Meet the team
Passionate, Professional, Experienced
Suzanne Coffman
Suzanne Coffman is a Grammy-nominated and award-winning music supervisor and founder of Music Rightz. With over 20 years in the industry, she is a top creative and industry expert in all areas of clearance and creative for music, footage and photos used in film, television, live events, advertising, and social media. Suzanne served on the Board of Directors for CSUN’s Journalism Alumni Association and was featured on Storyophonic, the leading music industry podcast. Additionally, Suzanne has been a speaker and panelist at UCLA Extension, Cal Poly Pomona, UC Riverside and the Pacific Northwest Entertainment and Arts Law Conference. Suzanne is a proud member of the Recording Academy and Guild of Music Supervisors.
Yolanda Ferraloro
Yolanda Ferraloro’s interest in music clearance and music supervision started when she was pitching music for a show she was working on, the Disney production, “Talk To Me” starring Kyra Sedgwick. In 2003, Yolanda was asked to join and help grow Music Rightz. Under Yolanda’s guidance, we expanded clearances to all use case types: music, footage/clips, photo, name & likeness for all media. Additionally, Yolanda established our music publishing / administration division. Yolanda is fluent in Spanish, a member of NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) and holds an MPA (Masters of Public Affairs) from UC Berkeley.
Bob Barbiere
Bob Barbiere heads up RoyaltyAmp and ClearBeats and is recognized within music as a rights, licensing, distribution, and royalties expert and innovator. Prior to Music Rightz, Bob co-led Dubset into one of music’s most innovative licensing and distribution companies clearing over 55 million recordings and compositions for distribution within DJ mixes to major music platforms (before being acquired by Pex). Bob was an executive team leader of four companies all who rose from emerging innovator to market leadership and over $2.8 billion in revenue. Bob serves as an Advisor and Board Member to multiple tech, music, and media companies, is a frequent speaker on music rights and licensing panels, and serves as a mentor at TechLaunch.
Jenna Voorhees
Jenna Voorhees, a UCF graduate, began her music and media career as an assistant talent buyer negotiating contracts, fees, and riders for live shows including Glen Campbell, Taylor Dayne, and Chubby Checker. Her foray into Sync licensing began at EMI-Capitol Music where she licensed recordings for Film and TV. Jenna shifted to Universal Music Publishing, where she spent 13 years licensing compositions for Film, TV, Promos, Digital and Merchandise. Jenna joined Music Rightz in 2018.
Dina Botts
Dina Botts is a California native, and attended UC Riverside. While working days in design, Dina began working after-hours helping the writers and publishers of her favorite music. She joined Music Rightz in 2019 and has been helping film studios, networks, music platforms, labels, and publishers manage through their music clearance and license needs. Our favorite “Dina-isms” include: “pretending I’m working on the soundtrack for my autobiography” and “finding the proverbial record player needle in the record stack.”
Julia Bardack
Julia Bardack is a recent graduate of the University of Maryland where she not only graduated with a prestigious degree, but she also worked both at Big Hassle as a music publicity intern and Cult 9 Records as a sync licensing intern. Julia is passionate about music and has established a substantial level of experience in music sync and promo. She’s excited to be an important part of the growing Music Rightz team and making an immediate impact within the world of music clearance, licensing, and music supervision.