Board of Directors

Raneé Clark

Chair

Serves one year, conducting monthly board meetings and directing Storymakers Author Guild (voted in by the board).

Tifani Clark

Chair-Elect/Guild Committee Chair

Serves one year, assisting the chair, and then a second year taking over as the chair (voted in by the board).

Heidi O’Barr

Secretary

Serves one year, with the option of extending to two years, taking minutes of monthly board meetings, making and posting agendas, and recording the history of the group (elected).

Jessica Thompson

Finance Chair

Serves two years, overseeing and coordinating all the organization’s financial matters (appointed by the board).

Julie Whipple

Whitney Awards Chair

Appointed by the board after recommendation by the previous awards president. Must have already served on the Whitney Awards committee in the past. Serves one to two years, overseeing and coordinating the entire Whitney Awards program, including their finances and planning and executing the Whitney Awards Gala. (Special Note: The Whitney Awards President and the members of the Whitney Awards Committee are ineligible to win a Whitney Award for the year/s they serve.)

Janet Sumner Johnson

Membership Chair

Serves one year, with the option of extending to two years, overseeing Membership, including determining eligibility, inviting and/or adding new members to the group, verifying payments and dues, and maintaining a current membership list (appointed by the board).

Emily Inouye Huey

Conference Chair

Serves one year, coordinating all aspects of the annual Storymakers Conference with the help of a committee (appointed by the board).

Tiana Smith

Conference Co-Chair

Serves one year, coordinating all aspects of the annual Storymakers Conference with the help of a committee (appointed by the board).

T.J. Bronley

Conference Finance

Serves two years, overseeing and coordinating all the conference financial matters (appointed by the board).

Kaylee Baldwin

Communications Chair

Serves one year, with the option of extending to two years, overseeing the website and any other online presence, as well as coordinating media publicity efforts and community outreach efforts (appointed by the board).

Marla Buttars

SMIAH Conference Chair

Appointed by the board as the representative for the Storymakers Indie Author Hub Conference. Serves one year.

Gregg Luke

At Large Representative

Serves one year, reaching out to members of the community (elected by the guild members).