Caroline Yim is a Partner and Co-Head of Hip-Hop/R&B at WME. Yim’s extensive roster features Grammy award winners and nominees, including Jhené Aiko, Daniel Caesar, Giveon, Kehlani, Swae Lee, Silk Sonic, and Ella Mai.

Yim began her career at MCA Records, and then transitioned to ICM Partners where she became a leading music agent. Yim has received numerous accolades for her achievements within the music industry. She was named to Billboard’s “Women in Music” list from 2015-2018 and was included in Billboard’s 2015 “40 Under 40” list. She was also featured on Billboard’s " Hip-Hop Power Players List" for the past five years in addition to being recognized as one of Variety’s 2016 “New Leaders.” Most recently, Yim was named to Pollstar’s “2021 Women of Live” and “2022 Impact 50” lists.

Yim has been an active supporter of Big Brothers Big Sisters LA, starting off as a Women in Entertainment mentor before joining the board in 2018. In early 2020, Yim co-founded the Asian American Collective, a community organization that fosters growth, education, and connection for current and future Asian American creatives. She graduated from UCLA with a degree in Political Science.

A seasoned music executive, Christine Cao has been a promoter for Live Nation since May 2021. One of her first and most meaningful bookings was a charity benefit for Operation Comedy featuring Bob Saget and Bill Burr. Almost 3 years into the company, Cao has been an integral part of producing incredible underplay runs for artists such as Twenty One Pilots, Leon Bridges and Muse. She’s been part of creating special moments like Zedd’s 10 Year Anniversary of Clarity alongside a 50-piece orchestra, a Run the Jewels 4 night residency and Sampha’s Satellite Business in the Round. She’s booked many inspiring artists as they rise including, TV Girl, NIKI, Alex G, Zach Bryan, Bino Rideaux, Lizzie McAlpine, Masego, Turnstile, The Garden, Laufey and The Rose. Aside from booking both established and up and coming acts, she is also the Co-Lead of Asian Nation. In 2021 Asian Nation partnered with Goldhouse to produce the inaugural Futures Guild initiative featured in TIME Magazine which will continue into 2023. Asian Nation also established a series with LN Comedy with its debut showcase starring Dumbfoundead, Irene Tu and Andrea Jin. The partnership continues with Nigel Ng hosting Asian Nation’s debut on Netflix is a Joke Festival in 2024. Other partnerships include one with Ones to Watch and Lionshare where last May the orgs showcased some of the buzziest AAPI up and comers including grentperez, Hojean and Wolftyla.  Prior to joining Live Nation, Cao was a successful music agent, having worked with incredible artists including Tove Lo, First Aid Kit, Yungblud, Nothing But Thieves, Matt Maeson, Eric Nam and Alina Baraz.

Eric Wong is President & Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for Warner Recorded Music. Wong serves as the head of worldwide marketing, spearheading a one-company mission to expand careers for global artists and elevate local artists to the global stage. A key member of Warner Recorded Music’s senior leadership team, he works closely with the company’s labels around the world to create and drive comprehensive marketing strategies, as well as overseeing Warner’s international A&R function, which helps achieve close collaboration across Warner’s network of local repertoire centers.

Wong was named to Billboard’s prestigious International Power Player list in 2021, 2022, and 2023.  He was previously featured on Billboard’s Power 100 list in 2020, 2021, 2021, and 2022.

Prior to joining Warner, Wong was Chief Operating Officer of Island Records at Universal Music Group, where he oversaw operations, strategy, and marketing for the label’s entire roster.

Wong holds an MBA in Marketing, is a certified life coach, and resides in New York City.

Far East Movement (FM) hails from Koreatown, Los Angeles but has always had a global outlook on music. The group attained platinum hits ranging from the US, the United Kingdom, China, to South Korea. Since becoming the first Asian American group to hit #1 on the Billboard Charts with their smash hit “Like a G6” and following up with another Top 5 on Billboard with “Rocketeer” co-written by Bruno Mars, they have kept the momentum going most recently with two #1 hits (“Bamboo” and “Lovebird”) on China’s Netease platform in 2018.  FM also showcased itself as one of the most exciting touring acts in world music performing at some of the most prestigious festivals all around the world like Ultra Music Festival, Tomorrowland, and Electric Daisy Carnival.

FM’s current focus is Transparent Arts, a company they built with their childhood friends, focused on supporting talented artists in different mediums.  Their roster includes global pop icons The Rose, BI, Agnez Mo, actress Liza Soberano, rapper Dumbfoundead, and DJ/ Producer Yultron. FM has a joint label with Trap City, one of the largest dance music channels in the world (14 million subscribers), named BredNButter with a myriad of releases having amassed millions of plays in a little over a year of existence. They’ve also ventured into other fields, opening up a popular New American restaurant named Intercrew in the heart of Koreatown.

Michelle An is President of Creative Strategy at Interscope Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. A Chicago-native and Northwestern University alum, Michelle has been at Interscope for over 17 years working with some of the world’s biggest music artists including Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez, Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo. Michelle produces and executes artist visuals tied to an artist’s music project, along with overseeing artist marketing. Michelle has produced films alongside Billie Eilish, including The World’s a Little Blurry documentary for Apple TV+, as well as Selena Gomez’s documentary My Mind & Me. Michelle has been involved with several artist concert films and visual films like Kacey Musgraves’ “Star-crossed” which ran on Paramount+.

Michelle has been named one of Billboard’s Women in Music for multiple years in a row, has been recognized as a Variety Hitmaker, and is a 4-time GRAMMY nominated producer. Michelle was honored as 2021’s Music Commissioner of the Year by the MVPA’s made up of her industry peers. She is also a member of the Producer’s Guild of America.  Michelle’s past ad agency experience, also allows her to effectively work with brands such as Nike, Gucci and Dolby Atmos, finding creative and organic ways for major brands to weave into an artist’s creative vision.  Michelle also commissioned OneRepublic’s groundbreaking “Kids” VR music video experience.

Michelle manages a creative and marketing team of over 40 people driving marketing campaigns and producing visual content that garners an estimated 1 billion monthly views on-line for the record label.

Mike Van is the President of Billboard where he is responsible for operating all aspects of the brand globally.  In his previous role as Executive Vice President of Global Partnerships, Billboard experienced unprecedented growth and set all time revenue and profitability records.

Mike brings over twenty five years of advertising, marketing and media sales/ brand partnerships experience including positions at TBWA Chiat/Day, Complex, Electronic Arts and Pandora.

He was recently named to Gold House’s 2023 #A100 list where every May, the A100 honors 100 Asian Pacific leaders who made the greatest impact on culture and society over the past year. He currently resides in Los Angeles and is married to Julie with twins Mila and Luca.

Puja Patel is the editor in chief of Pitchfork. Patel has previously served as the editor of SPIN, the culture editor of Deadspin, and a columnist for the Village Voice and MTV. Her writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, Washington Post, VICE, and FADER. Patel serves on the board of NYU’s Clive Davis Institute and is a founding board member of Building Beats, a non-profit organization that provides music education and developmental skills to underserved youth across New York City.

Ronny Ho is the Head of Dance & Electronic Development at Spotify, where she leads audience growth and engagement, oversees curation and programming, and develops innovative programs across the diverse array of dance and electronic genres.

In her previous role with Spotify, Ronny worked directly with the co-heads of the global Music team to identify audience and genre trends that informed the launch of global initiatives such as RADAR, track IDs, K-Pop, cultural moments and ultimately led to more inclusive programs and decision making.

Ronny also founded Spotify’s Asian Employee Resource Group (ERG), where she worked across the organization to help build the framework of Employee Resource Groups at Spotify. She led the Asian ERG for two and half years, building internal programs to foster community, as well as spearheading external programs. She also built new content brands such as Jasmine, Dope AF, tapioca, the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and the global Stop Asian Hate hub to discover, foster, and build the Asian creator community,

Ronny joined the Spotify Business Development team in April 2016, where she analyzed partnership opportunities to drive subscriber growth around the world, including Samsung, Vodafone, AT&T, Telia, and more. Before Spotify, Ronny worked at Citigroup Equity Capital Markets, where she was instrumental in executing IPOs and equity raises across the financial, energy & power, and technology industries.

During her free time, Ronny enjoys baking all sorts of things, catching shows at the local venues and traveling. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and human computer interaction from Carnegie Mellon University.

A leading player and presence in the music industry, Sulinna Ong is the Global Head of Editorial, at the helm for all curation and programming for Spotify. Together with her teams she is responsible for the biggest and most influential playlists in the world, such as Today’s Top Hits, Rap Caviar, New Music Friday, and many more.
In a diversified career, Sulinna started her journey in A.I. and robotics, moving on to work in almost every major sector of the music industry, spanning artist management, record labels, the live concert business and streaming. This background makes her uniquely positioned to inherently understand the convergence of entertainment and technology coupled with deep experience in music and artist development.
As the daughter of a Chinese father and Persian mother who fled the Iranian revolution when she was a baby, Sulinna is committed to using her position and experience to bring equality to the industry, in terms of both the artists promoted and those working behind the scenes, and to push for greater representation in the music industry. Sulinna’s values – diversity, creativity, innovation, collaboration, critical thinking, integrity, and being direct and transparent – are a critical part of her leadership.

A career-long champion of new and developing artists, Sulinna’s contributions to the music industry were recognized on a mainstream scale in 2021 when she was deemed one of Vogue’s 25 Most Influential Women, and received Music Week’s Women in Music – Music Champion Award , which shines a light on women working in a public-facing capacity who encourage the use of music as a force for change, inclusion, education or improvement.

An unprecedented track record of breaking artists in every corner of the globe and a personal journey that led her from Singapore to leadership posts at the music industry’s top companies affirms Wendy Ong as the preeminent modern music executive. As President of TaP Music, she oversees a diverse roster of artists, including Dua Lipa, Ellie Goulding, Lana Del Rey, Noah Cyrus, Dermot Kennedy, Hailee Steinfeld, and more.

 

“Living in so many different places and collaborating with such a wide variety of people allows you to be in tune with the pulse of what’s happening globally,” she says. “In my career, I’ve also had the rare opportunity to work in nearly every genre of music from hip hop to classical. I draw from all of that when working to realize my artist’s vision.”

 

Her first job was at BMG Singapore, specializing in Soundtracks, Jazz, and New Age. After two years she moved to Hong Kong where she took on supervising pop releases for Asia Pacific.

 

Upon relocating to NYC she embarked on the seminal role of International Marketing at Clive Davis’s Arista Records. Over the next decade, she went on to launch OutKast worldwide and traveled alongside Diddy, helping to expand his empire internationally. She worked extensively with artists such as P!nk, Alicia Keys, and The Strokes. Following Arista, she joined the Metropolitan Opera before EMI sought her out as Head of Classical in 2011.

 

Following stints at Capitol Music and Interscope Records, she joined Roc Nation as Head of Marketing where she drove campaigns for JAY-Z, Rihanna, Jaden Smith, and more. In late 2018, she became Tap Music’s Head of Marketing and was promoted to President of TaP Music a year later.

 

Wendy is based in the Tap Music Los Angeles office.