About the Columbus Blues Alliance & Staff

Honoring the past, welcoming the future…The Columbus Blues Alliance

Founded October 5, 1989 in order to help preserve and nurture the music that is the roots of it all. Our intent is to maintain and encourage ties with all forms of the blues: acoustic and electric, traditional, soul, modern, and so on. Blues music is an ever-evolving art form and we pay homage to the legends that defined it, and the contemporaries that have yet to attain their full appreciation.

The Columbus Blues Alliance is a 501c3-designated, nonprofit blues society and a proud affiliate of the Blues Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee. We are an ALL-volunteer corporation depending on the generosity and charity of our members to donate their time and energy to keep us going help attain our goals.


Our staff:

  • President: Glenn Ruff
  • Vice President: Kevin Gregory
  • Treasurer: Cathy Koegler
  • Secretary: Christina McDermott
  • Membership Chair: Wendy Tyack
  • Trustees: Ben Solove, Or Mars, Carolyn Greenan (Chair), Thom Stillwild, Kevin Gregory (Ex officio)
  • Photojournalists: JT Lotozo, Kelly Thornton, Sandor Gulyas, Eric Popp

Click one of the links below for the official Columbus Blues Alliance Bylaws or Standing Rules