Brian Shepard

Brian Shepard currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Music Teachers National Association, a position held since June 2003 after being promoted from the role of Director of Marketing. With extensive experience in marketing, event planning, and membership development, Brian oversees national operations for an organization comprising approximately 20,000 members, including responsibilities for marketing, fundraising, events, and finance. As Director of Marketing, Brian successfully created a unified brand image and implemented a membership marketing strategy that achieved a 90 percent retention rate and recruited over 3,000 new members in one fiscal year. Prior to this, Brian worked as an Assistant Manager at Gap, where responsibilities included co-managing a team and designing visual displays to increase sales. Brian holds Bachelor's Degrees in Marketing and Music Education from Miami University, earned between 1997 and 2002.