Our Team
Angel Rippy | Managing Director
Brian Lampkin | Co-Founder, Board Director Emeritus & Advisor
Lynn Witherspoon | Festival Logistics Coordinator
Shannon Jones | Authors Engaging Students, Author Interface
Stacy Calfo | Marketing Support
Hattie Aderholdt, Board Chair
Advertising Manager, O.Henry Magazine, Retired
Angie Gunn, Vice Chair
Operations & Technology Coordinator, First Bank
Stephen W. Colyer, Treasurer
AT&T and Miami Dade College, Retired; Co-Founder, Greensboro Bound
Carlos Grooms, Secretary
Librarian/Assistant Professor, F.D. Bluford Library, NC A&T State University
Brigitte H. Blanton, At-Large
Director, Greensboro Public Library
Cassie Bustamante, At-Large
Editor, O.Henry Magazine
Alice Bolton
Vice President, Corporate Accounting, Cone Health
Ty Buckner
Chief Communications Officer, Guilford College
Louise Courts
Senior Director of Development, UNCG School of Education
Felix Delgado
Financial Advisor, Edward Jones
Nancy Doll
Director, Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNCG, Retired
Jennifer Feather
Associate Professor & Head of English Department, UNCG
Emerson Frizzell
Director of Accountable Communities, Cone Health
Melissa Greer
Realtor, BHHS Yost & Little Realty
Nancy Hoffmann
Greensboro City Councilmember, District 4, Retired
Ashley Madden
Director of Financial Planning, GenCrest Capital Partners
Todd Simmons
Associate Vice Chancellor, University Relations, NC A&T State University
Angie Smits
Partner, Southern Territory Associates
Emily Stamey
Curator of Academic Programming & Head of Exhibitions, Weatherspoon Art Museum
Laura Beth Vietor
Senior Account Manager, Vista Corporate Solutions; Author Moderator, LB the Lover of Books
Stephanie Waldeck
Kellee D. Watkins
Assistant Professor, Director of the Aggies READ Initiative, North Carolina A&T State University
Jo Williamson
Librarian, High Point Public Library
Lynn Wooten
Executive Vice President of Communications, Brand Strategy & Public Relations, Kintura