Council Members

Bethany Robinson (2022-2024), Chair
Jazz Band Director
Noblesville High School
Noblesville, Indiana

Paul Carr (2023-2025), Eastern Division Representative
Executive Director
The Jazz Academy Of Music
Silver Spring, Maryland

Peter Sampson (2023-2025) North Central Division Representative
Director of Bands
Whiteland Community High School
Whiteland, Indiana

Bill Leather (2022-2024) Northwest Division Representative
Band Director
Mount Si High Schoo
North Bend, Washington

Lenora Helm Hammonds (2023-2025) Southern Division Representative
Department of Music & Director of Graduate Programs/Jazz Studies Chair
North Carolina Central University
Durham, North Carolina

Joseph L. Jefferson (2022-2024), Southwestern Division Representative
Associate Professor of Music, Director of Jazz Ensembles
St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota

Dee Spencer (2023-2025) Western Division Representative
Professor of Jazz and Musical Theatre
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California

Lonnie Davis (2023-2024), Member-At-Large Representative
President and Chief Executive Officer
JazzArts Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina

Roosevelt Griffin (2023-2024) Member-at-Large
Dyett Chair for Jazz Studies
VanderCook College of Music
Chicago, Illinois

Lisa Linde (2023-2024) Member-at-Large
Band Director
Newton South High School
Newton, Massachusetts
