The International Bluegrass Music Association is pleased to announce the following participants in the 2010 class of Leadership Bluegrass:

• Phil Bankester; The Bankester Family, Genuine Human Productions; Carbondale, Ill.
• Carol Beaugard; WFDU-FM, WAMU’s Bluegrass Country; Chester, N.Y.
• Kissy Black; Lotos Nile; Nashville, Tenn.
• Linda Bonner; Grassland Elementary; Brentwood, Tenn.
• Thomas J. Brown; Spatial Effects, Songwriter/Playwright, Southeast Bluegrass Association; Dalton, Ga.
• Megan Brugger; Classic Country Radio, Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival; Xenia, Ohio
• Denis Chadbourn; Bluegrass Music Association Central Canada, Nipissing Bluegrass Association, C-Denny Band; Rutherglen, Ontario, Canada
• Karl S. Cooler; Mountain Roads Recordings; Bristol, Tenn.
• Lachlan Davidson; Davidson Brothers; Doncaster East, Victoria, Australia
• R. Avery Ellisman; Non-profit Management Resource Development; Encinitas, Calif.
• Doris Gray; Colorado Bluegrass Music Society; Boulder, Colo. 
• Chris Keenan; Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival; Co. Roscommon, Ireland
• Thad Keim; Compass Records Group, VP of Sales & Marketing; Nashville, Tenn.
• Joan Kornblith; Voice of America; Washington, D.C.
• Jennifer Larson; Straight Drive; Brooklyn, N.Y.
• William D. Lewis, PineCone – the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music, Executive Director; Raleigh, N.C.
• Patty Mitchell; Artist; Nashville, Tenn.
• Jess Norburg; IBMA; Nashville, Tenn.
• Gretchen Priest-May; The Musical Heritage Center, Fiddle & Pick; Pegram, Tenn.
• Michael Ramsey; Red, White and Bluegrass Festival; Morganton, N.C.
• Gary Reid; Bluegrass Productions of Virginia, LLC; Roanoke, Va.
• Jessica Smith; Bassist/Singer/Songwriter; Lyons, Colo.
• Jean Spivey; Old Settler’s Music Festival; Austin, Texas
• Andrew Stokes; Associate Manager, McLachlan Management International; Nashville, Tenn.
• Donna Ulisse; Donna Ulisse & the Poor Mountain Boys, Hadley Music Group; Nashville, Tenn.

Leadership Bluegrass, now in its eleventh year with more than 250 alumni, is an intensive three-day program of advanced level, interactive learning experiences that invites participants to examine the challenges and opportunities facing our music along with related leadership issues. 

Leadership Bluegrass will be hosted again this year at the BMI offices in Nashville, March 9-11, and will be facilitated by Fred Bartenstein.  Please contact the IBMA office for information on future Leadership Bluegrass programs: (615) 256-3222, nancyc@ibma.org.

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