Pete Kronowitt is a singer/songwriter and founder of Face the Music Collective, which galvanizes creative activists to use their shows to inspire audiences to take meaningful action. With five albums to his credit—including debut Phases of the Heart (1995, produced by three-time Grammy nominee John Alagia of Dave Matthews Band and John Mayer), Nashville-produced A Lone Voice (2016) featuring Emmylou Harris’ band, and Do Something Now (2020)—Pete pairs performing with activism, organizing shows for progressive causes. He continues to tour nationally with his trio The EveryDay Items, with recent performances at the San Francisco Folk Festival, San Francisco International Arts Festival, VoteFest at Freight & Salvage, and the Kansai Music Conference in Japan. Pete worked in the technology sector for more than 30 years leading Intel’s global teams for market expansion and platform growth, and spent the majority of his career engaged in business development including evaluating potential equity investments with Intel Capital in the open source software arena. He currently serves on the Board of Music Declares Emergency U.S., a climate-based, music-industry nonprofit, whose mission is to recruit artists to mobilize their fans with strategic calls to action to save the planet.
