Board of Directors and Advisors

Board Members

• President - Rodney Skillings
• Artistic Director - Ellen Patterson
• Chief Financial Officer - Ben Covone
• Secretary - Gail Birkenbeul
• Mary Ellen Ziegler

Special Thanks To:

• Publicity and Outreach - Axolopiltzin GMc
• Recitals and Salons - Salons, Ben Covone
• Webmaster - Scot Cleveland
• Hospitality - Corla Crase

Advisors to the Board

• Dean Beck-Stewart
• Scot Cleveland
• Yvonne Chester
• Brian Shaw
• Eve-Anne Wilkes

Honorary Advisory Board

Sing Napa Valley is proud of its relationship with members of its Honorary Advisory Board and thankful for their advice and counsel. The board is made up of conductors, arts specialists, composers and arrangers of international stature.

• Dean Beck-Stewart: Arts administrator, choreographer, performance coach / Napa
• René Clausen: Composer, arranger; conductor, Concordia College / Moorhead, Minnesota
• William Hawley: Composer, arranger / New York City
• Carol Kessler: Soprano, piano and voice teacher / Martinez
• Doug Morton: Composer, arranger, trumpeter / Marin County
• Ken Neufeld: Composer, arranger, music publisher / Los Angeles
• Alice Parker: Composer, arranger, conductor, Melodious Accord / New York
• André Thomas: Composer, arranger, conductor, Florida State University / Tallahassee