Paul K. Ward & Friends

Paul K. Ward was born and raised in Ashland, Virginia, to a brilliant college music professor father and a gorgeous and tenacious singer/dancer/actress — and later nutritionist — mother. He wouldn’t have his musical soul without the two of them.

Paul earned his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Davidson College (North Carolina), and his global executive masters of business administration from TRIUM. He is certified in investment banking from the Investment Banking Institute. Living now in Portland, Oregon, with his wife of 21 years, Angela, he now consults, produces music and video, and performs jazz and popular music on stages big and small.

Paul has served on the board of a longtime non-profit in Portland, Cerimon House, which supported music, fine arts, storytelling, and community-building, and then moved to the position of Executive Director of Artichoke Music, one of the longest-lived music venues (and later, non-profit) serving the American Folk…