As Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs for Universal Music Group, Carla manages all aspects of intellectual property strategy, pre-release clearances, risk analysis, litigation, AI policy and strategy and internal investigations at the global powerhouse music and entertainment company. While in private practice, among other notable cases, Carla represented the U.S. major record labels’ and motion picture studios’ interests in several landmark cases of first impression involving copyright law and the First Amendment.

Carla has served on the Executive Committee of the Commercial & Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association. She was a founding co-chair of the Section’s Corporate Litigation Counsel Committee and also co-chaired its Diversity Committee. In that capacity, Carla co-chaired the annual “Smooth Moves: Career Strategies for Attorneys of Color” CLE program and awards ceremony at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, which has become the premier diversity event for the New York State Bar.

Carla is passionate about developing the next generation of diverse entertainment industry legal professionals. To that end, she served in the inaugural class of mentors for Unlock Her Potential (UHP), a mentorship program for women of color looking to pursue careers in the entertainment and media industry and beyond. She currently serves on UHP's "Brain Trust" (aka Board of Trustees).