Board of Directors

• Dr Malcolm E O’Hagan, Chairman
  President, New Hampshire Inc. Real Estate Holdings
• Werner Hein, Vice Chairman
  Senior Counsel, Mayer Brown
• Jay Hammer, Treasurer
  President and CEO, Theralogix
• Lynne Pace Robinson, Secretary
  Arts Community Leader
• J.D. Bindenagel, Vice President for Community, Government and International Affairs, DePaul University
• John Estey, President & CEO, S&C Electric Company
• Jerre Stead, CEO and Chairman, IHS Inc
• Terry Stewart, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
• Helen Sullivan, APR, Fellow PRSA, President, InHouse Communications, LLC

Executive Planning Team

• Dr Malcolm E O’Hagan, Chairman
  President, New Hampshire Inc. Real Estate Holdings
• Werner Hein, Vice Chairman
  Senior Counsel, Mayer Brown
• Jay Hammer, Treasurer
  President and CEO, Theralogix
• Lynne Pace Robinson, Secretary
  Arts Community Leader
• Andrew Anway, President, Amaze Design
• Dr John Y Cole, Director, Center for the Book, Library of Congress, Washington DC
• Regis Delmontagne, President, Delmontagne & Company, LLC
• Janet Hulstrand, Principal, Winged Words Editorial Services
• Lucius Kahng, Manager Information Systems, National Electrical Manufacturers Association
• Dr Patrick O’Hagan, Partner, Bain & Company
• Jim Rutledge, Media Consultant
• Terry Stewart, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
• Helen Sullivan, APR, Fellow PRSA, President, InHouse Communications, LLC

National Advisory Council

• Marie Arana, Writer at Large, The Washington Post
• Nick Basbanes, Award Winning Writer, Contributor, Fine Books & Collections magazine
• Patrick Coleman, Acquisitions Librarian, Minnesota Historical Society
• Dan De Simone, Curator, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection of The Library of Congress
• Ellen Dunlap, President, American Antiquarian Society
• David Fenza, Executive Director, Association of Writers and Writing Programs
• Elliot Figman, Executive Director, Poets and Writers Foundation
• Dr Ed Folsom, Roy J. Carver Professor of English, The University of Iowa
• Dr Reginald Gibbons, Professor, Northwestern University
• David Haglund, Managing Editor, PEN America
• Eric Holzenberg, Director, The Grolier Club
• David Kipen, Former Literature Director, National Endowment for the Arts
• Dr Jeffrey Lependorf, Executive Director, Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
• Alice Quinn, Director , Poetry Society of America
• Max Rudin, Publisher, Library of America
• Dr. Werner Sollors, Professor, Harvard University
• Dr Tom Staley, Director , Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas Austin
• Dr Victoria Steele, Director of Collections Strategy, New York Public Library
• Dr Robert Stepto, Professor of African American Studies, English and American Studies, Yale University
• Tree Swenson, President, Academy of American Poets
• Noreen Tomassi, Executive Director, The Center for Fiction
• Steve Wasserman, Director, Kneerim & William

Chicago Literary Advisory Council

• Rosellen Brown, Professor, Art Institute of Chicago
• Danielle Chapman, Director, City of Chicago's Publishing Industry Programs
• Dr. Kimberly Dixon, Executive Director, Guild Literary Complex
• Stuart Dybek, Distinguished Writer in Residence, Northwestern University
• Donald G. Evans, Executive Director, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
• Lisa Naparstek Green, Attorney, Cultural Consultant
• Daniel Greene, Vice President for Research and Academic Programs, Newberry Library
• Dr. Robert Gundlach, Professor, Northwestern University
• Ronne Hartfield, International Museum Consultant
• Quraysh Ali Lansana, Associate Professor, Chicago State University
• Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti, Founder and Publisher, Third World Press
• Nami Mun, Assistant Professor
• Dr. Elise Paschen, Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Dr. Alice Schreyer, Assistant Director, University of Chicago Library
• Donna Seaman, Senior Editor, Booklist
• Kevin Stein, Poet and Literary Critic
• Stephen Young, Program Director, Poetry Foundation