{"id":161095,"date":"2025-05-25T00:06:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T04:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/05\/25\/laura-segura-departs-musicares-harvey-mason-jr-announces-in-memo-to-staff\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T00:06:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T04:06:34","slug":"laura-segura-departs-musicares-harvey-mason-jr-announces-in-memo-to-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/05\/25\/laura-segura-departs-musicares-harvey-mason-jr-announces-in-memo-to-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Segura Departs MusiCares, Harvey Mason Jr. Announces in Memo to\u00a0Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tLaura Segura<\/strong>, executive director of MusiCares, has departed the organization after five years as executive director, according to an email sent to staff by Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy and MusiCares.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe memo announced a \u201ckey leadership transition\u201d heading into Memorial Day weekend, revealing that Segura is \u201cno longer with MusiCares\u201d \u2014 and that Theresa Wolters<\/strong>, who\u2019s been serving as MusiCares\u2019 head of health and human services, \u201cis stepping into the role of interim executive director.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tNo reason or details regarding Segura\u2019s departure were given. Billboard<\/em> reached out to the Recording Academy and MusiCares on Saturday (May 24) for comment. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe leadership and staff directory on MusiCares\u2019 website<\/a> no longer includes Segura\u2019s name and lists Wolters as interim executive director.<\/p>\n

\n\tSegura was named executive director at MusiCares in 2020, after serving as vp of membership and industry relations at the Recording Academy.<\/p>\n

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\n\tShe was honored at Billboard<\/em>\u2018s Women in Music, which recognizes top executives in the industry, in both 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n

\n\tSegura and Wolters, who is now MusiCares\u2019 interim executive director, co-penned a guest column<\/a> for Billboard<\/em>, \u201cHealth Insurance Isn\u2019t Enough \u2014 Music Also Needs a Financial Safety Net,\u201d published in March.<\/p>\n

\n\tMusiCares, founded by the Recording Academy in 1989, provides a safety net of critical health and welfare services to the music community. The U.S. based, independent 501(c)(3) charity offers financial grant programs, support resources and crisis relief.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this month, MusiCares reported<\/a> that nearly $10 million raised for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts during the 2025 Grammy Awards was distributed to recipients across the region. As of May 2, $6,125,000 was disbursed to more than 3,100 music professionals across L.A, and $3,969,005 had been directed to the community-based organizations California Community Foundation, Direct Relief and Pasadena Community Foundation.<\/p>\n

\n\tAn additional $16 million was raised by MusiCares and the\u00a0Recording Academy\u00a0during Grammy weekend with the MusiCares Fire Relief campaign and its annual Persons of the Year gala. $6 million of that amount was allocated to longterm fire relief efforts, and $10 million will go toward the organization\u2019s year-round mission delivery.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhat moved us most in the days following the Grammy telecast wasn\u2019t just the scale of support, it was the spirit behind it, Segura said in a statement on May 2. \u201cThousands of people gave what they could, and together, their generosity became a lifeline for those in crisis, which reached far beyond our industry. That\u2019s why we partnered with trusted community organizations who are helping Angelenos across the region access the care, resources and support they need to rebuild.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Laura Segura, executive director of MusiCares, has departed the organization after five years as executive director, according to an email sent to staff by Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy and MusiCares. The memo announced a \u201ckey leadership transition\u201d heading into Memorial Day weekend, revealing that Segura is \u201cno longer with MusiCares\u201d \u2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}