CCA Board of Directors

Jonathan Liebman
Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts
Southfield, MI

A CCA board member since 2002, Jon has chaired CCA's State Affairs, Professional Development and Awards committees and served as a member of CCA’s Allied Members, Convention, Awards, Litigation Oversight and Investment committees, as well as the Small College Advisory Council and Legislative Action Network.  Jon was also a member of CCA’s Accountability Task Force and Small College Advisory board, a trustee of the Career College Foundation and a presenter at the CCA Leadership Institute.  Currently, he is a team leader for ACCSCT.

Closer to home, Jon served as president of the Michigan Association of Career Schools for six years and was a longstanding member of the Workforce & Education Committee of the Oakland County Business Roundtable.  He also served as a member of Michigan’s WIA advisory group and on the advisory boards of the Oakland Technical Center and Southfield Public School’s Arts & Communication Academy.  Jon is past-chairman of the Southfield Area Chamber of Commerce and a former member of the board of trustees of the Southfield Community Foundation.

Jon holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, and a Master of Music degree from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. He spent several years as a professional musician, where he performed worldwide with numerous internationally known artists and recorded many radio and TV commercials and shows. He is also the author of four published music instruction books. A graduate of the Specs Howard School, Jon has worked as a Broadcast Coordinator at WWJ Radio in Detroit and as an Announcer at WIQB Radio in Ann Arbor.
Jon is an active member of the Detroit Economic Club, Adcraft Club of Detroit, Michigan Association of Broadcasters and American Federation of Musicians.
In 1999, Jon was cited by Crain's Detroit Business as one of Detroit's "40 Under 40" rising young business people.