Officers 2024-2025
President – Juliana Cyril
Juliana Cyril grew up in the California Bay Area but has lived in Atlanta for the past 23 years. She developed a passion for singing in high school and since then has participated in a variety of community choruses and a cappella groups. A member since 2022, Juliana has served as the Board Secretary and now as President. Juliana works at CDC overseeing a variety of programs and activities including technology transfer, extramural research, and innovation. In her free time, you can find Juliana swimming, cooking, taking care of her two feline fur-babies, with her husband at Atlanta Falcons games, and traveling.
Executive Vice President – Kristen Richard
Kristen Richard found a home in music at a young age, and now enjoys helping others grow with the help of music- whether they are an audience member or performing student. She graduated from Kennesaw State University in 2016 with a degree in Music Education and has worked in the public and private sector. Singing, playing, and creating music in a variety of styles is her favorite thing to do. When not singing in Collegium Vocale, you may find her performing with her brass quintet "Sweet Georgia Brass” or growing her skills in guitar and piano. A lover of yoga and meditation, she enjoys hiking with her family and dog, doing something artsy, or just helping a friend!
Vice President (Development) – Cindy Weinbaum
Cindy Weinbaum is a choral music devotee who has been singing with Collegium Vocale since moving to Atlanta 25 years ago. After retiring from a career as medical epidemiologist at the CDC, she enjoys doing pottery and traveling the world (when she isn’t singing).
Vice President (Marketing) – Esther Omene
Esther Omene is an avid music lover. She was born and raised in Lagos Nigeria and moved to metro Atlanta 15 years ago. Esther enjoys music across genres including classical, gospel, R&B, and several African music genres. She sang in her school choirs, college glee club, and with her church worship team. She currently works full time as a software engineer, and she volunteers as an audio engineer at her church. Esther enjoys singing & arranging music, having fun with family and friends, and going to different types of concerts.
Vice President (Operations) – Matt Cowley
Matt Cowley is a new member of CV and the board, but grew up singing in church and school choirs, teenage rock bands and musical theater in northwest Florida. Since moving to Atlanta to attend Georgia Tech, Matt has been an avid concertgoer of all genres of music. In the past, he contributed visual design and operations for contemporary chamber ensemble Bent Frequency. These days, he leads a UX design team in the enterprise software industry and sings and plays music with his family and friends in Decatur.
Secretary – Caroline Coburn
Caroline Coburn has been a member of CV for over 25 years. She has sung in a variety of church and choral groups over the years, the highlight being the opportunity to sing in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus when Robert Shaw was Conductor. Her full-time job is Associate Professor at Emory School of Nursing, and her other full-time job is husband, sons, daughter-in-law, two cats and a dog.
Treasurer – Marjorie Timmer
If you can breathe, you can sing,” is a governing principle of Marjorie Timmer’s life. She grew up in Michigan singing barbershop quartet songs with her dad and three sisters on family trips and built on that in school and church choirs over the course of her education. She moved to Georgia (away from winter!) in the late 70s and continued singing in her church choir while working as a respiratory therapist. She joined Collegium Vocale in the fall of 2019, and currently serves as its Treasurer. Happily retired after 45 years in health care, Marjorie enjoys swimming, knitting, playing piano, and rejoicing in the company of her husband, children, and grandchildren.
Soprano Section Leader – Susan Miller
Alto Section Leader – Ann Dillon
Tenor Section Leader – David Ross
Bass Section Leader – James Kohler