2023 Phoenix Pipe Band Executive Board
President – Jessica Fowles
Vice President – Thomas Cox
Treasurer – George Norris
Secretary – Derek Maddox
Phoenix Pipe Band Musical Leadership
Grade 3 Pipe Major – Jeff Anderson
Jeff Anderson began his gratifying Scottish arts career in the Dunedin, Florida school system, joining the Grade 2 City of Dunedin Pipe Band his junior year at Dunedin High School. He won the Southern United States Pipe Band Association (SUSPBA) Champion Supreme title for multiple consecutive years and was promoted to the solo open class in 1996.
During college, Jeff organized and led the University City Pipe Band in Gainesville, FL and returned to the City of Dunedin Pipe Band after graduation. He served as chairman of the SUSPBA Music Advisory Board from 2003 to 2012. He is a qualified piping adjudicator on the EUSPBA and WUSPBA judges’ panels and has judged solo piping and pipe bands from California to Florida. Jeff resides in Scottsdale, Arizona and is the pipe major of the Grade 3 Phoenix Pipe Band. He has served on the grading committee for the WUSPBA Music Board since 2013, has taught piping in the Lifelong Learning program at Yavapai College, and routinely teaches several successful, prize-winning students across Arizona.
Grade 3 Pipe Sergeant – Cory Mann
Joining the the ranks of the Phoenix Pipe Band organization in 2019, Cory leverages over 26 years experience in piping and instruction.
An accomplished soloist securing prize listings in both the United States and Canada, he has also competed amongst some of the most successful Pipe Bands on the west coast.
Cory was appointed Pipe Sergeant, Phoenix Pipe Band Grade III in July 2022.
Grade 5 Pipe Major – Neil Bacon
Phoenix Pipe Band Chairs
Quarter Master – Len Wood
Travel Coordinator – Gloria Cardenas
Social Media – Katelyn Gale and Dallas Gale
WUSPBA Desert Branch Member-at-Large – Stuart Baker