BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sacred and Profane is governed by a board of directors that includes both chorus and community members.

Gretchen Wallacker, Secretary

Gretchen Wallacker has sung with Sacred & Profane for almost two decades and joined the board as Secretary at the start of the 2025-26 season. She served on the San Francisco Bach Choir Board prior to joining Sacred & Profane. Gretchen is a family law mediator and a mom to two wonderful young adults. In addition to singing, Gretchen loves to spend time with her family and friends, swim in the San Francisco Bay, and run on her hilly neighborhood streets.

Andrew Rowberg, Treasurer

Andrew Rowberg has sung with Sacred and Profane since Fall 2022 and joined the board as Treasurer at the start of the 2024-25 season. He has sung in choruses since 2015 after many years as a trumpeter and pianist. Outside of music, he enjoys running, traveling, and competitive bridge playing (yes, your grandmother's favorite card game). As treasurer, Andrew's guiding mission is to free S&P of the pesky scourge of junk fees.

Alex Cook,Member-at-large

Alex joined the Sacred and Profane Board in 2025, bringing deep experience in corporate leadership and nonprofit board service. He is Head of Core Experience Product Management at a Technology company, where he builds high-impact digital products used by millions. A lifelong singer – from the American Boychoir School as a youth to the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus at current – Alex is passionate about community-building through music. His past board service includes Music Crossing Borders, SoMArts, LYRIC.org, and he currently serves as Treasurer on the board of Partnerships for Trauma Recovery. He is committed to advancing S&P’s artistic excellence, growth and impact.

Gwen Kaplan, Member-at-large

Following years as an influential marketing executive, Gwen Kaplan joined Sacred and Profane’s Board of Directors in July 2025. As the President of Ace Marketing in San Francisco, Gwen supported countless Bay Area organizations’ messaging in the community, including Sacred and Profane. Ace Marketing and Gwen’s many awards and distinctions include the 2023 University San Francisco Gellert Family Business Award, Adjunct Instructor Direct Marketing at UC Berkeley, Bravo Zulu Fleet Week 2019, San Francisco Green Business of the Year, San Francisco Excellence in Business EBBIE, Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, Small Business Advocate of the Year for California by US Small Business Administration, and Co-Founder 2020 BuildOutCalifornia.org. In her spare time, Gwen loves to travel and attend music and sporting events, and is a strong supporter of her sons, including Sacred and Profane longtime tenor Miles.

Not Pictured:

Esther Hulme, Board President

Freddy Hansen, Member-At-Large

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Are you looking to get more involved with a non-profit arts organization? We are actively recruiting for our Board of Directors! Contact us if you’re interested in what our board does and how you can contribute to our community.

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STAFF

Kat Davenport, Chorus manager

Kat joined Sacred & Profane as Chorus Manager in the Fall of 2022. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, while pursuing a degree in Art Practice, they also served as the business manager of the UC Men’s and Women’s Chorales (now Cal Chorale) and founded the acapella group Trill Seekers. Originally from Canada, Kat has settled in the Bay Area and also serves as Program Manager at Young Women’s Choral Projects of San Francisco.