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Advisory Councils

STRUNK & WHITE SOCIETY

An honorary society of distinguished advisors

  • Nancy Bragdon
  • Larry Colton
  • Ginnie Cooper
  • Jodi Delahunt Hubbell
  • Theo Downes-LeGuin
  • Bart Eberwein
  • Brian Gard
  • Bob Geddes
  • Molly Gloss
  • Carrie Hoops
  • Cecelia Huntington
  • Susheela Jayapal
  • Brenda Meltebeke
  • Jessica Mozeico
  • Diane Ponti
  • Michael Powell
  • Amy Prosenjak
  • Per Ramfjord
  • Halle Sadle
  • Steven Taylor
  • Jackie Willingham
  • Tom Wood
  • Steve Wynne

Development Council

  • Ginnie Cooper, Chair
  • Jill Abere
  • Joan Cirillo
  • Lana Finley
  • Elizabeth Gewecke
  • Sara Guest
  • Jenny MacNichol
  • Corrine Oishi
  • Katherine O’Neil
  • Andrew Proctor
  • Amy Prosenjak
  • Mary Ruble
  • Bob Speltz
  • Chabre Vickers
  • Jackie Willingham
  • Ben Wood
  • Marcia Wood

Patron Advisory Council

  • Marcia Wood, Chair
  • Jill Abere
  • Kim Bissell
  • Marian Creamer
  • Rebecca DeCesaro
  • Marilyn Epstein
  • Julie Frantz
  • Susan Hathaway-Marxer
  • Shobha Jetmalani 
  • Paula Kurshner
  • Phillip M. Margolin
  • Katherine McCoy
  • Carolyn McKinney
  • Vanessa McLaughlin
  • Lora Meyer
  • Abby Nixt
  • Katherine O’Neil
  • Erin Patterson
  • Nancy Ponzi
  • Robyn Shuey
  • Roslyn Sutherland
  • Margaret Tuchmann
  • Kristi Wallace Knight
  • Kim Weyler

Programs for Writers Advisory Council

  • Anis Mojgani, Chair
  • Nancy Boutin
  • Julie Dixon
  • Omar El Akkad
  • Abbey Gaterud
  • Cecelia Huntington
  • Scott Korb
  • Linda Leslie
  • Meghan Moran
  • Jyothi Natarajan
  • Corrine Oishi
  • Dennis Steinman
  • Armin Tolentino

Youth Programs Advisory Council

  • Maurice King, Chair
  • Sandra J. Childs
  • Jacque Dixon
  • Andre Goodlow
  • Jonathan Hill
  • Mary E. Hirsch
  • Briana Linden
  • André Middleton
  • Joanna Rose
  • Karena Salmond
  • Nancy Sullivan
  • Tristan Tarwater
  • Tracey Wyatt

Portland Book Festival Advisory Council

  • Sarah Gibbon, Chair
  • Vera Ahiyya
  • Emily Arrow
  • Kathi Inman Berens
  • Julie Bunker
  • Joan Cirillo
  • Liz Crain
  • Jaleesa Johnston
  • B. Frayn Masters
  • Kimiko Matsuda
  • Sara Ortiz
  • Ramón Pagán
  • Sarah Rothenfluch
  • Alberto Sveum
  • Alicia Tate
  • Sage Van Wing
  • Kim Weyler
  • Josh Wong
  • Charity Yoro
  • Gail Zuro

Vision Plan Committee

  • Amy Donohue and Corrine Oishi, Co-Chairs
  • Joan Cirillo
  • Ginnie Cooper
  • Theo Downes-Le Guin
  • Mitchell S. Jackson
  • Susheela Jayapal
  • Maurice King
  • Jan Oliva
  • Amy Prosenjak
  • Jon Raymond
  • Jill Sherman
  • Bob Speltz
  • Dennis Steinman
  • Chabre Vickers
  • Tom Wood
  • Marcia Wood

Finance Committee

  • Dennis Steinman, Chair
  • Rebecca (Becky) DeCesaro
  • Lana Finley
  • Sarah Gibbon
  • Jonathan Levine
  • Amy Prosenjak
  • Bob Speltz
  • Jackie Willingham
  • Carl Wilson