Board of Directors
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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
Retired Senior Arts Partners Coordinator, Kansas City Young Audiences
Co-founder, Women’s Jazz Festival (Kansas City) -
Keith Kavanaugh
Graphic designer, Web designer, BauWau Design
Jazz drummer
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Mike Metheny
Trumpeter, recording artist, journalist and educator
LSHS Class of 1967 -
Pat Metheny
Grammy winning guitarist, bandleader and recording artist
LSHS Class of 1972 -
David Sholemson
Senior Vice President and Director of Management
Ted Kurland Associates, Boston, MA -
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
Board of Advisors
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Tom Alexios
Outreach Education Projects, Duke Ellington Legacy
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Steve Arbo
Deputy City Administrator, Lee’s Summit (ex-officio)
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Roger Atkinson
Former Editor, Jazz Ambassador Magazine, Kansas City, MO
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Gary Burton
Retired dean, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
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Ted Kurland
Ted Kurland Associates, Boston, MA
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Jim Mair
Saxophonist, educator, former Director, Kansas City Jazz Orchestra
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Marilyn Maye
Vocalist, bandleader, recording artist
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Ida McBeth
Vocalist, bandleader, recording artist
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Gary Sivils
School band instrument sales, bandleader, cornetist
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Doug Tatum
Former Executive Director, Folly Theater, Kansas City, MO
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Bobby Watson
Saxophonist & director of Jazz Studies, University of Missouri/Kansas City
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Mike White
Attorney, saxophonist, former Jackson County (MO) Executive