In 2012, the SSJF was re-organized to include an Advisory Board. The role of the SSJF Advisory Board is to raise the necessary funds to produce the event, volunteer at the festival and support overall festival production.
The 2019 SSJF Advisory Board includes:
Robert F. Banks, Chair
Ken Jones, Vice Chair
John J. Loose, Operations Chair
Rodney Whitaker, Artistic Director (MSU College of Music - Jazz Studies)
Al Cafagna
Mike Eiya
Gregg Hill
Barbara Sawyer-Koch
Gary Wood
Lois Mummaw
Carolyn Ojala
Bruce Greenway
Susan W. Woods
Joyce Banish
Heather Majano, staff
Emily Malak, intern