The Wichita Jazz Festival enjoys the expertise of top professionals who work in all aspects of our Festival organization. We have community leaders, educators, media personalities, marketing executives, and music enthusiasts on our Board of Directors. If you would like to be part of our volunteer group, or are interested in helping in an even greater capacity, please get in touch with any of the members of the WJF Board of Directors, or contact us.

Wichita Jazz Festival Board of Directors

Officers

  • President
    Gray Bishop

    Derby Public Schools (retired); Wichita Symphony Orchestra

  • Vice-President
    Bill Harshbarger

    Air House Studios; Maize Public Schools (retired); Professional Musician/Consultant

  • Treasurer
    Ted Vlamis

    Retired Manufacturing Executive; Jazz Aficionado

  • Secretary
    Marjean Harshbarger

    Wichita Public Schools (retired)

Board of Directors

  • David B. Davis

    Semi-retired Software Engineer; Jazz Aficionado

  • Joe Emery

    Professional Musician; Andover USD 385 (retired); UUMC Choir Director

  • Dr. Wayne Goins

    Distinguished Professor of Music; Jazz Guitarist

  • Mark Mazur

    Musician/Signature Recording

  • Anthony Panek

    Central Kansas Jazz LLC

  • Dee Starkey

    Retired Music Merchant/Arts Advocate

  • Joel Boettger

    Adjunct Instructor of Music Theory, Wichita State University

  • Douglas Ragon

    Instructor of Jazz Piano, Friends University Fine Arts

  • Jan-Maeve Saggerson

    Social Media Manager

WJF Advisory Council

  • William Flynn

    Associate Professor of Guitar; Jazz Guitarist

  • James Pisano

    Assistant Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies; Multi-woodwind Specialist

  • Ken White

    Guitarist; Executive Director, International Bluegrass Music Association

  • Ian Worrell

    Jazz Aficionado

  • Dr. Nick Schroeder

    Assistant Professor of Music and Program Director of Jazz, Friends University