Billboard’s Deals Column this week included the news from Symphonic opening applications for their annual Women Empowered+ Mentorship Program.

Symphonic has opened applications for its annual Women Empowered+ mentorship program in celebration of Women’s History Month, offering mentees the chance to learn directly from top industry executives. This year’s mentors include Kassandra Robinson (Spotify), Sarah Davis (Downtown Music Publishing), Mayra Vargas (Concord Music Publishing), Bianca Alarcon (Spanish Broadcasting System), Juliette Leparrée (Music Story), Bilarys Ramirez (Rimas Publishing), Ellen Truley (The MLC), Isabel Echeverri (Meta), and Laurie Jakobsen (Jaybird Communications), alongside additional mentors from Audiomack, Chartmetric, Cinq Music, FUGA, Sony, and more. Selected mentors and mentees will begin meeting monthly from April through November, supported by program-wide check?ins and community events hosted by Symphonic.