“The reality of the music industry is that I was a 22-year-old college graduate who was able to walk into boardrooms and be the one in charge. It's incredibly empowering. I wasn't ready - I definitely was not ready - but I was prepared as I possibly could have been because I had studied the music industry.”

American singer-songwriter and record producer

Maggie Rogers is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from Easton, Maryland. Born Margaret Debay Rogers, she came to wider attention in 2016 after Pharrell Williams heard her song "Alaska" during a master class at New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in Manhattan. She has released two independent albums, The Echo and Blood Ballet, followed by the studio albums Heard It in a Past Life, Surrender, and Don't Forget Me. In 2020, she was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.