Logistics Team

Leslie Sullivan, All-State Housing Chair

Leslie Sullivan has been teaching music since 2004 and has been at The Dalles Middle School since 2014 She taught at a small, private school level teaching band, choir, music theater, and general music Currently, she teaches band, choir, and music theater in The Dalles As a young musician, she had a music teacher who taught her how to love music Mrs Sullivan’s goal is for her students to learn musical skills and technique, but more importantly, that they learn how to fall in love with music!

Jennifer Bell, All-State Transportation Chair

Jennifer Bell is the Director of Bands at Whiteaker Middle School She is in her eighteenth year of teaching Prior to her return to middle school she spent 7 years at McNary High School Before coming to Salem, she taught in Grants Pass Oregon at North Middle School for one year She was recruited into the Salem area by Karl Raschkes to be the Director of Bands at Claggett Creek Middle School Jennifer has eleven years of middle school band experience most of which she gained as the band director at Claggett Creek Middle School here in Keizer Oregon. In 2011 she was asked to join the McNary Fine Arts team and served as the Director of Bands at both Claggett Creek Middle School and McNary High School Jennifer graduated from University of Oregon in 2001 with a Bachelor of Music Education and a Master’s Degree in Music Education in 2006 She has been nominated for Music Educator of the Year by the Oregon Symphony Association in Salem in 2005, 2006, and 2008 and 2014 She is a member of Phi Beta Mu International Band Director Honorary Fraternity, OBDA, OMEA and NAfME

Randy Solansky, Equipment Manager

Randy Solansky is in his second year as the Director of Bands and Choirs at Memorial Middle School in Albany Oregon Randy Solansky is a graduate of Oregon State University, where he was a graduate teaching assistant to Dr Chris Chapman and the OSU Wind Ensemble