Tonya Butler is an accomplished educator, attorney, administrator, and motivational speaker. She serves as the Chair of the Music Business/Management Department at Berklee College of Music. Prior to this position, she was Director of the Music Industry Studies program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, Coordinator of Music Business at the University of Memphis and Course Director of Entertainment Marketing and Media Distribution at the Los Angeles Film School. Butler spent 14 years as an entertainment attorney working in-house for record and publishing companies and film studios. Notable clients included Rhino Records, MGM Music, and Global Disc Records. Butler is a longtime music industry advocate, having served on Memphis and Shelby County's music, film, and television commissions; the Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum Board of Directors; and the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Associations Executive Board. She is a voting member and former two-term Governor of the Memphis Chapter of the Recording Academy and the current Chair of the College Music Society’s Committee on Music Business and Industry Engagement.