Teresa Suydam

Teresa Suydam is an Indigenous & Filipino artist, songwriter, producer, DJ, and music business professional whose work spans both the creative and industry sides of music. Teresa's music has been placed in Film & TV and plays daily on Sirius XM. As a Recording Academy member, music conference coordinator, and Vice Chair of Events on the Women In Music Denver Chapter Board, Teresa actively uplifts artists and creatives to maintain ownership of their careers.

Ricki Askin

Ricki Askin is the founder and principal of Don't Lose That Number, a boutique music consultancy helping brands, agencies, and media organizations use music with strategic intention and creative precision. With over two decades of experience at the intersection of music, culture, and storytelling, she has built a career defined by equal parts creative vision and operational rigor.

At TikTok, she oversaw global brand-led music partnerships, leading a division that drove 800% revenue growth over two years through music-led brand activations for clients including Apple, Nike, L'Oréal, and Amazon. Before that, she spent eight and a half years at VICE Media as Vice President of Music Services and Licensing, founded Vice Music Publishing, and served as Music Supervisor of the Emmy Award-winning HBO series VICE. Her freelance supervision credits span Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Showtime, and Lionsgate, including Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened and the 2025 Amazon Prime series Hollywood Hustler: Lights, Glam, Scam.

Ricki served on the Music in Advertising Jury for the 2025 Clio Music Awards, sits on the East Coast Committee of the Guild of Music Supervisors, and has been a member of the Recording Academy for over eight years.

Steph Rushton

Stephanie Rushton is a Canadian Music Supervisor and Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) based in Paris, France. Through her music supervision work at California-based Seven Seas Music, The Rights Workshop, and for her independent film clients, Stephanie specializes in sourcing and licensing authentic international music for her projects.

Her accounting work intersects with her music work as her trusted clients include record labels, film studios, artist collectives, Burning Man camps, and individual musicians. She shares her expertise by volunteering with global organizations to educate musicians on music rights, publishing, and the basics of synchronization.

Mehdi Laaroussi

Mehdi Laaroussi works across the Sync departments of Alter K and La Crème in Paris. A dedicated 'catalog digger', he balances his time between scouting for hidden gems and staying close to the creative process in the Alter K studio.