Office Hours with Industry Leaders Class of 2026

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Clive Davis Institute announced a new initiative this year called Office Hours with Industry Leaders. Led by Executive-In-Residence, Julie Greenwald, the program served as an opportunity for top-level executives, producers, songwriters, and alumni to meet with CDI graduating seniors for career-based feedback.

This year's class of Industry Leaders who graciously offered their time includes:

Julie Greenwald, Co-Founder of 26.2

Guy Moot, Co-Chair and CEO of Warner Chappell Music

Pete Ganbarg, Founder of Pure Tone Music

Philip Lawrence, 8x Grammy-Award Winning Songwriter, Producer & Performer

Riggs Morales, Music Executive

Mike Boyd Jr., Head of Music Strategy, VaynerX

Eli Janney, Producer, Engineer & Music Director

David McTiernan, Head of Global Artist & Label Relations, Vevo (CDI 2011)

Molly Neumann, President, CDBaby

Paul Sinclair, Chief Music Officer, Suno & Grace James, Music Marketing, Suno

Mimi Valdés, Chief Creative Officer, Co-Founder of Fly Green Socks

Emily Warren, Grammy-Winning Songwriter (CDI 2015)