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| other_names = The Chief
| occupation = Music executive
| boards = {{plainlist}}
* American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
* National Music Publishers' Association
{{endplainlist}}<ref name="Hardy 2014 p. 118">{{cite book | last=Hardy | first=P. | title=Nickels & Dimes: Music Publishing & It's Administration in the Modern Age | publisher=Omnibus Press | series=Really easy piano | year=2014 | isbn=978-0-85712-877-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARhbAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT118 | access-date=2022-02-11 | page=118}}</ref>
| years_active = 50
| known_for =
In 1964, Sill resurfaced as a consultant to Screen Gems-Columbia Music president [[Don Kirshner]]. Although the position was temporary, he ended up staying with the company for over two decades, eventually taking over Kirshner's position.
* ''Jobette Jobete Music''Inc.''
In 1985, Sill was named president and CEO of Jobete Music, the publishing arm of [[Berry Gordy|Berry Gordy, Jr.]]'s [[Motown]] empire. He remained with Jobete until his death in Los Angeles on October 31, 1994.<ref name="AllMusic Lester"/>