Ron McCarley is the Director of Jazz Studies and Performing Arts Division Chair at Cuesta College. He has served as a judge at many festivals including the Reno International Jazz Festival and the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival and made jazz education presentations at CMEA, JEN and NFA. As a saxophone player and woodwind doubler, he does studio work, appears as a featured artist and plays around Central and Southern California. He has performed or recorded with notable artists including Manhattan Transfer, The Temptations, Hanson, and many others.