This is Joey’s 1st year on staff with The Mandarins. As a battery tech, he taught the Phantom Regiment from 2014-2018, Blue Stars in 2019, and The Cavaliers from 2020-2024. For WGI, he had served as a bass tech for Pulse Percussion from ‘14-2020 but now helps on the administrative end, currently holding a position on the Board of Directors for Pulse Inc.
His performance experience includes BDB ‘08, Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corps ‘09-’11, RCC Winter Percussion Ensemble ‘11 & ‘13 and Pulse Percussion in ‘12, all on bass drum. Joey has a BA in Business Accountancy from Fresno State, a Single Subject Teaching Credential in Business, and an MBA also from Fresno State. Joey is currently a classroom teacher at Clovis West High School teaching a CTE Banking & Finance program which he helped incept and wrote the curriculum for, as well as teaches community college courses. He also owns and operates a comic book shop in Fresno, CA called Secret Identity Comics.