Coordinators:
Lisa Hager, UW-Waukesha Faculty
Dean Kowalski, UW-Waukesha Faculty
Chair:
Laraine O’Brien, UW-Waukesha Foundation
Advisory Council:
Andrea Bryant, Waukesha Philanthropist
Kathie Giorgio, Allwriters’ Workplace & Workshop program Director & Author
Ellen Langill, History Professor and Author
Grant Lynch, Waukesha Public Library Director
Connie Meyer,Waukesha County Federated Library System
Harry Muir, UW-Waukesha Campus Dean
Amanda Payne, Waukesha County Business Alliance
Sue Reihl, Carroll University Librarian
Deb Running, Executive Director, Literacy Council of Greater Waukesha
Dan Vrakas, Waukesha County Executive
Executive Committee:
Laraine O’Brien, Festival Chair, Sponsorship and Marketing Communications Chair
Dean Kowalski, UW-Waukesha Faculty, Program Coordinator and Program Chair
Lisa Hager, UW-Waukesha Faculty and Festival Coordinator
Norm Bruce, Martha Merrell’s Bookstore Owner
Steven Decker, UW-Waukesha Faculty
Laurie Freund, Waukesha County Federated Library System
Bonnie Birk and Judy Roller, Community Networking Co-Chairs
Faye Flesia, Volunteers Chair
Carol Dolphin, UW-Waukesha Foundation
Jeri Sass, UW-Waukesha Foundation
Craig Hurst, Music, UW-Waukesha Faculty
Program Committee:
Dean Kowalski, Chair
Bonnie Birk
Norm Bruce
Kathie Giorgio
Karol Kennedy, Deputy Director Waukesha Public Library
John Klima, Associate Director, Waukesha Public Library
Larry Nelson, Waukesha County Board of Supervisors
Laraine O’Brien
Judy Roller
Margaret Rozga, UW-Waukesha Faculty Emerita
Duane Stein
Marketing and Communications Committee:
Laraine O’Brien, Chair
Bonnie Birk
Norm Bruce
Carol Dolphin
Laurie Freund
Todd Goldsberry
Shaun Manning
Larry Nelson
Judy Roller
Mary Wunderlich
Sponsorship Committee:
Laraine O’Brien, Chair
Lillian Boese
Dave Schultz
Jeri Sass
Volunteer Committee:
Faye Flesia, Chair
Exhibits and Authors Marketplace Co-Chairs:
Kathleen Folbrecht,UW-Waukesha
Amanda Mueller, UW-Waukesha
Site Planning & Logistics:
Jeff Smerz
David Weber
Finance:
Marilyn Lindemeyer, Lindemeyer and Associates,
UW-Waukesha, Foundation Board
Authors and Presenters Reception Co-Chairs:
Marilyn Lindemeyer
Nancy Rice
Century Fence Student Essay Contest Judging Committee:
Janis Trebby,Chair
David Hackbarth
Larry Nelson
Margaret Rozga
Scott Silet
Denise Spleas
Student Awards Program:
Deb Running, Executive Director Literacy Council of Greater Waukesha
Hospitality:
Tammy Tritz, Executive Director, Waukesha and Pewaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau
Debra Sturdevant