policy Leader, a cohort of individuals who are at the forefront of tech and racial justice and who connect the dots between tech policy and the opportunity and justice issues that drive today’s leaders since 2016. In March 2021, Stephanie was positioned as an Inclusion Insider with Pinterest where she advises on the company’s diversity and inclusion initiatives. Prior to this, Santiago-Rolón worked at Univision and Telemundo, where she gained experience, knowledge, and passion for the entertainment and communications industry as well as found her voice advocating for the gender gap within each.