Mara Kuge is President and Founder of Superior Music Corporation, a full service music publishing company. Superior provides international collection, administration, synch pitching and licensing, creative and other services with an emphasis on artist relations. Kuge has spent over 15 years in music publishing, including heading the Film and TV Music departments at Bug Music (now BMG) and 10thStreet Entertainment. She has extensive experience in both synch and A&R, having placed hundreds of songs in various media and signing major artists to publishing deals including Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama), the National, Grizzly Bear, M. Ward, Swervedriver, of Montreal, Sleater-Kinney, Ursula 1000 and Mocean Worker. She is a current board member of the California Copyright Conference and a professional member of NARAS.