names article_title background birth_date origin occupation
neil r portnow neil portnow
 non_performing_personnel 1948 great neck , new york , united states president sciences of the national academy of recording arts and
neil portnow

neil r. portnow -lrb- born 1948 , new york city -rrb- is the current president of the national academy of recording arts and sciences -lrb- naras -rrb- .
portnow was formerly the vice-president of the west coast division of jive records .
