Wordstock Board of Directors
Katrina Bell, Deschutes Investment Consulting
Kevin Blada, Delap
Tim Crippen, Kivel & Howard, LLP
Alice Cuprill-Comas, Ater Wynne LLP
Shelley Devine, TriMet
Karen Karbo, Author
Timothy Ryf, Point B, Inc.
Joshua Simko, Nike Inc.
Christine White, Port of Portland

past board members & advisors

Wordstock Staff
Nancy Ellis, Executive Director
Katie Merritt, Festival Director
Rachel Sokolow, Education Director

lyric apted, Social Media and Special Projects
Alex Broderick-Forster, Marketing Intern

Wordstock Special Advisor
Larry Colton, Author, Founder of Wordstock and Community of Writers
Greg Dufault, Wells Fargo Investments

Wordstock Festival Planning Team
Wordstock is planned and run almost entirely by volunteers. The people listed below donate hundreds of hours to the planning of the 2011 Wordstock Festival, and without them, there would be no book festival in Portland. If you see one them, be sure to thank them for their hard work!

Author Coordinators: Eden Bainter, Sara Gundell, Mead Hunter, Amber Keller, Mary Margaret Maitland
Children’s Area Coordinators: Autumn Linde, Sarah Mussio
Emcee & Presentations Coordinator: Gail Zuro
Events Manager: April Severson
Event Coordinators: Tatiana deFigueiredo, Bradi Grebien-Samkow, Mary Margaret Maitland, Megan Wellman
Exhibit Coordinator: Gail Zuro
Marketing Coordinators: lyric apted, Robyn Crummer-Olson, Natalie Emery, Taylor Houston, Kristin O’Neill
Publications Coordinator: Abbey Gaterud
Publications Editors: Cheryl Frey, Kristen Svenson
Stage & Schedule Coordinator: Melony Beaird
Volunteer Coordinators: Dehlia McCobb, Anna Noak, Katie Shaw
Workshop Coordinators: Emily Patrice Cable, Aaron Furmanek, Jane Manchee

past planning teams