Alex Bilo 

Alex Bilo is a producer, songwriter and composer. Alex has written and produced for artists including BTS, Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes, Keith Urban, Gavin DeGraw, Two Feet, Kevin Rudolf and Timeflies. Frequent writer collaborations include Jenna Andrews, Madison Love, Harloe, Jussi and Kinetics and One Love. Recent artist sessions include BTS, Bebe Rexha, Lil Huddy, Salem Ilese, Cautious Clay, Joshua Bassett, Upsahl, Lyn Lapid and Rosie. 

As a scoring composer, Alex’s work can be heard in films and documentaries such as The Last Dance, Doped, Mooch, Beer Run and the China International Film Festival-winning Girls Section.

Alicia Ferriabough Taylor

Alicia Ferriabough Taylor is an entertainment attorney based in New York. Alicia earned her Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern University School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from Spelman College where she majored in political science. She is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and New York State. 

Prior to practicing entertainment law, Alicia worked at one of Boston’s premier law firms, Testa, Hurwitz and Thibeault, LLP, where she represented emerging technologies companies in the areas of venture capital fund formation and financing, and publicly traded companies in the areas of mergers and acquisitions. But, as a musician at heart (Alicia played snare drums in the Morehouse College Marching Band and trap set in the Spelman College Jazz Ensemble), Alicia was naturally drawn to the music industry and New York City.

For over 10 years Alicia has advised recording artists, producers and songwriters in a wide variety of entertainment related matters including music distribution, licensing, management and media. Her corporate law background and passion for the arts makes Alicia uniquely situated to effectively assist creative professionals in their myriad business ventures.   

Alicia is also a member of the Black Sports and Entertainment Lawyers Association (BESLA) and the New York State Bar Association, and has participated in various career panels over the years, including “Representing the Culture Creators in the Digital Era” presented by the National Bar Association.

Allison Ponthier

Born from the beautifully strange imagination of a wide-eyed misfit raised in the Dallas outskirts, Allison Ponthier’s songwriting hints at her country roots through her heart-on-sleeve storytelling and crystalline vocal work. Her lyrics whimsically portray the lucid confessions of a shy teen coming to terms with her queer sexuality in a Texas suburb much like the football-obsessed town of Friday Night Lights, further heightened to create a world inspired by the camp warped eccentricities of Henry Selick, Vincent Price and Elvira. 

Allison’s music and visuals follow her own self-reflection as she left the Bible Belt for Brooklyn in search of community despite not knowing anyone in New York—an initially disastrous move that ultimately inspired her own breakthrough on both a personal and artistic level. Overwhelmed, friendless and struggling to keep up with rent, Allison began embracing the calamity of being a self-identified goody-two-shoes Texan living in the epicenter of brazen East Coast hipsterdom. Bringing such a depth of attention to every aspect of her music, Ponthier began building an extravagantly realized version of the world she retreated into as a kid back in Texas: a place where difference is endlessly celebrated.

Ana Rosa Santiago

Ana Rosa Santiago is the Vice President of Latin Music for Universal Music Publishing Group in the US and Latin America. In her role, she heads the areas of A&R and sync, signing and developing talent and creating cross-border opportunities for UMPG songwriters. She also promotes and monetizes UMPG’s extensive Latin American catalog.

Among the writers and artists she has signed to UMPG are Rvssian, Young Martino (who produced 2018’s global viral hit “Te Boté”), FEID, Khea, Icon Music (Rolo, Jowan), indie powerhouse Rich Music Ltd. and its roster (Justin Quiles, Sech, Dalex, Dimelo Flow), Cimafunk, Yann-C, Mariah Angelique, and last but not least global superstar Anitta, with whose team she works the US Latin and regional market.

Santiago joined UMPG five years ago from ASCAP, where for 18 years she ran the PRO’s operations in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. The well-known and respected industry music executive signed such artists and songwriters as Daddy Yankee, Farruko, Luis Fonsi, Chris Jeday, Anuel AA, Kany Garcia, Pedro Capó and Sky & Bull Nene among many others. Prior to ASCAP she worked in a creative role at peermusic, working with writers in the US, Central and South America.

Santiago is a member of LARAS and NARAS, and for the latter she’s in her second term as board governor for the Florida Chapter. She is part of the board for She Is The Music and also serves as assistant vice chair of events for the Miami chapter of non-profit organization Women in Music.

Autumn Rowe 

Autumn Rowe is a singer/songwriter/producer/DJ from New York. Growing up in the South Bronx, she applied her musical talents in a range of roles, from band leader to session singer. Later, she became a sought-after songwriter, working with some of the world’s biggest artists and record labels. She wrote the dance anthem behind the 2011 FIFA World Cup “Happiness” featuring Alexis Jordan, and has worked with Dua Lipa, Stargate, Ava Max, Jon Batiste, Friction, Naia Izumi, Jax Jones, Netsky, MK, Avicii, Zedd, Alesso, Afrojack, Deadmau5, Alex Newell, Leona Lewis, Digital Farm Animals, Boy George, Jon Bellion, The Knocks, Nick Jonas, Kali Uchis, Kacy Hill, Fifth Harmony, Rodney Jerkins, Sinead Harnett, Lindsey Stirling, Becky G and Macy Gray, among many other artists. 

She performs as the DJ act AFTR PRTY. She is currently signed to Stellar/Sony Music as a writer and Ultra Records as an artist. Autumn is also a celebrated vocal coach. She appeared on season 2 of The X Factor, and as the only vocal coach on America’s Got Talent for five years, between the show’s eighth and twelfth seasons. She has coached artists including America’s Got Talent winner Grace VanderWaal, Fifth Harmony, Bea Miller, Arin Ray, Carly Rose Sonenclar and Diamond White.  Currently living in Los Angeles, Autumn continues to write and mentor both established and emerging artists. She most recently collaborated with Jon Batiste, Ava Max, Naia Izumi, Tkay Maidza, and P!nk, while continuing to work on her own projects as an artist and producer.