Advisory Board

  • James Andrews

    Musician

  • Jimmy Anselmo

    Promoter

  • David Batiste

    Musician, The Gladiators

  • James Byo

    Director, LSU School of Music

  • Leslie Cooper

    Musician & WWOZ Host

  • Oliver Doxtater

    Real Estate Developer

  • Jon Cristian Duque

    Musician

  • River Eckert

    Musician

  • Zack Feinberg

    Musician

  • Chris Finney

    Educator & Grammy-Winning Producer/Engineer

  • Dylan Frechette

    Musician

  • Brad Gottsegen, DDS

    Orthodontist & Musician

  • Sheryl Kennedy Haydel

    Interim Dean, Loyola University School of Music and Theatre Professions

  • Gary Holzenthal

    Promoter

  • Herman Jackson

    Musician & Assistant Professor, Southern University

  • David Kunian

    Curator, New Orleans Jazz Museum

  • Rocky Leonard

    Singer

  • Jonny Liss

    Co-Founder & President, JAMNOLA

  • Don Marshall

    Executive Director, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation

  • Deana McCloud

    Co-founder of the Museum Collective and Founding Executive Director of the Woody Guthrie Center

  • Jonathan McHugh

    Hilton-Baldridge Eminent Scholar / Chair, Music Industry Studies, Loyola University

  • Stanton Moore

    Musician (Galactic) & Venue Owner (Tipitina's)

  • Michael Murphy

    Michael Murphy Productions

  • Gerald Paige

    Big Chief, Great Spirit Warriors

  • Juan Pardo

    Big Chief, Golden Comanche

  • Grayhawk Perkins

    Musician & Storyteller

  • Amy Pfrimmer

    Professor of Music, Tulane University / Musician

  • George Porter, Jr.

    Musician, The Meters

  • Neil Portnow

    Former President & CEO, Recording Academy

  • Mike Quinlan

    Producer & Manager

  • Jan Ramsey

    Publisher, OffBeat Magazine

  • Nancy Rebold

    Activist

  • Chris Roberts

    Producer & TV Host

  • Michael Sammis

    Former President, EVP-Operations & Worldwide CFO, Universal Music Publishing

  • Ben Sandmel

    Musician & Music Journalist

  • Laverne Saulney

    Board of Directors, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

  • Sonny Schneidau

    Musician & Former GM, House of Blues & Tipitina's

  • Michelle Schulte

    Senior Curator, LSU Museum of Art

  • Amanda Shaw

    Musician

  • Rebecca Snedeker

    Clark Executive Director, New Orleans Center for the Gulf South & Director, Musical Cultures of the Gulf South

  • Keith Spera

    Music Journalist

  • Terry Stewart

    Former President & CEO, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

  • Charles Taylor

    UNO Director School of the Arts Professor, Music Director of Instrumental Ensemble, Instrumental Conducting

  • Dr. Michelle Bushy Washington

    JD, NBCT

  • Dr. Michael White

    Musician & Xavier University Professor

  • Ed Williams

    Musician