- Brett Batterson
- Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
- Greg Carroll
- American Jazz Museum, Kansas City
- Warren Chapman
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Richard Daniels
- City Lights Orchestra / Mercy Home, Chicago
- Kassie Davis
- Chicago Mercantile Exchange
- Roderick Dixon
- Operatic Tenor, Chicago
- Lauren Deustch
- Jazz Institute of Chicago
- Kurt Elling
- Jazz Artist, New York City
- Stephanie Evans
- University of Florida, Gainsville
- Marta Farion
- Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America
- Earl Jones
- Clear Channel Radio, Chicago
- T'keyah Crystal Keymah
- Actress, Los Angeles
- Dr. Bennett Leventhal
- New York
- Celia Leventhal
- Chicago
- Barry Mayo
- Radio One, Washington, D.C.
- Ron McCurdy, Ph.D.
- Thornton College of Music, University of Southern California
- R. Susan Motley
- Loyola University, Chicago
- James Newcomb
- The Boeing Company
- Mary Jo Papich
- The Jazz Education Network
- Dr. Carol W. Saffold
- Chicago
- Judith Stein
- University of Illinois at Chicago
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