Keri Barker – Administrator, Partner

Keri Barker joined Firmani + Associates in 2008 and is the firm’s administrator and a partner. Although Keri’s true passion is visual arts, she appreciates the power of words and stories to connect, transport, educate, heal, and influence. She handles everything from operations to finance and HR. Keri particularly enjoys shaping office policies that support F+A employees.

Keri’s hometown is Seattle, but she considers Bellingham— where she attended Western Washington University— her second home. Having graduated with a B.A. in art history, Keri finds joy in creating. Her favorite mediums are printing with woodcuts and stencils, photography, and acrylic painting. Outside of work, Keri loves skiing, cycling, yoga, and enjoying her garden with her pup and assorted wildlife.  

Favorite Quotes:
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” — Amelia Earhart

Perfect Meal:
Lemon asparagus pasta – a divine vegetarian dish

Random Fact:
She rescues spiders.

Favorite Word:
Disparate (adj) – markedly distinct in quality or character, containing fundamentally different and often incongruous elements.  

Recommendations:
Books – The Overstory by Richard Powers; How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt; The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan; The Loop by Nicholas Evans; Trinity by Leon Uris; All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr; Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer; Dispatches by Michael Herr; Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier; Pay it Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde.