AAJC Executive Board:
	President: Keith McKinley, Esq. Vice President: Ms. Cora Washburn. Secretary: Ms. Phyllis Lodge. Treasurer & Membership Coordinator: Dr. Jesse C. McCarroll, New York City College of Technology (CUNY). Executive Director: Dr. Larry Ridley, Jazz Artist; Professor of Music, Emeritus- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Co-Director, NCCU/AAJC Jazz Research Institute (NAJRI), www.najri.org. Director of AAJC Chapters and Affiliates: Mr. Jim Alexander, Associate Director, NAJRI, (Email - jim5432@comcast.net).
	Board of Directors:
	Dr. John Lamkin, University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES); Professor Martin Lamkin, University of the Virgin Islands (UVI); Mr. Brent Banulis, New England Jazz Hall of Fame; Professor Larry Dwyer, University of Notre Dame; Ms. Magdalena Benitez-Ridley, Jazz Legacy Inc.; Ms. Muriel Cauthen; Dr. Floyd Hayes,Johns Hopkins University; Mr. Bill Myers; Dr. Nelson Harrison.
	Board of Advisors:
	Mr. Ed Thigpen; Mr. John Smith; Dr. Billy Taylor; Professor Gerald Wilson, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA); Mr. Grady Tate; Professor William Fielder, Rutgers University (RU); Dr. David Baker, Distinguished Professor of Music, Indiana University (IU); Dr. Jimmie James, Jackson State University (JSU); Rev./Dr. Ron Myers,National Juneteenth Council; Professor Ronald Carter, Northern Illinois University (NIU); Mr. Jimmy Owens, New School University, NYC; Mr. Bernard Purdie; Mr. Wade Barnes; Professor Keith Copeland; Dr. Willis Kirk, President Emeritus- City College of San Francisco (CCSF); Ms. Maxine Gordon; David Hardiman, Professor of Music, Emeritus- City College of San Francisco (SFCC); Ms. Marcia Miget; Mr. Willard Jenkins; Ms. Madlyn Evans; Professor Donald Mead; Mr. Davey Yarborough, Duke Ellington High School of the Performing Arts- Washington, DC; Dr. Fred Irby III, Howard University (HU); Mr. Badi Murphy; Dr. Karlton Hester, University of CA, Santa Cruz; Ms. Jo Ann Cheatham; Mr. Ahmet Ertegun (Emeritus); AAJC Official Photographer- Mr. Jim Alexander; AAJC Official Videographer- Hakim Ankh-Ra; AAJC Technical Support Coordinator- Mr. James Benitez.
	AAJC/HBCU Jazz Directors Committee:
	Chairman: Dr. Russell Thomas, Jackson State University Vice-Chairman: Dr. Ira Wiggins, North Carolina Central University Dr. Howard Harris, Texas Southern University Professor James Patterson, Clark Atlanta University Dr. John Lamkin, University of Maryland Eastern Shore Professor James Holden, Jr., Virginia State University Dr. Lindsey Sarjeant, Florida A&M University