Trained as an oboist at the Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School, Jim Kendrick began his publishing career in 1977 helping Ronald Freed establish European American Music before studying law. Following graduation from Rutgers Law School in 1983, he has specialized in intellectual property matters with a particular emphasis on the music and audio-visual industries. In addition to practicing law, Jim has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. He rejoined Schott/EAM in March 2002 following the sudden death of Ronald Freed.

Jim became a member of the ASCAP Board of Directors in 2007 and was named Treasurer in 2008. He is on the ASCAP Foundation Board and a member of the ASCAP Symphony and Concert Committee.

Jim is also Secretary and a director of The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., The Amphion Foundation, Inc., the Virgil Thomson Foundation Ltd., and The Charles Ives Society, Inc. He also is a director of The American Music Center, Inc. and is secretary to the Koussevitzky music foundations. He is a member of the Executive Committee of The International Association of Entertainment Lawyers and counsel to the Music Publishers Association of the United States and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a frequent speaker on copyright and music industry business practices both in the US and overseas.

Norman Ryan was born in Riverhead, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Brown University where he studied piano, clarinet, and conducting. He holds Certificates in Film from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and in Italian language from Università di Siena. He previously held positions at the New York City Opera, The Public Theater, in the programming department of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and, most recently, at G. Schirmer, Inc. where he was Creative Director. In his roles at G. Schirmer and now at Schott Music, he has worked with many of the world's leading composers of contemporary music and opera and collaborated on projects with such distinguished opera companies as The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Minnesota Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), American Opera Projects and Opera Boston, among many others. He has served as a creative consultant to the Trisha Brown Dance Company, Lincoln Center, and American International Artists and as a contributing writer to Stagebill and Playbill magazines. He serves on the board of directors of OPERA America, the American Music Center, Music Publishers' Association (MPA), American Opera Projects (AOP), The Fort Greene Park Conservancy (Brooklyn), and was formerly on the Music Advisory Board for the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS. Norman Ryan joined Schott Music Corporation and European American Music Distributors LLC in January 2005.

Caroline Kane was born in Media, Pennsylvania. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Fine Arts from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, and a Master of Music degree in Church Music from Northwestern University, and subsequently worked as an organist and choir director. She began her career in music publishing at The Theodore Presser Company in their sales department. She joined European American Music Distributors Corporation in Paoli, Pennsylvania in 1993 in the copyright department under the direction of Ronald Freed, and has assumed ever-increasing responsibilities within the company through its move to Miami in 1999 and to New York City in 2004.

Amy Dickinson was born in Plantation, Florida. She attended Peabody Conservatory and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and Business from Stetson University in 1999. She earned a Master of Music degree in Cello Performance from Florida International University in 2001 and was a cellist in the orchestras of the Palm Beach Opera, Miami City Ballet, Florida Grand Opera, and Sunshine Pops, as well as a guest artist with the Boca String Quartet. She also served as Artist-in-Residence for the Dreyfoos School of the Arts. Amy Dickinson joined Schott Music Corporation and European American Music Distributors LLC in July of 2001. In 2009 Amy Dickinson graduated with an MBA from the Zicklin School of Business of Baruch College of the City University of New York. She double-majored in Finance and Human Resources.