Conference

Conference Steering Committee

• Oliver de la Paz (Board)
• Rigoberto González (Board)
• January Gill O’Neil (Board)
• Susan Jackson Rodgers (Board)
• Ira Sukrungruang (Board)
• Chloe Schwenke (Staff)
• Sheila Black (Staff)
• Christian Teresi (Staff)

Conference Outreach Subcommittee

• Elise Paschen, Chair (Board)
• Bonnie Culver (Board)
• Pamela Mills (Staff)

Visit the Conference Subcommittees page for a list of the individuals responsible for evaluating and selecting conference proposals.

Development / Case Statement

• Robin Reagler Chair (Board)
• Bonnie Culver (Board)
• January Gill O’Neil (Board)
• Elise Paschen (Board)
• Chloe Schwenke (Staff)
• Sheila Black (Staff)
• Pamela Mills (Staff)

Executive

• David Haynes, Chair (Board)
• Bonnie Culver, Vice-Chair (Board)
• Robin Reagler, Vice-Chair (Board)
• Oliver de la Paz, Treasurer (Board)
• Jerod Santek, Secretary (Board)
• Chloe Schwenke, Interim Executive Director (Staff)

Finance

• Oliver de la Paz, Chair (Board)
• Bonnie Culver (Board)
• Rigoberto González (Board)
• David Haynes (Board)
• Roger Lathbury (Board)
• Robin Reagler (Board)
• Chloe Schwenke (Staff)
• Roberto Perales (Staff)

Governance

• Jerod Santek, Chair (Board)
• Mike Astrue (Board)
• Bonnie Culver (Board)
• David Haynes (Board)
• Robin Reagler (Board)
• Ryan Stone (Board)
• Chloe Schwenke (Staff)

Inclusion

• David Haynes, Chair, Southern Methodist University (Board)
• Eduardo Corral, North Carolina State University (Nontrustee, ex-officio)
• Bonnie Culver, Wilkes University (Board)
• Oliver de la Paz, Holy Cross University (Board)
• Rigoberto González, Rutgers University (Board)
• Luisa Igloria, Old Dominion University (Nontrustee, ex-officio)
• Julie Landsman, Minneapolis Public Schools (ret.)/Consultant on Multicultural Education (Nontrustee, ex-officio)
• Sonya Larson, Grub Street; MFA Candidate Warren Wilson College (Nontrustee, ex-officio)
• Katie Hae Leo, Writer and Performer (Nontrustee, ex-officio)
• Denise Low Weso, Founder, Creative Writing Program at Haskell Indian Nations University (Nontrustee, ex-officio)
• January Gill O’Neil, Salem State University (Board)
• Adrienne Perry, PhD Candidate, University of Houston (Nontrustee, ex-officio)
• Jerod Santek, Write on, Door County (Board)
• Craig Santos Perez, University of Hawai’i, Manoa (Nontrustee, ex-officio)
• Kristine Sloan, MFA Candidate, University of Wyoming (Nontrustee, ex-officio)
• Johnny Temple, Publisher and Editor in Chief of Akashic Books (Nontrustee, ex-officio)

Membership

• Jerod Santek, Chair (Board)
• Rigoberto González (Board)
• January Gill O’Neil (Board)
• Lesley Wheeler (Board)
• Diane Zinna (Staff)

Professional Standards

• Ira Sukrungruang, Chair (Southern Council Chair)
• Kris Bigalk (Midwest Council Chair)
• January Gill O’Neil (Northeast Council Chair)
• Susan Jackson Rodgers (Western Council Chair)
• Ryan Stone (Southwest Council Chair)
• Lesley Wheeler (Mid-Atlantic Council Chair)
• Chloe Schwenke (Staff)
• Diane Zinna (Staff

Publications / Web Content

• Roger Lathbury, Chair (Board)
• Kris Bigalk (Board)
• Elise Paschen (Board)
• Supriya Bhatnagar (Staff)
• Kate McDevitt (Staff)

Strategic Planning

• David Haynes, Chair (Board)
• Mike Astrue (Board)
• Bonnie Culver (Board)
• Oliver de la Paz (Board)
• Robin Reagler (Board)
• Jerod Santek (Board)
• Ira Sukrangurang (Board)
• Chloe Schwenke (Staff)
• Sheila Black (Staff)