Arizona ACDA Leadership

Our board members serve two-year terms, starting in odd years. The leadership list below is for 2025-2027.

President: Ryan Holder
Associate Director of Choral Studies, Northern Arizona University
Director of Music, Church of the Red Rocks

Past-President: Katie Gerrich
Director of Choirs, McClintock High School

Treasurer and President-Elect Designate: Chris Granger
Director of Choirs, Horizon Honors High School

Secretary: Amanda Johnson
Desert Cove Elementary School

Communications Chair: Taylor Day
Kyrene de la Colina Elementary School

Membership Chair: Cami Clausen
Director of Choirs, Casteel High School

Website Manager: Ted Gibson
Director of Choirs, Gilbert Classical Academy
Director of Music and Youth Ministries, Palo Cristi Presbyterian Church

Website Manager: David Topping
Retired

Conference Chair/Next Direction: Lindsay Decoste
Red Mountain High School

Cantaremos Honor Choir Chairs: Janel Huyett & Travis White
Phoenix Children’s Chorus
Phoenix Boys Choir & Sunset Ridge School

JH/Middle School Festival Co-Chairs: Samantha Jorgensen & Brooke Fala
Ingleside Middle School
Mohave Middle School

Repertoire & Resources Committees (formerly Repertoire & Standards)

Youth R & R Coordinator: Jessica Edelbrock
Tucson Girls Chorus
    Junior High/Middle School Choirs R & R Chairs: Julia Higgins

    Esperero Canyon Middle School
    Senior High School Choirs R & R Chair: Robert Decoste

    Higley High School
    Elementary Choirs R & R Chair: Evan Braun

    Stetson Hills School

Collegiate R & R Coordinator: Gideon Burrows
Eastern Arizona College
    College & University Choirs R & R Chair: Frank Watkins

    Arizona State University
    Student Activities R & R Chair: Katherine Rosenfeld

    Arizona School for the Arts

Lifelong R & R Coordinator: Renée Wilson-Wicker
Retired
    Community Choirs R & R Chair: Sharon Hansen

    Arizona Musicfest
    Music in Worship R & R Chair: Greg Hebert

    Saint Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church

Repertoire Specific R & R Coordinator: Joey Johnston
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
    Tenor/Bass Choirs R & R Chair: Justin Jenkins

    Moon Valley High School & Phoenix Children’s Chorus
    Soprano/Alto Choirs R & R Chair: Wendy Umbrianna

    Chandler High School
    Contemporary/A Cappella R&R Chair: Celine Durney

    Celine Mireille
    Show Choir R & R Chair: Taryn Tidwell

    Shepherd Junior High School
    Vocal Jazz R & R Chair: Christina Hall

    The Nash & Living Water Lutheran Church
    World Music and Cultures R & R Chair: Nicky Manlove

    Tucson Girls Chorus