REMINDER: CCC Holiday Party & Apollo Awards – RSVP NOW! | Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - The Florence Belsky Charitable Foundation

Please join us at the Catalina Jazz Club on December 4th to honor this year’s Apollo Award Recipients.In addition to the Apollo Awards, we will have our annual silent auction event to raise money for the CCC’s John Braheny Scholarship Award; please consider donating an item or two. You may contact us to inquire about advertising, donating auction items, or to discuss other sponsorship opportunities. This is going to be an amazing evening you will not want to miss!

2024 Apollo Award Recipients

J. Charley Londoño | Counsel Plus, Co.; and Of Counsel at The Peter Law Group

Kris Muñoz |Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs | Repertoire, BMG Rights Management

Advance Reservation:

CCC Members $70 per person | Non-members $85 per person

Walk-Up Dinner (pay at the door, no prior RSVP):

CCC Members $75 per person | Non-members $90 per person

Students: must show College ID at the door [contact us]

Please make your dinner reservation by noon on Monday, December 2nd, 2024

Reserve your meal with a credit card (through our Stripe account).

Walk-up guests are welcome but may not be served their first choice of meal. We accept cash, check, or credit card payment at the door.
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BiographiesJ. Charley Londoño | Counsel Plus, Co.; and Of Counsel at The Peter Law Group J. Charley Londoño brings a rare combination of specialized entertainment legal services and executive level music industry expertise. Primarily practicing in the areas of music, film, television, and new media, Mr. Londoño counsels both companies and individuals regarding transactional issues. His practice concentrates in the protection, clearance, licensing, and distribution of intellectual property rights.

Prior to beginning his law career, Mr. Londoño was a record company executive. Throughout his career, he worked in the radio promotion departments of Arista Records, A&M Records, IRS Records, and MCA Records.

Mr. Londoño received a B.S. in Business Administration–Finance from the University of Florida and a J.D. from California Western School of Law.

Londoño is a member of the State Bar of California, the Florida Bar Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the California Copyright Conference, and the Association of Independent Music Publishers. He is a past president of the California Copyright Conference and instituted its annual Apollo Awards ceremonies.Kris Muñoz |Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs | Repertoire, BMG Rights ManagementKris Muñoz is SVP, Business & Legal Affairs | Repertoire a/k/a “The Closer” or “Klutch” to her colleagues and industry folks she has dealt with during her standout career in the music industry. She is the Head of BMG’s Business & Legal Affairs – Publishing. A well-respected and well-liked executive and a savvy deal maker, Kris came to BMG in 2011 via BMG’s acquisition of Bug Music after 7 years at Bug Music and spent her early years post-law school at top boutique entertainment law firms. She quickly rose up the ranks as an executive at Bug then BMG amidst an ever-changing landscape and is a key player at BMG which has seen record growth & unprecedented success for a company that is a mere 15 years old.

She serves in a hybrid A&R role, a rarity at most companies, having personally signed 28 writers / artists to Bug then BMG that have recouped and/or reupped their deals, a sign of a trusted executive. She is responsible for handling a myriad of aspects of BMG’s needs, including contract drafting, negotiation, acquisitions, due diligence and analysis, talent acquisition, A&R, and business development.

Under her sharp watch she has negotiated and closed a variety of deals and renewals for BMG recently, including high profile deals for Diane Warren, Jelly Roll, D’Mile, John Legend, The Dream, Cirque Du Soleil, Iggy Pop, Pitbull, Riot Games, Halsey, Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman, Jennifer Lopez, Juice WRLD, LP, Too Lost Distribution, The Sex Pistols, DJ Khaled, Mick Fleetwood, LP, SUECO the Child, 19 Entertainment (American Idol), 5FDP, Jessie Reyez, NGHTMARE, In This Moment, Dhani Harrison, Chris Lennertz, Three 6 Mafia and Del Publishing for example. She has also closed many other deals for writers / artists that have scored countless #1 and top 10 hits across all genres of the Billboard chart, which contribute to BMG’s exceeding its goals year over year and seeing increased NPS, much to the liking of Bertelsmann, BMG’s parent company.

Additional key BMG highlights include other Grammy, Oscar, and Golden Globe winning songwriters, multi-platinum selling artists, producers, and composers such as Bruno Mars, Lainey Wilson, The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Evanescence, Frank Ocean, Eddie Palmieri, and the late legends Buddy Holly, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and Johnny Cash to name a few. Kris Muñoz also proudly served as a founding Councilmember on BMG’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council (DE&I Council), a peer elected position, which she deems an even more important role for her as a human on this planet. She is steadfast in her commitment to achieving a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace and to make meaningful changes to policy and procedures at BMG and initiatives that have impacted the industry at large.

She also Co-Chairs BMG’s Women’s Initiative “The Network” which has provided guidance, camaraderie and a safe space to the incredible Women, and those that identify as Women, at BMG, in addition to putting on philanthropic events to give back to the community. The Network has also been at the heart of standing up for Women’s rights across the board, including working to close the gender pay gap, and effectively lobbying for extended parental leave and the elimination of forced arbitration clauses in sexual assault and sexual harassment cases that arise in the workplace.

Although focused on her career as an executive in the entertainment industry, she continues her involvement in the political process and has worked closely over the years with the West Hollywood City Council and former Mayors John Heilman & Abbe Land. Needless to say, she keeps a busy schedule but she carved out time to serve as a member of the Steering Committee for the Women’s Leadership Conference, Chair of the LVC Committee and consulting the City as Chair of Entertainment for Christopher Street West’s LA Gay Pride Festival, the City’s annual and world renowned entertainment event.

In furtherance of her efforts to raise awareness of women and other underserved populations in California, Ms. Muñoz testified at the State Capitol for former 1st Lady Maria Shriver’s California Commission on the Status of Women. At its conclusion, she was asked to return and provide an updated report to the Commission on various matters affecting the livelihood, education and advancement of women and children in California in order to suggest ideas to create feasible short and long term solutions for statewide policymaking.

An avid sports fan and accomplished athlete in multiple sports (tennis, basketball, volleyball, swimming soccer) after graduation from UCLA, Ms. Muñoz worked as a sports reporter and highlight editor at KTLA 5 News in Los Angeles and at NBC affiliate KCRA in Sacramento. She was a quick learner and was given the opportunity to interview tennis legends Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova, boxing world champions Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Sugar Ray Leonard as well as various NBA, MLB and NHL players and coaches.

During law school, Ms. Muñoz was a contributing editor to the Chapman Law Review and was appointed to the Office of the Law School Advocate and the Honor Council. She also worked at the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office where she, alongside one of her mentors, retired Deputy City Attorney Bob Ferber, focused on the creation of the 1st animal anti-cruelty laws and prosecution unit in California.

Among other organizations and memberships, Ms. Muñoz is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Association of Independent Music Publishers, the California Copyright Conference and IATSE Local 80. She has been a panelist, mentor and speaker at music industry conferences and organizations throughout the country, including SXSW, CMJ, the Musicians Institute, the Cutting Edge Music Business Conference, California Lawyers for the Arts and is a District Advocate for the Recording Academy.

Ms. Muñoz looks forward to continuing to enrich her personal and professional life through advocacy, leadership and by mentoring others, all the while being mindful to enjoy her favorite sporting and music events and spending quality time with friends and family. She is quick to point out that having balance with all that she is involved with is something she needs to work on so that she can achieve a well-balanced life.