Katie Kerins
Director
Musack Foundation
Katie is a digital marketing and social media strategist and event planner, working with acts like Jack Black, Weird Al, and No Doubt through Musack.
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Advisory Board
Backyard Party's Advisory Board brings together people from music, business, culture, philanthropy, and the creative industries to help shape the future of the organization.
They bring experience, perspective, connections, and the occasional reality check as BYP grows from a grassroots Los Angeles music community into a full social movement.
This isn't your traditional nonprofit board. Ours is a non-governing Advisory Board, built around useful relationships rather than meetings for the sake of meetings. No initiation fees, dues, or pay-to-play board nonsense here.
Members aren't here to run the organization. They're here because they understand and believe in what we're building and can make it stronger.
- Music
- Arts + Culture
- Partnerships
- Fundraising
- Publicity
- Opportunity
Meet the Board
Sasha Krivtsov
Musician / Producer
31 seasons on The Voice and bassist for Taylor Swift, Pink, Cher, James Blunt, Shakira, Christina Aguilera, Billy Idol and countless others.
Dante Pellegrino
Founder / Owner
A lifelong promoter, booker, and now owner of one of LA's most popular new venues, Above The Bridge, in Boyle Heights.
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Jim Smith
Founder / Owner
Jim is the founder of The Smell, LA's legendary all-ages music venue currently in its 28th year of operation.
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We are intentionally building this group slowly over time.
We're interested in people who bring something useful to the table: deep experience, an unusual perspective, meaningful relationships, industry knowledge, access to resources, or the ability to open a door we haven't even discovered yet.
Think you're one of us?
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