Mark began his barbershop career as a high-school student on Long Island, NY, where he was assigned to sing with the barbershop quartet in the school’s performance of Music Man. He attended a local BHS chapter a couple times as a youth where his interest in the style began, though he wouldn’t revisit it until many years later. After graduating in 1996 from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, he returned to live on Long Island and work in New York City. As the internet came to life, he rediscovered the BHS and listened frequently to the few songs posted for free on the website. Upon moving to the Salt Lake City area in 2005, he coincidentally attended a Church class while staying with a friend and the teach taught of harmony in life and happened to mention his barbershop chorus. That chorus was the Saltaires. Mark joined immediately, was assigned to sing “the easy part” since the annual spring show was a couple months later, and the rest is Mark’s barbershop history. He was quickly asked to serve as EVP of the Saltaires without having any idea what he was getting into. That led him to be in leadership of the Saltaires continually since then, serving as VP of whatever or President until today. Mark was honored to serve as the 2019 BHS Local Convention Chairman for the international convention in Salt Lake City and to be recognized as RMD Barbershopper of the Year later that year due to that effort. He’s pleased to serve now as RMD EVP and to learn more about district operations and leadership and he looks forward to serving the members of the RMD for the next season of his barbershop career.

Mark currently works as the CFO of FamilySearch International and the Director of Finance/Controller for the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The RMD Treasurer keep records and reports updated while providing them to board members and House of Delegates. Bob also makes payments for everything pertaining to the district. He’s available to answer any questions from Chapter Treasurers  to the best of his abilities.

Bob is also the Treasurer of the Longs Peak Chorus for the past 10  years, as well as singing bass in the chorus. He’s been a member of the Longmont Chapter for 15 years and a member of the Society for 36 years. He spent 4  years in the United States Marines during the Vietnam War, where he was an Aviation Electrician Technician ( AE) for fighter jets. He retired from the Postal Service as a letter carrier after 42  years. He has 2 daughters– one is an Optometrist and the other is a Senior Software Engineer Specialist at AMD. He also has 3 grand kids– 1 granddaughter & 2 grandsons.

As the Vice President of Music and Performance, Adam is responsible for all music activities within the District that will improve and expand the musical knowledge andperformance abilities of the membership including to organize and administer Music & Performance events and programs, such as RMHC (Rocky Mountain Harmony College), quartet development schools, Top Gun, and educational outreach programs.

Adam has a long history with music and barbershop beginning in middle school with his first quartet. He has gone on to become a sought after coach & arranger and was an active Music judge for almost 20 years. Adam has 3 district quartet championships – MOJO (2006), The Crew (2011), & Jam Session (JAD- 2014). He also has multiple bronze medals and served as tenor section leader and primary arranger for The Sound of the Rockies. In his spare time, Adam enjoys his busy life with his Sweet Ad wife, Heather and (soon to be Sweet Ad) daughter, Emilia. Outside of barbershop, you will probably find him cooking, golfing, playing drums, or watching sports with friends.

Bob has been a Barbershopper since 2003 at the invitation of a friend from Lion’s Clubs. The chorus was not very good, but it was fun and introduced him to this fabulous hobby. He transferred to the Bernalillo County Chapter in 2007 and performed on the International Stage with Bernalillo County twice, in 2013 & 2015.
Outside of Barbershop, Bob shares his home in Albuquerque with his little dog Faye. He was married to Nancy for over 35-years prior to her passing.

Bob works for Bank of America to finance his Barbershop habit.

My name is Mark Palmer, and I am a 28 year member of the Rocky Mountain District. I started in 1995 with the Mile High Experience Chorus. I was part of the Board of Directors when the Denver Tech Sound of the Rockies and the Mile High Experience merged in 2000. I am proud that I have competed every time the Sound of the Rockies has competed at the BHS Internationals, including the epic 2006 3rd place finish in Denver.

I joined the Board of Directors of Sound of the Rockies in 2014 as a Board Member at Large. I slowly moved my way up the ladder in chorus leadership. I was Membership VP of the chorus from 2017-2018– I loved my position, and the chapter was very successful with their membership at that time. In 2019, I was honored to accept the position of President of the Mile High Chapter. The biggest accomplishment during that year was Sound of the Rockies having the honor of performing for the 75th
Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France.

In 2021 I led a team to merge the Mile High Chapter with the Boulder Chapter to have a mixed chorus as part of our chapter. The Mile High Chapter now has a youth chorus, a mixed chorus and a men’s chorus.
Truly, everyone in harmony.

Now, as VP of Membership for the Rocky Mountain District, I am excited to bring my knowledge and energy to help all chapters in the district keep their members and grow!

Tim Peterson started singing at the University of Colorado when he decided he’d rather be up on the risers instead of just cheering for his friends. He found his way into an a cappella group there, and then sang around Denver after graduation. He put a long pause on singing until finding the Old Dominion Chorus in Leesburg, Virginia. He sang Lead with them for several years before being fortunate enough to join Parkside Harmony as a baritone for their 5th place medal in Las Vegas in 2017, then switched back to Lead for their 3rd place performance in Orlando in 2018. He then moved back to Colorado with his family. 

Tim lives in Fort Collins, CO, with his wife and their two children. Other than singing, he enjoys pickleball, running, and cheering on his kids. He sometimes finds time to sing with the Timberliners or in a quartet, but spends most of his singing time with the Choice City Singers, a jazz a cappella group in Fort Collins.