Kaitlyn Galvin returns for her second year as Guard Caption head and her fifth year with the Bushwackers organization. She had been a marching member in the Bushwackers Color Guard since 2009, serving as guard captain in 2011. Kaitlyn has marched in both DCI and WGI; aging out of DCI in 2005 and winning a Gold medal in WGI in 2003.
Kaitlyn has been instructing and developing guard programs for well over ten years. She began her instructional career as the developer, designer, and instructor of the winter guard program at Marshwood High School, South Berwick, ME. She continued after high school working on staff with the Citations Drum & Bugle Corps, Burlington, MA, followed by five years of instruction, designing and consulting winter guard programs in various high schools around the MA area. She brings to the Bushwackers staff her enthusiasm and passion for the 2013 season.
Kaitlyn currently resides in her home in Maine, and makes the daunting but dedicated trip down to New Jersey every weekend during drum corps season. She holds a BA in Mathematics from Boston University and a Certificate in Accounting from Northeastern University. She currently works as a Property Accountant for a leading owner and developer of Class A office properties, where her focused portfolio is with the company’s New York City properties.