SERONA ELTON

Serona Elton joins the Frost School faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Music Media and Industry.  She holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Florida (1993), a Master of Music in Music Media and Industry from the University of Miami (1995), and a Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School (2000).  She is a member of the New York Bar (2001) and Florida Bar (2002).  Elton has broad experience in the music industry.  In 1993, during her time as a student in the graduate program at UM, she helped found the student-run record label ‘Cane Records.  She also helped start the UM chapter of the Music & Entertainment Industry Student Association.  From 1995 to 2003 she worked for EMI Recorded Music, North America, where she held a number of positions:  Business Analyst; Senior Business Analyst; Manager, Royalty System Implementation; Associate Director, Royalties; Director, Business Analysis; Senior Director, Business Analysis; and finally Vice President, Mechanical Licensing and Repertoire Data Services.  Most significantly during her tenure at EMI she played an integral role in the successful implementation of a custom designed artist royalty system, the design and launch of a global repertoire and rights project and the development of new processes to support the digital distribution of recordings.  She also participated in the RIAA and International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) project called the Music Industry Integrated Identifier Project (MI3P), which is best known for developing a new unique identifier for digital music-based products called the Global Release Identifier (GRID), including serving as chairperson on two sub-committees.  Elton left EMI in 2003 to pursue other legal endeavors.  Beginning in early 2006, she began serving as a consultant to Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Pandisc Music Corp. 

e-mail: selton@miami.edu