NICK LEHMAN

MUSIC BUSINESS HUMAN


Nicholas Lehman is ASCAP’s Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy & Digital Officer, reporting directly to the society’s CEO, Elizabeth Matthews.  Lehman oversees Strategy, Business Development, Product Development and Administration Services as ASCAP enhances services to its songwriter, composer and music publisher members as well as to its music licensing partners.


Prior to ASCAP, Nicholas Lehman worked as Chief Strategy Officer for TEGNA, where he was responsible for guiding the media company’s vision, cultivating strategic partnerships, incubating new businesses, and driving innovation initiatives throughout all areas of the company.  Lehman also worked as President of Digital for NBCUniversal, where he oversaw and transformed a portfolio of the company’s native digital businesses, including Fandango, and launched a series of new convergent media brands for NBCUniversal.  He also held several executive roles at MTV Networks, where he oversaw digital strategy and operations and launched multiple new businesses in the digital music, mobile, gaming, and social media spaces.

Lehman has an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an honors undergraduate degree from Brown University.