Rich Bengloff

Adjunct Professor of Communications

Rich Bengloff teaches the Music Business course at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business and is the former president of the American Association of Independent Music,  a not-for-profit trade organization that represents over 500 independent music labels across the United States. Bengloff has spent more than 30 years in the music and entertainment industry, having worked at Telemundo and Columbia Pictures; music labels and music distributors at both independent (RED, Combat/Relativity/In Effect) and major music companies (Sony Music and Warner Music); as well as WNYC Radio, where he served as a senior level operations and financial executive.

Bengloff’s perspective on the music industry, and independent music in particular, has been frequently published in both music trade publications (Billboard, FMQB, etc.) and consumer print and digital publications (The New York Times, Hypebot, Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, etc.). He also has often been called on to be a panel moderator/speaker at events around the world including CMJ; Digital Music Forum East; Midem; SXSW; and the inaugural International Creative Industries Summit in Shanghai, China. Bengloff holds a B.A. from SUNY New Paltz and an M.B.A. from Columbia University