Jennifer Kercher is the choir director at Walker Middle School, located in the Salem-Keizer School District. Prior to teaching at Walker, her twenty-three-year career has seen her at Crossler Middle School, Silverton High School, Mark Twain Middle School, and North Salem High School. Kercher serves as the Oregon ACDA Middle School R&R Co-Chair and was the 2023 recipient of the OMEA Outstanding Middle School Music Educator Award. A Silverton native, she completed undergraduate work at Western Oregon University, graduate work at George Fox University, and is now pursuing her administrative license. Kercher shares her love of music and performing with her supportive husband, Jedidiah, and two amazing children, Elijah and Liliana.