BabsonARTS Staff
Sorenson Center Staff
Samantha Gambaccini
Director
Pronouns: She/Her
Samantha Gambaccini has extensive artistic and operations experience as a performer, educator, and producing artistic director. She has a long history at nonprofit organizations, both small and large, and demonstrated success in senior leadership roles around community centered work.
Before joining Babson in 2025, Samantha served as the Associate Executive Director of YMCA of the North Shore, working for the communities of Marblehead and Swamscott, overseeing thousands of members and hundreds of staff. Other previous credits include serving as the Senior Director of the Community Music Center of Boston and as the Producing Artistic Director of Arts After Hours in Lynn, MA.
Samantha continues to embrace her music and vocal roots through SG Performing Arts as Director and Lead Teacher, specializing in healthy musical theatre technique, belt, and song interpretation. She received her B.M. in Vocal Performance and Theater from Millikin University, M.M. in Vocal Performance from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and her M.A in Theatre Education in the Community from Emerson College.
Natalie Lynch
Assistant Director
Pronouns: She/Her
Natalie is a Boston native and has spent the last 18 years working as a stage manager. Most recently she was the Production Stage Manager at North Shore Music Theatre for five seasons.
Prior to that, Natalie worked around the country at places like Stages St. Louis, Pioneer Theatre Company, Riverside Theatre and Capital Repertory Theatre, just to name a few. She has also worked at many theatres around Boston including Lyric Stage Company of Boston, New Repertory Theatre, Reagle Players and Huntington Theatre Company.
Natalie is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
Alex Brand
Administrative Coordinator
Pronouns: They/Them
Alex Brand is a born and raised New Englander who has been performing as long as they can remember. They have a passion for dance and vocal performance, and graduated from Suffolk University in 2022 where they studied Management and Arts Administration.
Alex joined BabsonARTS in February of 2023.
Tamblyn Griffiths
Visual Arts Manager
Pronouns: She/Her
Artist and educator, Tamblyn taught visual arts classes at colleges in Seattle and Boston for 10 years before joining BabsonArts in 2021. In addition to teaching, she has worked on curation, installation, and exhibition for numerous galleries in each place she’s lived.
Tamblyn received her BFA in painting and literature from Daemen College in Buffalo NY, and her MFA in drawing and painting from the University of Washington in Seattle WA.
Following completion of her MFA, Tamblyn received a Fulbright grant to study printmaking in New Zealand. Her artwork has been exhibited throughout the US, and in New Zealand, Italy, and China.
Clayton DeWalt
Band Director
Pronouns: He/Him
Trombonist Clayton DeWalt directs the Babson Music Collective student music ensemble. He began touring and recording professionally at age 15.
He has made a career of a wide range of musical styles including South African pop, blues, R&B, classical chamber music, salsa, Balkan brass, jazz, reggae and folk. Performing in venues ranging from Lincoln Center to the Monaco Opera House, he has worked with a variety of talented artists, such as Toshiko Akiyoshi, Nancy Wilson, John Brown’s Body, Robin McKelle, The New York Voices, the Gene Krupa Orchestra, The Temptations, and Regis Philbin.
As an educator, Clayton teaches music in the Lincoln, Wayland and Canton public schools and maintains a private studio. Clayton holds a BS in Music Education from Slippery Rock University, a MM in Jazz Studies from the New England Conservatory of Music, and is currently pursuing his DMA in Jazz Studies at the New England Conservatory.