Eve Bridburg is the founder and Executive Director of Grub Street, one of the country’s leading writing centers. She is also a former literary agent with ZSH Literary Agency, where she's edited and sold bestselling and award-winning nonfiction and fiction.

Tree Swenson is executive director of Hugo House in Seattle. She was previously Executive Director of the Academy of American Poets. A former AWP board president, her work in the literary arts began with cofounding Copper Canyon Press, where she was publisher and Executive Director for twenty years.

Michael Henry is cofounder and Executive Director of Lighthouse Writers Workshop, an independent creative writing center located in downtown Denver. His poetry and nonfiction have appeared in places such as The Writer, 5280 magazine, Georgetown Review, Threepenny Review, and Copper Nickel.

Britt Udesen joined the Loft in 2015 as its Executive and Artistic Director. Before that, she served as the Executive Director of the Cabin in Boise, Idaho and has held leadership positions at Storyfort Literary Festival, The Sun Valley Center for the Arts, and the Textile Center of Minnesota.