Rita George is Chief Program Officer for the GRAMMY Museum. In her role, George will provide leadership, strategy and managerial oversight to the curatorial, community engagement, education, and digital media teams, connecting internal and external partners to create a more cohesive approach to scale the Museum’s diverse programming. George will continue to lead new business development efforts, expand DEIA initiatives, and help oversee the Museum’s offsite locations. As part of the leadership team, George provides support to the Museum’s President and Board of Directors, policy development and HR initiatives.

Previously as Chief Operating Officer, George oversaw day-to-day business and operations for the Museum, led new business development efforts and museum renovations, and managed the strategic planning and curatorial content development for more than 100 exhibits and off-site projects, including the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Okla.; the opening of GRAMMY Museum Mississippi in Cleveland, Miss.; the GRAMMY Museum Gallery at Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tenn.; the Ray Charles Memorial Library in Los Angeles, and the GRAMMY Museum Experience Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., in 2017.

Prior to joining the GRAMMY Museum, George served as director of visitor services, security and operations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

George graduated from Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

Hilary Fahlsing serves as the Vice President of Finance, Administration & Operations for the GRAMMY Museum. She oversees the fiscal management of the Museum, including finance and accounting, legal, human resources, and insurance/risk management, as well as the day-to-day business and operations for the Museum and its 50 staff members in Los Angeles.

In her role, she is responsible for ensuring the long-term fiscal health, sustainability and operational excellence of the organization. She also serves as a staff liaison to the Finance and Audit Committees of the Board of Directors. Fahlsing joined the GRAMMY Museum in 2018 and has more than a decade of experience in nonprofit finance, administration and operations.

She began her career as a volunteer for Susan G. Komen for the Cure upon learning of her mother-in-law’s breast cancer diagnosis. During her tenure at Komen, Fahlsing transitioned from an unpaid volunteer to the director of operations for the Los Angeles County affiliate. She continued in the nonprofit sector at Toberman Neighborhood Center as chief financial officer, followed by the Hammer Museum as director of finance & human resources for nearly five years. She has consulted for other nonprofits and has helped organizations navigate significant change from growth to acquisition to other transformations.

Fahlsing holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA and a MBA from Loyola Marymount University.

Bob Santelli serves as Founding Executive Director of the GRAMMY Museum. In his role, Santelli advises the President of the Museum on key content and programmatic issues. He curates the Museum's main exhibitions, hosts selective educational and public programs and oversees the Museum's Institutional and University Affiliate programs. Santelli is also responsible for consulting with the GRAMMY Museum's sister institutions —the GRAMMY Museum Mississippi and the GRAMMY Museum Experience in Newark, New Jersey.

During his tenure, Santelli helped the Museum expanded its brand with the opening of new museums in three domestic markets; curated over 65 exhibits, many of which traveled internationally; produced over 600 public programs; and formed educational partnerships with the White House and The Kennedy Center. Following the merger of the GRAMMY Museum and the GRAMMY Foundation in 2017, Santelli was named Founding Executive Director and currently oversees the Museum's outside projects and traveling exhibits.

Prior to joining the GRAMMY Museum, Santelli was one of the original curators of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and was the museum's first Director of Education and Vice President of Public Programs. In 2000, he was appointed CEO of the Experience Music Project (now MoPOP) in Seattle, the first-ever interactive music museum. Santelli also developed the UK's first pop music museum, the British Music Experience.

Santelli a frequent lecturer on American music and a noted blues and rock historian, contributing to Rolling Stone and The New York Times, among other periodicals, as well as the author of more than a dozen books on American music, including Greetings From E Street and The Bob Dylan Scrapbook, both New York Times bestsellers. In 2012, Santelli co-produced Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection, which earned him a GRAMMY nomination for Best Historical Album. In 2020, Santelli won a GRAMMY for Best Historical Album for his work on Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection.

Santelli holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Monmouth University and a Masters of Arts degree from the University of Southern California.

David R. Sears serves as Vice President of Education for GRAMMY In The Schools at the GRAMMY Museum. In his role, Sears is responsible for the Museum's renowned GRAMMY Camp, the Music Educator Award, career-based education programs, and all regional and national education programs and initiatives. He is responsible for creating a path to increase the scale of GRAMMY In The Schools educational activities by developing and implementing more robust online offerings throughout the year. He also works with internal and external entities to expand online education content and deliver it throughout the year.

Sears joined the Recording Academy in 1994 as Senior Project Manager with the GRAMMY Foundation and has since held positions as Director of Education, Senior Director of Education and Executive Education Director. He has been integral in the development and successful implementation of the national education initiatives at the GRAMMY Museum, such as GRAMMY In The Schools, GRAMMY Career Day, GRAMMY SoundChecks, GRAMMY Camp, Music Educator Award, GRAMMY Signature Schools, GRAMMY Sessions, and more. He has held many positions in the music industry, such as professional musician, public high school music educator, music director, composer, arranger, conductor, producer, and more contributing to his multifaceted music background.

Sears is a lifetime voting member of the Recording Academy, a member of the College Music Society Career Development and Entrepreneurship Committee, the Advisory Committee of the Herb Alpert Music Center at Los Angeles City College, the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP), and the American Choral Directors Association. He is also a published contributor to the symposium Tanglewood II — Charting the Future and conceived the book of lesson plans Careers Through Music — Building Employable Skills In Your Music Class.

Sears did his undergraduate and graduate college studies at California State University, Los Angeles.

Lynne Sheridan serves as Vice President of Public Programming and Artist Relations for the GRAMMY Museum®. Sheridan is in charge of all public programming, including at the flagship in Los Angeles and for the recently launched series “A New York Evening With…” in New York City. She also spearheads the Museum’s artist relations efforts.

A 30+ year music industry veteran, she has been with the GRAMMY Museum since its inception in 2007. During her time at the Museum, Sheridan created the Public Programs series, booking and producing over 1,500 artist interviews, performances, film screenings, and panel discussions with artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Brandi Carlile, Common, Haim, Los Lobos, John Legend, Shawn Mendes, Stevie Nicks, Public Enemy, Mavis Staples, Ringo Starr, Sting, Barbra Streisand, Jack White, Brian Wilson, Bonnie Raitt, Billie Eilish, and more.

Prior to joining the GRAMMY Museum, Sheridan worked in New York City at Columbia Records, Epic Records, Tommy Boy Music, and the Bob Dylan Music Company. She has booked and produced panels, programs, showcases, and concerts at SXSW in Austin, Americana Music Festival & Conference in Nashville, and various tribute shows at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Sheridan has also produced concerts such as "Like a Complete Unknown: A Concert Celebrating the Music of Bob Dylan" with the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, collaborated with the New York Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center on various programs, and co-produced all five Woody Guthrie Centennial Concert celebrations that took place nationwide in 2012.

Sheridan currently serves as an active board member for the Americana Music Association, as well as secretary on their Executive Board for the past eight years.

Sheridan holds a bachelor of arts degree from New York University.

Jasen Emmons serves as Chief Curator and Vice President of Curatorial Affairs of the GRAMMY Museum®. In his role, Emmons is the Museum’s creative leader who provides an overarching vision for exhibitions that speak to music’s rich history as a cultural, social and economic change agent. He also serves as the primary host of its storied public programs, working to bring both an historic and contemporary perspective that connects artists across genres and generations to a diverse and engaged constituency.

Prior to joining the GRAMMY Museum, Emmons spent two decades in Seattle at Experience Music Project, which is now the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP). As the museum’s director of curatorial affairs, Emmons played a critical role in helping the institution evolve from its original focus on popular music to a broader lens of pop culture, which significantly expanded its audience and bolstered its sustainability. During his tenure, Emmons oversaw more than 45 exhibits, including 11 traveling exhibits, and curated or co-curated nine exhibits, including Bob Dylan’s American Journey, 1956-1966 and American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music.

Emmons holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oregon and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Washington.

Paul Dien serves as Vice President of Advancement and Partnerships of the GRAMMY Museum®. In his role, Dien will lead the overall fundraising and advancement, marketing and social media, and strategic brand partnerships of the Museum, with a particular goal of leading efforts to continue diversifying and deepening its contributed and earned revenue. The role will focus on supporting the educational and curatorial work of the Museum by providing necessary resources to its programmatic teams by fostering relationships with the philanthropic and corporate community. Dien will be heading the newly combined departments of the Museum by leading both the Marketing and Advancement teams.

Prior to joining the GRAMMY Museum, Dien was head of strategic partnerships for Good and Upworthy, a leading social impact company with a mass audience. He worked on a variety of social impact and marketing campaigns for clients such as Tory Burch, GoFundMe and Netflix. Dien also worked at Participant Media as VP of strategic alliances, working to amplify social impact campaigns for films such as He Named Me Malala, Gardeners of Eden and A Monster Calls. Previously, Dien ran Sodamedia, a digital agency in Shanghai, which worked with luxury brands including Armani, Fresh Cosmetics and the Swire Group. He also worked at MTV’s global HIV/AIDS charity the Staying Alive Foundation, serving as director of strategic partnerships, working with brands such as H&M, Urban Outfitters and the Body Shop on cause-related marketing initiatives.

Dien holds a Bachelor of Arts in international relations and public relations from S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.