Ruby Marchand

Ruby Marchand serves as Chief Industry Officer for the Recording Academy®, leading the Trade/Industry Division and overseeing the Membership & Industry Relations and Awards departments.

Prior to joining the executive team, Marchand held several elected leadership roles at the Academy. In 2004, she was elected Governor and Vice President of the New York Chapter, where she chaired GRAMMY In The Schools® for more than 12 years. In 2011, Marchand was elected a National Trustee from the New York Chapter and served for two terms. She was elected Vice Chair of the Academy by the National Board of Trustees in 2015 and served until 2019. Additionally, she was co-chair of the Awards & Nominations Committee for seven years and helped drive new eligibility rules related to streaming as well as the process of refreshing fields and categories for the GRAMMY Awards®. As an elected leader, Marchand has served on many national committees, including Membership, Planning & Governance, Finance, and Executive. Additionally, Marchand was a member of the National Advocacy Committee in 2015–16 and represented the Academy on an historic trade mission in 2014 with A2IM and several independent labels to Shanghai, Seoul and Hong Kong.

Marchand previously held leadership roles at Warner Music Group, including Vice President of International A&R for 25 years, Head of A&R for Cordless Recordings and Rykodisc, and Senior Vice President of Revenue and Repertoire Assurance. Marchand has served as a consultant to the Music and Performing Arts Professions' school at NYU and at other companies and organizations. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at NYU Steinhardt's Music Business Program where she co-teaches Production and A&R in the Music Industry.

Marchand serves as Secretary and National Trustee of the T. J. Martell Foundation, a cancer research foundation supported by the music industry that has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in the fight against cancer. In 2016, she received the Women of Influence Award from the T. J. Martell Foundation in New York.

Marchand attended Oberlin College where she graduated with an independent major in translating the work of French and German women poets into English. She studied flute at the Oberlin Conservatory and played in the Oberlin Jazz Ensemble and the Oberlin gamelan.