Who We Are
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