Beth Jonker has been a co-Director in the Mattawan Consolidated Schools teaching 6th-12th grade band since 2014. Previous to her current role, she spent fourteen years as the Director of Bands in Parchment, Michigan; and two years at Mendon Community Schools. Her collegiate training took place at the University of and Western Michigan University, where she holds a BM in Music Education and an MME with a cognate in trumpet performance.

Ms. Jonker is the Co-Director of the Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Prep Winds and is the band director for Camp Wakeshma.

In her free time she enjoys camping, fishing, playing trumpet; and training and playing with her chocolate lab, Bear.