Board of Directors
- Kim Carlson, Board Chair, Editorial Director, Culinate
- Jason Wolf, Board Treasurer, Attorney, The Standard
- Jenni Leasia, Board Secretary, Principal, Jenni Leasia Design
- Miriam Sontz, CEO, Powell's Books
- Ben Moorad, Writer & Write Around Portland Co-Founder
- Lori LeCheminant, Attorney, Stoel Rives, LLP
- Kari Easton, Former Instructor, Portland Community College
- Deb Schallert, Project Manager, Portland General Electric
Resource Council
Liza Halley, Co-founder, Write Around Portland
Dave Eggers, Editor of McSweeney's, founder of 826 Valencia, and
author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Julie Mancini, Mercy Corps Action Center Director
& Founder, Lyceum Agency
Holly MacArthur, Founding Editor of Tin House
Jennifer Allen, Director of Programs, Oregon Humanities
Heather Barta, Brenden Hyde and Eddy Deane, Circletrianglesquare
Mike Lindberg, Former Portland City Commissioner
Paul Lipscomb, Options Consulting
(employer/occupation for identification purposes only)
| "This workshop has been good for me. It has made me push myself to really try to look at things in different ways. It caused me to really listen to other people's words...and to read my words to others has given me more courage." |
Glenda Pane, Write Around Portland Participant
