Pete's Experience: Pete Griffin, President and CEO of Musicians On Call (MOC), has an extensive and diverse background that spans the music, entertainment and nonprofit industries. He has worked in executive roles at MTV, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). While managing social causes at MTV, his team won an Emmy Award for Best National Community Service Campaign and Pete has spoken about engaging communities around social causes everywhere from the White House to the United Nations.
In his eight years with Musicians On Call, Pete has been instrumental to the organization's growth, quadrupling the number of cities Musicians On Call's programs are in and doubling the organization's fundraising efforts. Through MOC's Bedside Performance Program, Pete and his team have brought the healing power of music to over 1,000,000 patients, families, and caregivers across the country. In response to COVID-19, Pete led the team in expanding MOC's Virtual Bedside Performance Program, bringing Volunteer Musicians and artist supporters to perform virtually for patients and healthcare workers on the frontlines in hospitals. In 2020 Musicians On Call delivered the healing power of music to more than 150,000 people, the most people in a single year in the organization's history.
Pete's vision and leadership have garnered national attention for the organization, with features in the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, The Today Show, Forbes, Billboard and CBS Sunday Morning. He has been named Nashville Business Journal's Most Admired Nonprofit CEO's three times, and was also recognized on the TIAA Difference Maker 100 List and Nashville Business Journal's Healthcare Heroes and 40 Under 40 lists. Musicians On Call was also included on The NonProfit Times' "Best Nonprofits to Work For" in America list for three consecutive years, including being ranked as the #3 Best Nonprofit in America and #1 in Tennessee. |
