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Kim Langbecker, President

Kim Langbecker, President

Kim is a dynamic and motivated executive with 20 years of experience in various aspects of promotion, marketing, and public relations. Her companies and clients have included Capital, Warner Brothers, Nitrus, Blackstar, DRT Records, and MCA/Geffen Records.

She has been an important part of the careers of such artists as Mariah Carey, Bruce Springsteen, Stone Temple Pilots, Tori Amos, Robert Plant, Dave Matthews, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, among others.

As president of Karnal Records, Kim taps into her vast music experience to build a new type of infrastructure for the label. She has personally recruited her vice presidents of Operations, A&R, Promotions, New Media/Marketing, Publicity, and Product, who also believe in her visions to create a new record label model, which the foundation is based upon being artist and consumer friendly, while being very aggressive in its promotional, marketing, and publicity campaigns.

Langbecker is co-founder of the Indigenous Land Rights Fund, a NGO that assists traditional communities in securing tenure of their ancestral land. She also served for three years as a commissioner on the Cultural Affairs Commission in Culver City, CA. She was recently presented with the Bob Marley Days Peace Award for her work in the community. As director of TYAD Philanthropic, Kim will use those same qualities to oversee which organizations the group funds.
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