Trae Patton/NBCPharrell is among the six newly elected members of the board of directors of Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater, according to Variety.
The super producer joins New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Jason L. Matthews, Carolyn Minick Mason, Charles Phillips, and Bronson van Wyck and together they will help further the theater’s artistic, education and community programming, fundraising and strategic planning.
“I couldn’t be more pleased to welcome these six individuals to the Apollo board. It is such a wonderfully diverse group of professionals, each representing the very best in their respective fields. They all understand the incredible legacy of the Apollo’s contributions to American culture and are equally committed to investing in its future,” said Richard Parsons, chairman of the Apollo Theater’s board. “I know that the collective knowledge and insight of these new board members will be a wonderful and valuable addition as we guide the Theater forward.”
Pharrell isn’t the only producer on the board — Quincy Jones also serves as a director.
Follow @ABCNewsRadio !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=”http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,”script”,”twitter-wjs”);
Copyright 2014 ABC News Radio
