The devotion of these volunteers who work year-round and those that help on the days of the Festival makes it happen!
Festival Executive Committee Co-Chairs: Lillian Boese, retired UW-Waukesha Foundation Executive Director, and Timothy Thering, Associate Professor, and Campus Liaison
Executive Committee: Lisa Baudoin, Books & Company Owner, Festival Bookstore; Simon Bronner, Dean; Kathie Giorgio, Program Chair; Janis Trebby, Student Writing Contests Chair; Melisa Matz, UWM-Waukesha Foundation Board Representative; Laraine O’Brien, UWM-Waukesha Foundation Emeritus Board and Founder of Festival, Sponsorships, Marketing & Communications; Debra Running, UWM-Waukesha Foundation Executive Director; Mary Wunderlich, Marketing & Communications Chair; Kay Maas, MC Services, Marketing & Communications; Missy Creevy, Don Taylor Writers Marketplace and Exhibits Chair; Sally Hanson, Ann Knabe and Kathi Richfield, Volunteers Co-Chairs; Kristian Erik Zenz, UWM Student Representative
Program Chair: Kathie Giorgio, Director, AllWriters’ Workplace & Workshop LLC, novelist and poet
Program Committee: Jim Landwehr, author; Ellyn Lem, author and English professor, UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha Faculty; Kay Maas MS, RD, CD, Consulting Clinical Dietician; Larry Nelson, Waukesha County Board of Supervisors, Friends of Waukesha Public Library Board; Laraine O’Brien, UWM-Waukesha Foundation Emeritus Board and Founder of Festival, Sponsorships, Marketing & Communications; Susan Otto, Waukesha School District; Margaret Rozga, UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha Faculty Emerita; Debra Running, UWM-Waukesha Foundation Executive Director; Timothy Thering, UWM-Waukesha Associate Professor and Campus Liaison
Community Advisory Council: Lillian Boese, Festival Co-Chair and Former UW-Waukesha Foundation Executive Director; Andrea Bryant, Waukesha Philanthropist; Gayla Evers, City of Waukesha Recreation Programmer; Bruce Gay, Waukesha Public Library Director; Kori Hall, Waukesha Reads Program Director, Waukesha Public Library; Karol Kennedy, Director, Bridges Library System; Larry Nelson, Waukesha County Board of Supervisors, Friends of the Waukesha Public Library Board; Laraine O’Brien, UWM-Waukesha Foundation Emeritus Board and Founder of Festival; Amanda Payne, Waukesha County Business Alliance; Emily Reddy, Waukesha School District, Literacy Specialist; Debra Running, UWM-Waukesha Foundation Executive Director; Scott Silet, UWM-Waukesha Library Director; Duane Stein, Short Story Writing Contest; Anne Styza, Waukesha Philanthropist and writer; Timothy Thering, Festival Co-Chair and UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha Faculty; Holly Wehrhahn, UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha Continuing Education
Marketing & Communications Chair: Mary Wunderlich
Marketing & Communications Committee: Kathie Giorgio, Kay Maas, Kate Neudecker, Laraine O’Brien, Steve Wunderlich
Sponsorship Committee Chair: Lillian Boese
Sponsorships Committee: Kay Maas, Laraine O’Brien, Deb Running, Mary Wunderlich
Don Taylor Authors Marketplace & Exhibits Chair: Missy Creevy
Website: MC Services, Pewaukee: Duane Maas, Tim Neudecker, Shanta Harris
Student Writing Contests Chair: Janis Trebby
Century Fence Student Writing Contests Committee: Chair: Janis Trebby; Judging Chair: Sharon Wood; Administrative Support: Kristian Erik Zenz
Duane Stein Short Story Writing Contest Chair: Duane Stein
Site Planning & Logistics: Kristi Larson, Building and Grounds Supervisor, UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha
Administrative Support: Michael Giorgio, AllWriters’ Workplace & Workshop LLC