THE NEW MEXICO MUSIC COMMISSIONERS
The New Mexico Music Commission includes some of the top artists in the music industry like country music star (and New Mexico resident) Randy Travis. All of the members on the Commission have strong ties to New Mexico, and together represent a cross-section of the industry as diverse as our population—country, rap, classical, mariachi, folk, and Native American. The full list of commissioners is below.
- Lee Eliot Berk, Chairman
Music Educator - Claude Stephenson, Vice Chairman
State Folk Arts Coordinator/extensive history with NM music/State Folklorist - Melissa Sanchez, Secretary
Co-owner, Emergence Productions, Native American entertainment marketing firm - George Adelo
entertainment attorney and musician - Marcia Beverly
a former recording artist and former record label industry executive - Joe Bufalino
Music Promoter, talent agent - Ben Butler
Guitar Player and Owner, Bandana Realty - Ana Gallegos y Reinhardt
Founder and Director of Warehouse 21 - Jenny Gamble
Music Professional and Freelance Journalist - Tommy Gearhart
New Mexico's resident jazz crooning vocalist - Don Gerheart
Executive Director New Mexico Music Educators Association - David Goldberg
Web Site Developer/active in SF music scene including web directory on local musicians - Tom Guralnick
Tom Guralnick, Founder & Executive Director, Outpost Productions - Barbara Hubbard
Music Promoter, member Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - Rick Huff
- David Lescht
- Charles Lowery II
Executive Director of The New Mexico Jazz Workshop - Derek Mathews
Founder and Director, Gathering of Nations - Bill Nevins
Music Editor for Albuquerque ARTS monthly - Micky Patten
owner and founder of Grandma's Music & Sound. - Jose Ponce
- Lupe Preciado
- Allison Shaw
Publisher/Owner and President, Hyperactive Music Magazine - Elizabeth Travis
Manager for Randy Travis - Randy Travis
Actor, Grammy Award-winning country western singer - Joseph Wasson Jr.
Programmer/Production Manager, National Hispanic Cultural Center
