Om'Mas Keith serves as Secretary/Treasurer on the Board of Trustees of the Recording Academy®. In this role, he sits on the Executive Committee, Membership Committee, and Planning/Governance Committee; and also serves as Chair of the Audit/Finance Committee. He oversees the custody of all books, records, and papers of the Recording Academy, and is also tasked with certifying the Bylaws and all resolutions and other documents of the Recording Academy as true and correct.
GRAMMY® Award-winning/multi-platinum-selling producer, engineer, composer, musician, performer, executive, and TV personality, Keith, is a Hollis, Queens, New York native with a rich musical pedigree. He is one of the founding members of the avant-garde hip-hop/jazz trio Sa-Ra Creative Partners and has worked as a producer and songwriter with such artists as Erykah Badu, Jay-Z, Kanye West, John Legend, and Anderson.Paak, Vic Mensa, Kali Uchis, and Frank Ocean.
Keith began his service to the Recording Academy as a Los Angeles Chapter Board Advisor in 2015-2016. He's since served as a Los Angeles Chapter Board Governor & National Trustee. As Awards and Nominations Co-Chair he oversaw the historic positive and cultural change in the awards process. His participation as a team leader during the GRAMMYs on the Hill® campaign for the passage of the Music Modernization Act was "a life-changing experience." As a founding member of the Recording Academy's Black Music Collective, he is passionate about its goals of increasing diversity and advocating for racial justice.