Mac Mayer is Orchestra Director at Whiteaker Middle School and feeder elementary schools in Keizer, Oregon. He holds undergraduate degrees in Music Performance and Music Education from The Ohio State University and a Master of Music Education from the University of Kansas. Prior to teaching in the Salem-Keizer School District Mr. Mayer taught orchestra in Olathe, Kansas, as well as communities in Georgia and Ohio.

Mr. Mayer has worked as a guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician in Oregon, Washington, and Kansas, including twice as a conductor for String Fling at Kansas State University, and for the Western Kansas Orchestra Festival.