Leadership
David R. Webb – Founder & CEO and Executive Producer of The Dayton Scene Radio Show
Eric Gee – COO of The Funk Center – Dayton Chamber of Commerce
Diana Whitt – CFO of The Funk Center – Treasurer/CFO at East Cleveland City School District
Jeffrey Lash – CPA The Ohio State University – The Max M. Fisher College of Business
Carla Elam-Floyd – Director of Human Resources
George Gee – Chief of Quality Assurance
Vernon Porter – Director of Music Education
Rhine McLin – Host of “The Funk Chronicles” YouTube Television Series
Chris Grindrod – Podcast Radio Administrator for “The Dayton Scene Radio Show” (Podomatic and SoundCloud)
Larry Lang – Chief Funk Ambassador
Gary “Mudbone” Cooper – Assistant Chief Funk Ambassador
Gloria Barber – West Coast Assistant Chief Funk Ambassador
Vernon Gordon – Funk Ambassador
Kim Campbell – Funk Ambassador
John Dixon – Funk Ambassador
Jeff Woods – Funk Ambassador
Debbie L. Fowler-Ward-Hayes – Funk Ambassador
Alan Foster – Funk Ambassador
Jesse Rae – Scotland Funk Ambassador
Regina Collins – Funk Ambassador/Advisor
James “Dougie” Douglas – Funk Ambassador
James Cosby – Vice President of Sales Dayton Daily News/Retired – Funk Ambassador
Kevin Marino – Funk Ambassador/Photographer
Skip Reeves – Funk Ambassador
Keith Allen – Funk Ambassador
Stephen Shockley – Funk Ambassador / Original Lakeside
Finta Walsh – Funk Ambassador
Steffen Klausen – Funk Ambassador
Kathryn Curry – Funk Ambassador
Carolyn Clingman – Funk Ambassador
Loren Robinson – Funk Ambassador
Cassie Jones – Funk Ambassador
Scott Goldfine – Funk Ambassador
Daria Dillard-Stone – Clergy
Joe Whitt – Clergy (RIP)
Michael Goins Sr – (Elder) – Shammah Church Of God In Christ
Gloria Smith-Roberts – Executive Assistant to the CEO and Funk Center Office Manager
Julian Rich – Business Agent for The Funk Center
Brad Henry – Web Guru
Chip McCullough – Web Guru
Derrek Turner – Drummer & Music Director for The Funk Box Experience
Board of Directors
Carla Elam-Floyd – Board President
David R. Webb
Reginald “Reggie” Calloway
Michael “Mike” Putermaugh
Sandrena Brockman-Robinson
Stephanie M. Thorton (Executive Admin)
Education
Vernon Porter – National Education Director for The Funk Center
Gary “Mudbone” Cooper – Member of P-Funk, Assistant Chief Funk Ambassador
Keith Harrison – Founder of the funk band FAZE-O
Lawrence Lang – Chief Funk Ambassador
George Gee – Chief Quality Control Officer
Carla Elam Floyd – Chief Human Resource Officer
Derrick Turner – Director of Music for the Funk Box Experience
Board of Directors
Carla Elam-Floyd – Board President – Founder and President of Elam-Floyd & Associates
David R. Webb – Founder & CEO and Executive Producer of The Dayton Scene Radio Show
Reginald “Reggie” Calloway – Midnight Star – The Calloway Brothers
Michael “Mike” Putermaugh – Retired Principal of Dayton Public Schools
Sandrena Brockman-Robinson – BOMA Fellow – BOMA International
Stephanie M. Thorton (Executive Admin)
Attorneys
Conrad Dillon
Gayle Miller
Steve Rich
Advisory Board
George Clinton – (Parliament Funkadelic)
Gary Mudbone Cooper – (Parliament-Funkadelic & Bootsy’s Rubber Band)
David Webb – SiriusXM Patriot | Conservative Talk – Fox News
Joseph Karadin – Founder / Executive Creative Director – Tessellate Studio – New York City Metropolitan Area
Pastor Joe Witt – (Trinity Presbyterian Church) (RIP)
Daria Dillard-Stone – (Dayton Metro Library)
Chris Shaw – Commissioner – City of Dayton Ohio
Jeff Mims – Mayor – City of Dayton Ohio
Twenties Inc – (Dayton Ohio)
Dr. Reva Cosby – Superintendent Trotwood-Madison Schools/Retired
Senator Bill Beagle – State Senator of Ohio/Retired
Pete Gratto – Board Member/Retired
Jayne Klose – Board Member/Retired
Keith Jenkins – Board Member/Retired
Marshall Jones – Ohio Players/Board Member (RIP)
Thomas Shelby – Original Lakeside
Lincoln Berry III – (“Link”) I.T. Consultant
Fred L. Williams – Board Member/Retired
Dayton Access Television
William (Will) Buckman – The Funk Chronicles
Quincy Pope Sr – City Manager Trotwood
Chad Downing – Executive Director Trotwood Community Improvement Corporation (TCIC)
Talbot Grooms Sr – Dayton Metro Housing (RIP)
Professor Scot Brown – Funk Music Historian
Marlon Shackleford – African American Cultural Festival
Neal Gittleman – Music Director for Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra from 1995 until his retirement in 2025
Scott Gibson – The Ellway Group
John E. Fleming – National Museum of African-American Music
Moody-Nolan – A nationally recognized architecture firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, and is the largest African-American-owned architecture firm in the United States
Joseph Wooten – Steve Miller Band and the Wooten Brothers Band
Rhine McLin – Former Mayor of the City of Dayton Ohio
Nan Whaley – Former Mayor of the City of Dayton Ohio
Gary Leitzell – Former Mayor of the City of Dayton Ohio
Keith Harrison – FAZE-O / Heatwave / The Dazz Band
Darryl R. Smith
Mary McGlothin-Davis – President/CEO at McGlothin-Davis Inc
Homer Buchanan
Honorary Board
George Clinton
Gary “Mudbone” Cooper
Eddie Fluellen (RIP)
Lanise Hughes
Marshall Jones (RIP)
Billy Nunn (RIP)
Web Design & Support
Brad Henry – Columbus, OH
Lawrence Lang – Dayton, OH
David Ciccone – Columbus, OH
Lincoln “Link” Berry III – Dayton, OH
Photo By
Horace Dozier