In her role as executive vice president of business affairs and general counsel for Sony Music Entertainment, Swidler oversees business, legal and governmental affairs for the company globally.

Swidler has been a multiple recipient of Billboard’s Top Women in Music honor and Billboard’s Power 100 in Music list. She serves on the board of the T.J. Martell Foundation and UJA Federation of New York’s Music for Youth board and is a frequent speaker on entertainment industry issues.

Swidler started her career in the music business in 1988 at PolyGram Records as senior attorney, rising to assistant general counsel and vice president-assistant general counsel, North America, and head of business affairs for Mercury Records before leaving to join Clive Davis at Arista and later J Records.

Swidler holds a B.A. in political science from Union College and a J.D. from Cardozo Law School, where she was a member of the Cardozo Law review.

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