From RIAA:
Emphasis added by me.RIAA Names Mitch Bainwol As Chairman & CEO
Bainwol to start September 1st
Washington, DC ? Mitch Bainwol, former Chief of Staff to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), was named today as Chairman & CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America by the RIAA Board of Directors.
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Bainwol who currently runs the lobbying firm The Bainwol Group, was previously Executive Director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), and before that, chief of staff to U.S. Senator Connie Mack (R-FL) for nine years.
Bainwol will start at the RIAA on September 1.