Alison Smith, Senior Vice President, Performing Rights

Alison Smith is Senior Vice President, Performing Rights, the department that administers copyright performance royalties of BMI affiliates.  She has the additional responsibility of managing the Writer/Publisher Administration & Research departments.

During her tenure at BMI, Smith has piloted the development of online digital tools to benefit BMI affiliates and music customers.  Considered an expert on performing rights administration, she has been a frequent guest speaker before such groups as the Society of Composers & Lyricists, the Association of Independent Music Publishers (New York and Los Angeles), the California Copyright Conference, the Church Music Publishers Association, and a number of performing rights organizations around the world. 

A native of Nashville, Smith joined BMI’s Writer/Publisher Relations department at that office in 1985, and re-located to New York in 1987.  She was named Assistant Vice President, Performing Rights in 1994, Vice President in March 1996, and Senior Vice President in April 2003.  She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Belmont University’s School of Music Business.

BMI represents more than 400,000 songwriters, composers, and publishers with more than 6.5 million works.

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