About the DC Jazz Festival
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With more than 100 performances in dozens of venues across the city, the DC Jazz Festival is the largest music festival in Washington, D.C. and one of the most highly anticipated cultural events in the nation. The Festival presents year-round music education programs and concerts for DC students and residents by local, national and internationally-known talent at venues across D.C., promotes music integration in school curricula, and supports outreach to expand and diversify the audience of jazz enthusiasts.
Mission
The DC Jazz Festival fulfills its mission to:
- Provide enriching and entertaining jazz programs for the broadest possible demographic - locally, regionally, nationally, and even internationally;
- Further illuminate the enduring legacy of Duke Ellington and other jazz greats;
- Provide jazz education programs to serve thousands of DC public and charter school students;
- Further enhance Washington, DC as a vibrant cultural destination with year-round programming that will establish the DC Jazz Festival among the finest jazz festivals in the world; and
- Boost economic development and tourism.
Festivals DC, Ltd. (DC Jazz Festival)
Board of Directors
Michael R. Sonnenreich, Chairman
Chairman and CEO, Kikaku America International
Conrad D. Kenley, Vice Chair and Treasurer
President/CEO, LCG Systems/LCG, Incorporated
Marcia V. Mayo, Secretary
Director, Outreach and Education, ART in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State
Partner, Venable, LLP
Peter Bell
President, Dworbell, Inc.
Partner, Patton Boggs, LLP
Abby Fenton
Director of Community Relations, ABC7/WJLA-TV & News Channel 8
Charles Fishman, President
Founder and Executive Producer, DC Jazz Festival
Roberta Flack
GRAMMY Award-winning Artist and Founder, Roberta Flack School of Music
Michelle I. Galler, Vice Chairman
Realtor, TTR Sotheby's International Real Estate
David Gorodetski
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Sage Communications
Julian Anthony Haywood
Founder and Principal, FORGE Federal Affairs, LLC
Harriet Sanford
President & CEO, The NEA Foundation
Sunny Sumter, ex-officio
Executive Director, DC Jazz Festival
Carmencita Whonder
Policy Director, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Christine Zebrowski, Esq.
Owner, Overbrook Law, LLC
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The DCJF Team
Charles Fishman, Founder and Executive Producer
Sunny Sumter, Executive Director
Jane Kratovil, Chief Financial Officer
Anu Thapa, Educationand Outreach Coordinator
Sarah Hart, Production Coordinator
Aaleeya Gopalani, Intern
Malcolm Stokes, Intern
Shayla Hines, Intern
Danna Reynolds of the Grants Company, Grantswriter
Jeff Anthony, Senior Producer
Michelle Day, Logistics Producer
Bill Winn, Supervising Producer
Leslie Whipkey, Artist Relations Coordinator
Patton Boggs, LLP – Legal Counsel and Representation
Sage Communications – Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations
Brooks Harrison, Accounting
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