Currently Director of Sales and Marketing at ABKCO, Sara Dempsey has over a decade of experience across the digital and physical sales landscape. She has worked in varied roles within both independent and major record labels as well as across distributors, both large and small. Beginning with independent radio promotion and producer management, before moving to Warner’s ADA distribution, Dempsey rose through the ranks in digital sales going on to work at Fontana, Interscope, and RCA. Taking a step outside the music business, she worked in the sales and marketing of independent film, helping to build and shape The Orchard’s film business. Most recently, she heads Sales and Marketing at ABKCO Records, the label famously founded by Allen Klein with a stellar catalogue of music from The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Sam Cooke, and Bobby Womack, among others.