Columbians Announce New Executive Director

The Columbians Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce Tom Zarate as the corps’ new Executive Director. Preceding Executive Director was Russ Newbury, holding the position for 5 years. We wish him the very best in his new endeavors.

Tom was previously the corps’ President of the Board of Directors and has been on the board since 2014. He has 10 years of prior drum corps experience, including president, operations manager and even volunteering on several world class tours. In addition, he has 12+ years of prior board experience in various activities. Besides Drum Corps, Tom is an Information Technology professional. He studied Information Technology at Columbia Basin College and Western Governors University, and holds numerous industry certificates in IT and project management.

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