Strategic Partners
Mary Barnes Donnelley Family Foundation | Allstate | Columbia College Chicago | Tom Liebman
Lefort-Martin Fund | Team Jones | Chicago Federation of Musicians | Jim Dunlop USA
The Blues Camp Parent Fundraising Committee | The Blues Foundation Shure | Fender Musical Dr. Eddie Bleier & Friends | Thinking Computers | D'Addario Foundation | Chicago Community Trust
City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events | One Brick
Chicago Area Metro Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated
Artistic Director & Founder
Fernando Jones
Legal + Business
Dr. Eileen Daily | David Goren | Todd Stephens
Tyrone Blackshear | Thomas Durham
Academics
Dr. Frances Carroll | Tracey Cromwell | Dr. Ja'ami Dawan | Dr. Grace Dawson | Jackie Scott
Festival and Blues Camp Operations
Charles Hemphil | Marvin Jones | Buddy Payne
Fundraising
Charles Hemphil | Dr, Charles Hudson | Yvette Jones | Flo Lawnicki
Tom Navarro | Buddy Payne | Peggy Wilson
Media
Glenn Kaupert | LeVern A. Danley III
Emerging Light Media
Public Relations and Social Media
C. Ron Allen, James McMurray | Quincy Cochran | Branford Parker | J. N. Walton
Blues Camp Instructors
Deonte Brantley | Antonio Boswell | Quincy Cochran | Felton Crews | CoCo Elysses | Fernando Jones
Patrick McFowler | Tyler Priest | Jackie Scott | Eli Taber & Gary Yerkins.
Interns
Former and current Columbia College Chicago Blues Ensemble students.
Photo by Glenn Kaupert