Since 2018, Julia A. Miller has served as the President & CEO of Delmark Records, a jazz and blues record label in the US which was founded in 1953 and celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2023.  Julia is the audio engineer at Delmark Riverside Studio, and is a member of the Recording Academy and sits on the GRAMMYS Blues Advisory committee.

​

Prior to 2018, Julia was a professor in Sound and Studio Techniques at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago for seventeen years, and served simultaneously as the Guitar Department head at the Music Institute of Chicago for twenty years. Julia is a prize-winning electronic musician, co-leader of the avant-jazz band Volcano Radar, and she received a Doctorate in music composition from Northwestern University in 2005.

Since 2014, Charlie Post has served as audio engineer and now chief recording engineer for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He records more than 100 main series concerts annually for archival and potential release on the CSO Resound label, as well as broadcasts on WFMT, syndicated to over 500 markets. Charlie has three Grammy nominations and wins for Best Engineered Album–Classical: in 2024 for Contemporary American Composers, in 2023 for Mason Bates' Philharmonia Fantastique animated film soundtrack, and in 2021 for Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar), all on the CSO Resound label.

He also records music, edits, and mixes for his company Post Productions Audio, capturing live performances, video shoots, and sessions in the Chicagoland area. He has two Latin Grammy nominations in 2025 and 2024. Before moving to Chicago, Charlie lived in Miami, FL, where he mixed live sound at numerous venues, and spent ten years recording, reinforcing sound, and supervising a crew of engineers at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home.  

Reid Hyams - Founder, Owner, President of Chicago Trax recording with over 100 industry accolades including Gold/Platinum Records & Grammy Awards. Published author UofC Press with co-author William Russo & co-producer with William Russo [Recorded examples]. Former faculty Columbia college “Music Department, Art Entertainments Music Management & Audio Art and Acoustics”. Founding member of EARS, Past co-chair, VP, Co-president and current co-vice president & member of board of directors/SC.Former VP and Governor and current member of the Recording Academy Chicago chapter.

Discogs Discography

Jennifer Littleton has been an important advocate for Blues in Chicago for a long time.  Jennifer has managed, booked, and promoted blues clubs including Blues Etc., and Blues on Halsted.  Jennifer is a Board Member of the Chicago Blues Revival, on the Chicago Blues Festival Programming Committee, and is the Shop Manager for Delmark Records.

This position is currently open.