RUSS BERLIN
Musical Director, Lee's Summit Symphony Orchestra
Retired music educator, Lee's Summit R-7 Schools

CAROL COMER
Jazz vocalist, pianist, educator and journalist
Co-founder, Women's Jazz Festival (Kansas City)

TOM FREDRICK
Attorney, jazz journalist (JAM, Kansas City Star)
Faculty, University of Kansas School of Business

DIANNE GREGG
Senior Arts Partners Coordinator, Kansas City Young Audiences
Co-founder, Women's Jazz Festival (Kansas City)

DEAN HAMPTON
Web site designer, Webjazz.net
Former Director of Publications, Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors

MIKE METHENY
Trumpeter, recording artist, journalist and educator
LSHS Class of 1967

BOB PARADISE
Lee's Summit citizen and businessman
Devoted music fan

KATHY SMITH
Lee's Summit Historic Preservation Commission
Lee's Summit Historical Society

PAUL SMITH
Jazz pianist and recording artist, Kansas City, MO
Retired music educator, Raytown and Kearney (MO) Schools

Legal Counsel:
NANCY BLACKWELL
Chinnery Evans & Nail
Lee's Summit, MO

TOM ALEXIOS
Outreach Education Projects, Duke Ellington Legacy

STEVE ARBO
Deputy City Administrator, Lee's Summit (ex-officio)

ROGER ATKINSON
Editor, Jazz Ambassador Magazine, Kansas City, MO

GARY BURTON
Retired dean, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA

DENISE CHISUM
Lee's Summit City Clerk (ex-officio)

TED KURLAND
Ted Kurland Associates, Boston, MA

JIM MAIR
Director, Kansas City Jazz Orchestra; saxophonist, educator

MARILYN MAYE
Vocalist, bandleader, recording artist

IDA MCBETH
Vocalist, bandleader, recording artist

PAT METHENY
Guitarist, bandleader, recording artist, LSHS Class of 1972

GARY SIVILS
School band instrument sales, bandleader, cornetist

DOUG TATUM
Executive Director, Folly Theater, Kansas City, MO

BOBBY WATSON
Saxophonist & director of Jazz Studies, University of Missouri/Kansas City

MIKE WHITE
Attorney, saxophonist, former Jackson County (MO) Executive