Tiffani Patton
Board of DirectorsA lifelong reader (once grounded from books for reading too much)…
Amena Hajjar
Board of DirectorsAmena Hajjar, a Bay Area native with a lifelong passion for fostering…
Naja Pulliam Collins
Board of DirectorsNaja Pulliam Collins is an Associate Editor of Geography and…
Rachel Neumann
Alum 2024, Board of DirectorsRachel Neumann is the President of Wave Literary, a full-service…
Shimul Rahim
Board PresidentShimul Rahim is a writer with a 25-year career in software development.…
Savala Nolan
Alum 2020, Alum 2023, Board of Directors, Fellow 2020Savala Nolan is a writer, speaker, and lawyer. She is executive…
Kim Klein
Board PresidentKim Klein’s journey to become a pioneer in teaching small nonprofits…
Alex Park
Alum 2018, Board of Directors, Fellow 2018Alex Park is a journalist and researcher with an interest in…
Susan Ito
Alum 2016, Alums on the Front Lines, Board of Directors, Mesa Refuge Change MakerSusan Ito began reading at the age of three, and writing stories…
Julie Guthman
Alum 2011, Alum 2015, Board of DirectorsJulie Guthman is a geographer and professor of social sciences at the UC Santa Cruz, where she teaches courses on racial capitalism and the politics of food and agriculture. Her most recent book, begun during her 2015 Mesa Refuge residency, was the recipient of the 2020 Meridian Award from the American Association of Geographers for outstanding scholarly work in geography.