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Our Board

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Albert Marshall, President — Albert’s first experience of chamber music was as a freshman in college, where he heard the Juilliard perform Bartok’s String Quartet No. 4 and found himself entranced by witnessing the live performance and on the edge of his seat during the fourth movement pizzicato. He was hooked! Albert has been an advocate for the WWCMF since its inaugural concert and is pleased to say he has rarely missed Festival performances. Albert recently retired from his roles as an investor relations officer and corporate secretary at Banner Bank. He is a current and long-term board member and treasurer of the Walla Walla Symphony, as well as chair of the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation Design Committee. His musical training included the piano and violin, but he has many more performance credits as a chorister. In Walla Walla since 1978, he resides in a century-old home with his husband, Robert Warren.

Ryan Barnes, Vice-President — Ryan is the director of creative services at Whitman College. He is a strategic marketing and communications leader with nearly 20 years of experience in brand building, messaging, and creative process. He served as a board member to Simple Measures, the Washington State Bar Association’s Disciplinary Board, and the Seattle Opera's BRAVO! Club and others. He was previously the assistant director for design & brand marketing at Seattle University School of Law. He holds a BFA in Digital Design and an MFA in Arts Leadership.

Elaine Jomwe, Treasurer — Bio coming soon.

Vicky McClellan, Secretary — Vicky moved to Walla Walla in 1988 to co-found our valley’s fifth winery with her husband. The following 28 years flew by as they raised three daughters, developed the vineyard, expanded the winery, and helped build the Walla Walla Valley AVA in camaraderie with fellow growers, winemakers, and all lovers of food and wine. Now happily retired, with the winery sold, Vicky devotes her time to family, gardening, community, and, at last, music!

BOARD MEMBERS

Alison Wendy Bell — Bio coming soon.

Jamie Guerin — Bio coming soon.

Karen Hedine — Bio coming soon.

John Jamison — Bio coming soon.

Fiona Mak — Fiona grew up in Hong Kong and studied Hotel Management at Syracuse University. After a few years of managing restaurants such as Morimoto and Quality Meats NYC, she moved to Walla Walla to pursue a winemaking career. She is now starting her winery — SMAK wines — which focuses solely on Rosé.

Heather Morado— Bio coming soon.

Will Marengo — Bio coming soon.

Nathan Viavant — Bio coming soon.

Timothy Christie, ex officio — View bio.

Jamey Lamar, ex officio — View bio.

Jennifer Northam, ex officio — View bio.

FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

  • Timothy Christie

Violinist and violist Timothy Christie enjoys a multifaceted career as performer, teacher, public speaker, and recording artist. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival (WWCMF), a nonprofit organization in southeastern Washington presenting more than 40 public chamber music events annually. He also serves on the faculty of the School of Music at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, and was a member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra in Seattle for 15 years.

In demand as a recitalist and chamber musician, Christie regularly collaborates with some of the most exciting artists and ensembles in the industry, including Third Coast Percussion, Spektral Quartet, PRISM Quartet, PROJECT Trio, Sybarite5, Turtle Island Quartet, the Harlem Quartet, and The Westerlies. The solo violist of new-music ensemble Brave New Works since the group’s inception in 1997, Christie can be heard on recordings of William Bolcom’s Piano Quintet and William Albright’s Clarinet Quintet on AMP Records.

Christie earned dual undergraduate degrees in Music and English Literature at the University of Michigan, and a Master of Music degree, also from U of M. His principal teachers include Andrew Jennings and Paul Kantor (violin), and Yizhak Schotten (viola).

Christie occasionally dips a toe in the for-profit wing of the music business, having recorded countless film, television, and video game scores over the years. Away from music, Christie frequently dips a toe in cold mountain streams. His favorite fly in the box is a Parachute Adams. On land, Christie sometimes hits the ball straight. If you are his friend, you call his slice a “fade.” There’s no accounting for the occasional snap hook… It just happens.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  • Jamey Lamar

Bio coming soon.

BOOKKEEPER

  • Donna Maiden

TRANSPORTATION & PRODUCTION SUPPORT

  • Nathan Fairbanks

VOLUNTEERS

  • Timothy Bowen

  • Suzanne Johnson

  • Laura Sellens

RECORDING ENGINEER

  • Jamey Lamar

  • Andrew Meyer

GRAPHIC DESIGN