General Advisory Board

Israel Idonije (Impact House)

Scott Fetters (2112) 

Mott Smith (Amped Kitchens)

Matthew (Matt) Doubleday (Mentor, Marketer, Advisor)

Martin Atkins (Educator, Author, Artist, Entrepreneur)

Maria Vathis (Attorney, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP)

Don Pitts (Sound Music Cities)

J. Ivy (Ivyous Entertainment)

Jeff Morrow (Vocal Coach/ Vocal Producer)

Dakota Shultz (AGENCY 360)

Claire Rice (Arts Alliance Illinois)

Jeffrey Becker (Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP)

Carlos Villalobos (Music Publishing, Producer, Composer)

Bruce Leech (DePaul University)

Sheila R. Brown (Cinespace Chicago Film Studios)

Nik Rokop (Illinois Institute of Technology)

Jimmy Chamberlin (Blue J Strategies)

Breon Wells (The Daniel Initiative)

John Zozzaro (MediaTech Ventures)

Jax Turyna (Model, Actress, Entrepreneur)

Randy Chertkow (Making Money With Music)

Lori Crosley (Village, LLC)

Rob Tovar (The Hangar)

Christine Stepp (Account Executive at BET Networks)

Nick Moran (New Stack Ventures)

Chicago Music Advisory

Marisol Vélez (Pinqy Ring)

Cyril Nigg (Reverb) 

Rae Chardonnay (DJ, Curator, Party Noire)

Shaunda Brooks (6D entertainment) 

Donnie Biggins (Golden Dagger, Harmonica Dunn) 

Sean Bowman (Shure) 

Sam Thousand (Chibrations, Director, Musician) 

Celia Rose (What up Pitches) 

Bryan Sykes (ISO Pro Academy)

Nick Heineman (Chicago Independent Venue League)

Samuel J. Lewis, II (Puppeteer, Elastic Arts)

Dylan Hankey (Navy Pier)

Juan Teague (Juan and Only) 

David Chavez (Future Rootz, DCASE) 

Nicole Muto-Graves (ARC artists, Constellation, Pitchfork)