• Guitar Center named Jennifer Hatton president of Music & Arts, its school music division.
• Hatton most recently served as chief growth officer at Aramark Collegiate Hospitality, where she secured more than $240 million in new business partnerships and delivered a 98% account renewal and retention rate over the last 18 months.
• She previously held senior roles at Follett Higher Education, including chief business development officer and executive vice president of retail operations and course materials strategy, overseeing a $1.6 billion business across 1,100 colleges and universities in the US and Canada.
• Appointment positions Music & Arts to accelerate growth across school music, rental, and lessons operations.

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