Leadership Bluegrass Class of 2005
| FirstName | LastName | Affiliation | Year | State |
| Jay | Armsworthy | Eastern Tradition | 2005 | MD |
| Wayne | Bledsoe | KMST-FM | 2005 | MO |
| Erika | Brady | Western KY Univ | 2005 | KY |
| Mike | Bub | Musician | 2005 | TN |
| Buddy | Cannon | Cannon Productions | 2005 | TN |
| Bradley | Collins | BMI | 2005 | TN |
| Emily | Coppess | Gaylord Entertainment | 2005 | TN |
| Sue | Cunningham | Hickory Project | 2005 | FL |
| Lilly | Drumeva | Lilly Of The West | 2005 | EU |
| Jason | Duke | Ciphertak Entertainment | 2005 | TN |
| John | Fabke | Documentary Films | 2005 | TN |
| Mike | Gorrell | Northwest Territory | 2005 | OH |
| Reggie | Helm | Helm Productions | 2005 | IN |
| Tim | Kruzic | Blue Daze | 2005 | MD |
| Kitsy | Kuykendall | Bluegrass Unlimited | 2005 | VA |
| Peter | Kuykendall | Bluegrass Unlimited | 2005 | VA |
| Mary Jo | Leet | Geobuilt Artist | 2005 | VA |
| Doug | McKelway | Banjo | 2005 | MD |
| George | McKnight | Emcee Broadcaster | 2005 | CN |
| Don | Miller | Just Right Productions | 2005 | FL |
| Michelle | Nikolai | Music Journalist | 2005 | TN |
| Barry | Tashian | Barry & Holly Tashian | 2005 | TN |
| Connie Jean | Thiessen | Music Journalist | 2005 | CN |
| Jeanette | Williams | Grass Tank Music | 2005 | NC |
| Bob | Wright | Risky Business Bluegrass | 2005 | NY |