Meet Our Team
Jennifer Franklin, Program Director, Co-Editor Slapering Hol Press
Jennifer Franklin concentrated in English and Creative Writing at Brown University. She holds an MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts.
Jessie Wright, Managing Director
Jessie Wright received her MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Bolz Center for Arts Administration and BA’s in Foreign Affairs and Religious Studies from the University of Virginia.
Christina Papadopoulos, Office Administrator
Christina Papadopoulos has a BA from Trinity College in Public Policy and Environmental Studies, a Masters of Public Administration from NYU, and a law degree from St. John’s University.
Sophia Bannister, Social Media & Outreach Coordinator
Sophia Bannister is a recent graduate of Barnard College, where she received a BA in English Writing. She has conducted research for several literary and historical anthologies.
Board of Directors
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Wanda Wilmore
Paula Armbruster
Michael A. Baker
Mary Carroll Linder
John Lyden, MD
Ann Bookman
Herbert Hadad
Donald Stever
Garfield Charles
Aubrey Moncrieffe
Alan C. Brown, MD
Jennifer Miller
Barbara Zand
S. Richard Baker
Literary Advisory Committee
Billy Collins
Denise Duhamel
Dana Gioia
Saskia Hamilton
Jeffrey Harrison
Bob Holman
Ilya Kaminsky
Fred Marchant
Cynthia Ozick
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
R.D. Rosen
Arthur Sze