Our Team and Board of Directors

Team Leadership

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Angel Rippy
Managing Director

Advisors and Programming Support

Brian Lampkin
Co-Founder/Board Director Emeritus & Advisor

Lynn Witherspoon
Festival Logistics Coordinator

Shannon Jones
Authors Engaging Students — Author Interface

Stacy Calfo
Marketing Support

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Diane Marks
Gift Fulfillment Support Specialist

Board of Directors

Lynn Wooten
Board Chair
Executive Vice President of Communications, Brand Strategy & Public Relations, Kintura

Stephen W. Colyer
Board Treasurer
AT&T and Miami Dade College (retired); co-founder, Greensboro Bound

Waiyi Tse
Board Secretary
Chief of Staff, Office of the Chancellor, UNCG

Hattie Aderholdt
 Advertising Manager,
O.Henry Magazine (retired)
 

Brigitte H. Blanton
Director,
Greensboro Public Library

Ty Buckner
Vice President Communications & Marketing,
Guilford College

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Cassie Bustamante
Editor,
O.Henry magazine

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Nancy Doll
 Director, Weatherspoon Art Museum,
UNCG (retired)

Mona Gillis Edwards
Founder and Owner,
LIFT Coaching and Consulting

Jennifer Feather
Associate Professor and Head of English Department, UNCG

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Carlos Grooms
Librarian/Assistant Professor, F.D. Bluford Library, NC A&T State University
 

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Angie Gunn
Operations & Technology Coordinator, First Bank

Barbara Halbert
Program Coordinator, Teaching Resource Center, UNCG School of Education (retired)

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Nancy Hoffman
Greensboro City Councilmember, District 4 (retired)

Ashley Madden
Director of Financial Planning,
GenCrest Capital Partners
 

Marci Peace
Vice President, Finance and Investments,
The Winston-Salem Foundation
 

Dabney Sanders
Downtown Greenway Project Manager, Action Greensboro 

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Todd Simmons
Assoc. Vice Chancellor
University Relations,
NC A&T State University
 

Angie Smits
Partner, Southern Territory Associates

Laura Vietor
Senior Account Manager, Vista Corporate Solutions;
author moderator, LB the Lover of Books