Our Team
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Lynn Grossman
Founder
Lynn Grossman
Founder
In 2006, from a tiny apartment in Beachwood Canyon, our fearless leader started Secret Road with the desire to help independent artists get exposure via sync. A proud east coaster and Philadelphia native, Lynn played volleyball in the Big East Conference for Syracuse University before moving to NYC to start her career in music. Secret Road has now grown into a multifaceted entertainment company that has introduced artists like Alexi Murdoch, Walk the Moon, American Authors, Andy Grammer, The Civil Wars and Fitz and the Tantrums to the film / TV / advertising community. Additionally, Lynn was the music supervisor for the TV series HOUSE MD and the film Humor Me, starring Jemaine Clement and Elliott Gould. One of Lynn’s favorite achievements was when management client, Ingrid Michaelson became the first Independent artist to be on the cover of Billboard Magazine due to their trailblazing DIY approach to business. When she isn’t running the world of Secret Road, you’ll find Lynn on the tennis court or watching a sunset in Malibu.
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Elizabeth Baylog
Business Affairs | VP A&R
Elizabeth Baylog
Business Affairs | VP A&R
Liz Baylog has 15 years of experience as a music manager, publisher, and A&R. In 2010, Liz completed a three-year run as Senior Director and International A&R at EMI Music Artist Management. She joined BMG in New York as VP of Creative in 2011, where she added ground- breaking new acts to the roster. At the same time, she began building Manncom/Green & Bloom/Topline Publishing. In 2018, she took on the role, Head of Creative at Red Bull Songs, and signed several up-and-coming songwriters, including Richard Orofino, Zak Waters, Sad Alex and Jordyn Dodd. She joined the Secret Road team as VP, A&R in May 2021 and continues to manage Christian Medice, CARR, and Veronica Ferraro.
If you’re ever looking for her, check local parks in NYC – she’ll be at one of them playing with her 3 kids or coaching their soccer, basketball, baseball, and football teams.
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Kayla Masnek
SVP | Sync
Kayla Masnek
SVP | Sync
Kayla found her way to LA after studying Music Business at Oklahoma City University. As VP, Film & TV at Secret Road, she pitches our catalog of music to film/TV music supervisors. Since her first placement in How I Met Your Mother, Kayla has placed music in trailers and promos for Mudbound, Berlin, I Love You, The Florida Project, Vida, Beautiful Boy, Fortnite, Insecure, The Tick, Facebook, Reversing Roe and How To Train Your Dragon 3; music placements in various TV shows like The Bold Type, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Station 19, Younger, Atypical, Riverdale, Legacies, Roswell, Charmed, Grey’s Anatomy and Nashville; and the film Hotel Transylvania 3. Beyond sync licensing, Kayla also coordinated music for a feature film titled Humor Me, starring Jemaine Clement, Elliott Gould and Secret Road’s very own Ingrid Michaelson! When she’s away from her headphones, Kayla is honing her dog whispering skills, watching movies or doing yoga!
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Christine Ayres
VP | Publishing - Copyright & Royalties
Christine Ayres
VP | Publishing - Copyright & Royalties
After graduating from University of California Santa Cruz, Christine began her music industry career in marketing at Savoy Label Group, an award-winning record label that was home to the imprints Savoy Jazz Records, 429 Records and Denon Records. She transitioned into the world of sync licensing at Secret Road, supporting both the sync licensing and artist management divisions. With the inception of Secret Road Music Publishing, she took on development of the publishing department, implementing copyright management and royalty collection protocols as Director of Copyright & Royalties. In her current role, Christine maintains partnerships with music publishers around the world, expanding Secret Road's ability to service catalog globally. Outside of work, Christine has fun dancing, playing music, traveling, snorkeling and watching standup comedy.
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Phylicia Chong
Music Licensing Creative UK EU & AUS
Phylicia Chong
Music Licensing Creative UK EU & AUS
This Aussie has had a lengthy music industry career before finding her home at Secret Road in 2016. Throughout her time at Universal Publishing, SIREN, PPL/VPL, Decca Records, Annex Films, Big Life Management and with the Bondi Short Film Festival, Phylicia remained fascinated by the marriage of visuals to music in all forms. This fascination and a friend at Decca introduced her to the world of sync. Phylicia has earned a glowing reputation at Secret Road and is most recently responsible for the Samsung S10 ad campaign featuring two Rayelle tracks. When she’s not pitching music internationally, Phylicia enjoys springboard/platform diving and cooking Malaysian Chinese cuisine.
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Hannah Parker
Sync A&R | Artist Manager
Hannah Parker
Sync A&R | Artist Manager
Hannah has played many roles since starting at Secret Road in 2012 including Office Manager, Management Coordinator, Day-to-Day Artist Management, and most recently sync A&R. She relocated from LA to Nashville in 2023. Hannah and the management team manage indie pop, singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson and she also works alongside the licensing team in her sync A&R role. When she’s out of the office, Hannah enjoys getting out in nature, searching for Nashville's best burrito and listening to her favorite pop jams (especially anything from 90s boy bands).
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Anna Hiltajczuk
Sync Manager
Anna Hiltajczuk
Sync Manager
This Alexandria, Virginia, native and Belmont University alum became a Secret Roadie in 2024. After multiple music and sync internships, Anna first found herself on the music supervision side of things, doing music coordination for projects like Selling Sunset, Selling The OC, Love & Hip Hop & more. After turning to Secret Road for many TV placements, she is elated to be working on this side of the business, with a roster of countless musical gems. Anna assists the Film & TV department with pitching out Secret Road’s amazing catalog to supervisors. When she’s out of the office, you can find Anna swimming at the beach, rocking out to live music, searching for new restaurants, listening to her Spotify Discover Weekly, logging movies on Letterboxd, or binge-watching Friends.
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Carolyn Evans
Secret Road Records | Artist Marketing & Design
Carolyn Evans
Secret Road Records | Artist Marketing & Design
This LA native and Belmont Alum joined the Secret Road family in 2016 after completing internships in our Publishing and Sync Licensing departments. Carolyn puts on her creative hat in her roles in Artist Management, Marketing and Secret Road Records! She and the management team manage indie pop, singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson. Carolyn is also a board member of the Kindness for Chrissy Foundation. When set to "away," Carolyn enjoys singing, songwriting, running, listening to John Mayer and beaching it in the South Bay.
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Monique Smedley
Royalties
Monique Smedley
Royalties
Traveling all the way from Preston, ID (home of Napoleon Dynamite), Monique joined the Secret Road family in 2008 after working for an interior designer with Secret Road finance whiz, Wayne Davis. Monique was Secret Road’s Controller for many years and more recently handles collection and dispersion of royalties. Such fun! When she’s not counting 0s, Monique enjoys playing with her pup Chester, reading and knitting!
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Michelle Do
Catalogue Manager
Michelle Do
Catalogue Manager
Michelle Do, Catalogue Manager
As a UCLA grad who also completed the Music Business program at UCLA Extension, Michelle has a thorough understanding of what keeps the back-end of the music industry running.
Prior to being a part of Secret Road, Michelle has worked in various aspects in the entertainment industry, including Mechanical Licensing/Music Publishing (Concord), Copyright, Rights Admin, and Monetization (Songtradr), Accounting and Finance for Publications, Film and TV (ICM Partners), royalty collection for music streaming services (UMG/INgrooves).
Being multilingual and having traveled many countries around the world, her passion and knowledge for different music markets, languages, and cultures give her a truly global understanding of what’s happening in music today.
When Michelle’s not in work mode, she enjoys learning a new language, going on food adventures, collecting CDs, and rocking her Sony Walkman CD Player and head-bopping to the music. Besides her love for food and music, Michelle loves collecting sneakers.
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Janice Soled
LICENSING ADMINISTRATOR
Janice Soled
LICENSING ADMINISTRATOR
Janice joined Secret Road in 2023. She’s tackled the administrative side of the music industry from NYC to LA to Nashville, lovingly termed the Music Industry Bermuda Triangle, and has now settled near Philly for a while.
After early stints at Z-100 Radio and MTV Networks, she spent many years with the Sony and Universal Label Groups handling A&R Administration and Special Markets Production.
As an independent Music Production Coordinator, the Dixie Chicks debut album and supporting Brooks Arthur and Adam Sandler were major high points, along with countless others.
Janice found doing sync licensing at Sony Pictures Music Division to be the career a-ha moment, moving on to handling sync and mechanical licensing for a Nashville-based publishing administration company and later as a consultant. She continues to be a proud music publisher super-sleuth. When taking a break from the work she is thrilled to do, she’ll always find time to plan international travel, seek good coffee and listen to British pop bands.
Contact Us
Email
info@secretroad.com
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Phone
323.464.1234
Fax
323.517.2288
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