LamondCEO departuresMusic merchants begin search to succeed LamondThe $28M-revenue National Association of Music Merchants has retained Russell Reynolds Associates to help search for a new CEO to replace Joe Lamond, who plans to retire in spring 2023.Lamond, who has led Carlsbad, Calif.-based NAMM for 21 years, announced his retirement in June 2021. At that time, he said, "I've always thought of my life in terms of chapters, the musician and touring chapter, the music retail chapter, this amazing NAMM chapter, and now perhaps one more mountain ahead left to climb."Lamond was a drummer and tour manager early in his career. He joined NAMM in 1998 as director of market… Read More