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Headquarters Staff

	Sarah Baker \| Executive Director. Sarah Bakery is the Executive Managing director of the Society of Children's Volume Writers and Illustrators. She joined the SCBWI staff in 2011, and most recently held the position of Associate Executive Manager. Her career in children'southward book publishing began at Penguin Young Readers Grouping, where she designed children's books for six years. Sarah leads the SCBWI staff and works closely with the Board of Directors, the Advisory Council, and the official SCBWI volunteers. She graduated from Academy of California, Santa Barbara with a major in Studio Art and is a children's book illustrator and ceramicist. Her favorite role of working for SCBWI is seeing the customs flourish and the members thrive equally artistic creators.
	Tammy Chocolate-brown \| Director, Marketing and Communication Strategy. Tammy directs SCBWI's marketing and advertising to members, trade and consumer press, and the publishing industry too every bit cultivating member benefits, partnerships, and sponsorships for the organisation. Tammy is responsible for information assay for programs and promotions, the website, and member acquisition and retention. She has broad-ranging marketing and branding experience in publishing, media, entertainment, and engineering science while holding senior positions at corporations including The Walt Disney Company, Nickelodeon, Marvel, and Technicolor. Tammy too sits on the board of directors of the Los Angeles based nonprofit LA Commons, an arts and cultural organization, and is on the informational quango for the Academy of California, Riverside'southward pattern thinking program. Tammy holds a BA in communications from the City Academy of New York, Queens Higher, a certificate in Diverseness, Equity, and Inclusion management from the Academy of South Florida, Muma College of Business, and a certificate in Design Thinking from the University of California, Riverside.
	Kim Turrisi \| Director of Programming and Content. Kim is responsible for programming both National Conferences, digital workshop slates and special events. She's editor-in-chief of SCBWI'due south yearly publication, The Volume: An Essential Guide to Children's Publishing. Kim writes the monthly "Exclusive Interview" cavalcade in INSIGHT, showcasing editors and agents as well as compiling SCBWI success stories. developing relationships and maintaining relationships within the children's publishing community. Kim is a immature adult author. Her debut novelJust a Normal Tuesday, edited past Kate Egan for new YA imprint KCP Loft, debuted in 2017 followed past a novelization ofCarmilla at the same imprint. She also wrote and produced an award-winning web series. She earned a BA in Child Development from Florida State University and an MA in Interpersonal and Intercultural Communications from FSU.
	Brandon Clarke \| Logistics Coordinator. Brandon is in accuse of all membership packets and mailing. He likewise coordinates logistics for all the conferences and assists with social media for SCBWI.
	Sarah Diamond \| Senior Manager of Awards and Publications. Sarah oversees SCBWI'southward thirty-eight awards and grant programs, developing scholarships and grant opportunities for the kidlit customs. They too serve as editor of the Insight newsletter, and managing director of PRO Insider, among other publications. They maintain and contribute content to the SCBWI website. Sarah graduated from Emerson College in 2014 with a BFA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing, and has been published in LA Weekly.
	Chelsea Hall \| Administrative Banana. Chelsea answers emails via the ZenDesk aid center and is the first on the phone, ix a.1000.-5 p.m. (Pacific Time). She answers questions about Zoom, mail books to award judges, and make changes to the website content when needed. They worked at Chronicle Books prior to joining SCBWI.
	Laurie Miller \| Manager of Events and Special Projects. Laurie organizes SCBWI's national conferences and webinars. She is besides a writer-at-big for SCBW'southward publications, maintaining a cavalcade in Pro Insider and contributing regularly to INSIGHT. In addition, Laurie helms the organisation's benefits for members who self-publish. She is Editor-in Chief of theEssential Guild to Self-Publishing a Children'southward Volumeand the SCBWI liaison with the Alliance of Independent Authors. Laurie is also an editor of SCBWI'south new book,The Haunted States of America(Laura Godwin Books/Henry Holt).Laurie comes to the SCBWI family unit with a background in screenwriting, specially documentary films. She has written documentary scripts on everything from stolen inventions to reincarnation – topics that seem to find their way into her own writing.
	Avery Silverberg \| Social Media Manager. Avery curates content for all of SCBWI's social media platforms, including Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Day-to-day tasks include designing social graphics, and creating a posting schedule for our conferences. She is besides the producer of the SCBWI Podcast, where she schedules interview guests and oversees the creative direction of the show. She besides writes social media columns for SCBWI'due south publications such as Insight and ProInsider. Avery holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Chapman University and can be constitute talking almost YA romance tropes on Volume Tok and Bookstagram.
	Joshua Smith \| Director of Web Development, Database Manager. Josh oversees the entire production and operation of the company website and membership database. This includes analysis, both business organization and systems analysis, coding and implementation of new plugins and functionality, and updating existing plugins and the site theme. (All source code is managed using Git source command.) Josh also provides adhoc database extracts for everything from member lists with circuitous extract criteria, to detailed statistical analysis. He advises the SCBWI staff on all technical matters involving the website, payment system, majority e-mail system, data extracts, content management, and integration with third party systems. Josh manages the deject server, and the web and database servers. Josh likewise provides disquisitional technical advice to our over lxxx regional teams to assistance them manage events, use site functions, implement access to payment systems, and many other functions both big and pocket-size. Too, SCBWI works with a contractor for one-off projects, and Josh manages their projects and priority.
	Patricia Wiles \| Director of Regional Team Direction Patricia is the liaison and advocate for SCBWI's global network of Regional Teams (RTs), representing the needs and interests of RTs to headquarters. She is the headquarters bespeak of contact for all RTs and Regional Leadership. She manages data, communications, and connections amongst the RTs, the Regional Leadership Committee, and SCBWI staff. Areas of responsibility include only are not express to coordinating RT involvement at SCBWI's International Conferences; managing official region email accounts and communication groups; onboarding of new RTs and organizing training, educational, and networking opportunities for all RTs; and assisting U.S. RAs with financial duties such as honorarium reporting, year-end financial reports, and certificates of insurance. She also assists SCBWI staff with projects and programs that promote and strengthen the arrangement's mission.
	Lin Oliver \| Co-Founder. Lin is the co-founder of the Club of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and served as its Executive Director since its inception in 1971 until January of 2022. For almost of her SCBWI career, she was also an executive in the film and idiot box industry, serving as Executive Vice President of MCA Universal Studios for over 12 years. She is the writer and executive producer of over 300 episodes of family tv set, including Harry and the Hendersons, Wayside School, and Corduroy, besides as three characteristic films, including The Trumpet of the Swan. During her career as a writer and producer,Lin served every bit Executive Director of the SCBWI as a volunteer, spending nights and weekends, and vacations in the service of SCBWI while earning her living in filmed entertainment. In 2002,Lin expanded her writing career into authoring children's books, and since then, has published over 60 books for children from publishers such as Penguin Random House, Scholastic, and Abrams Books. Her first hit serial was the New York Times best-selling Hank Zipzer books, co-authored with Henry Winkler, about a child with learning differences. The Hank books take influenced a generation of readers, with sales exceeding five one thousand thousand copies and a BAFTA-winning telly serial from the BBC. Another of her New York Times acknowledged book series, Conflicting Superstar, also written with Henry Winkler, is currently in evolution every bit a television series. Although her trunk of work consists primarily of middle course one-act/run a risk novels such as Who Shrunk Daniel Funk and The Fantastic Frame, she is also the author of Little Poems for Tiny Ears, a poetry collection for very young children, illustrated by Tomie dePaola. Her piece of work has been recognized with The Christopher Award, the National Council of Teachers of English citation, and PEN International Special Award of Recognition, The Eric Carle Mentor Honor, numerous starred reviews, and Amazon'southward all-time books of the twelvemonth. During her tenure with SCBWI,Lin helped grow the organization from a handful of authors and artists to a global force of over 25,000 members and launched partnerships with leading literacy organizations such as Offset Volume, Nosotros Need Various Books, and The American Library Association. She has a BA in English from UC Berkley, a Masters in Educational Psychology from UCLA, and has completed course work for an EdD from UCLA. A prominent speaker and author near the importance of quality children's books, she is recognized as a leading phonation in advancing literacy, advocating for the freedom to read, and promoting children's literature.
	Steve Mooser \| President Emeritus, Co-founder. Stephen is the co-founder of the Guild of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, having begun the organisation with Lin Oliver in 1971. Every bit President, he is responsible for overseeing all the diplomacy of the arrangement: he creates and edits all its publications (print and digital), creates policy, manages the staff of ten, communicates with members and advises them on issues of publishing (both business concern and creative), is the liaison between the organization and the ACA, maintains relationships with other professional writers' organizations like The Author's Guild, and is the chief liaison with the group of over 120 regional advisors domestically and around the earth. He travels to regional conferences and delivers addresses on the land of children's publishing, being a recognized authority on the subject. He holds a Available'due south caste in pic and a Master's caste in journalism, both from UCLA, has published over 60 children's books, and is the recipient of The Eric Carle Mentor Award, The Southern California Children's Literature Council Dorothy McKenzie Award, and the Christopher Medal for The New York Kids Volume. He is a frequent speaker at domestic and international conferences on issues related to children's literature, and in detail the digital revolution and what it means for the future of children's books.

Lath of Directors

SCBWI is currently rebuilding our Board of Directors to be inclusive and proactive. The new iteration of the Board will provide accountability and guidance for SCBWI leadership. We will continue this page updated every bit we add members to the new Board, and we will announce our progress in Insight every bit well. If you have feedback about the members or construction of the SCBWI Lath of Directors, you tin email positivechange@scbwi.org.

Sarah Baker is the Executive Director of the Club of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She joined the SCBWI staff in 2011, and well-nigh recently held the position of Associate Executive Director. Her career in children'southward book publishing began at Penguin Young Readers Group, where she designed children'due south books for 6 years. Sarah leads the SCBWI staff and works closely with the Lath of Directors, the Informational Council, and the official SCBWI volunteers. She graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara with a major in Studio Fine art and is a children's book illustrator and ceramicist. Her favorite office of working for SCBWI is seeing the community flourish and the members thrive as artistic creators.

Netta Rabin is the Publisher and Creative Manager at Klutz, a sectionalization of Scholastic. Klutz has been making innovative books, toys, and arts and crafts kits that encourage creativity in children for over 40 years. Previously, she worked in children'due south book design at Penguin Group and Workman Publishing, where her work included editorial, fine art management, and production development. She has worked with greats such as Eric Carle, R.J. Palacio and Jordan Thing. She is indispensable on the Board for her knowledge of the current children's trade publishing field.

Regional Leadership

As a member of SCBWI yous are automatically a fellow member of your local region. The SCBWI has over lxxx regions effectually the world, each headed by volunteers. A Regional Advisor (RA) or ii co-RAs run each region, and larger regions may likewise have an Banana Regional Advisor (ARA), Illustrator Coordinator (IC) and an advisory committee. Regional leaders oversee all the regions.

	Tracy Barrett \| Regional Advisor Coordinator (USA). Tracy is the head coordinator of the regional advisors in the United States and serves on the SCBWI Advisory Quango. Tracy oversees all the regions within the United States. She was the Midsouth Regional Counselor for ten years. She is the author of numerous books for immature readers, including the award-winning biographical novel, Anna of Byzantium. Her most recent publications areMarabel and the Book of Fate,Freefall Summer, andThe Song of Orpheus: The Greatest Greek Myths Y'all Never Heard. She has been awarded the SCBWI Work-in-Progress Grant and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. She holds a B.A. with Honors in Classics from Brown University, and an Thou.A. and Ph.D. in Medieval Italian Literature from the Academy of California, Berkeley. She lives in Nashville, TN.
	Priscilla Burris \| Illustrator Programs Consultant/Portfolio Showcase Director Priscilla serves on the Advisory Quango and is a founding member of the Illustration Committee on the Council. She oversees, plans, and directs the Portfolio Showcases for our two major International Conferences. Having initiated the role of Illustrator Coordinator for the SCBWI, she now works with the U.s.a. IC and International IC, as a consultant and resources for all programming for our illustrator and author-illustrator membership. She is the author-illustrator of theSabrina Sue Prepare-To-Read series (Simon & Schuster),Hello School! moving-picture show book (Nancy Paulsen Books), and illustrator for theHeidiand Henry Heckelbeck chapter book series (Little Simon), and the picture volumeWhen Nana Dances, by Jane Yolen and Maddison Stemple-Piatt (Magination Press)
	Dana Carey \| International Illustrator Coordinator. Dana Carey is an author/illustrator. She has served SCBWI France equally Assistant Regional Advisor organizing writer/illustrator retreats, regional conferences, workshops, and webinars. She earned a degree in Fine Arts and Graphic Pattern and afterwards, a education document. Now she teaches English to adults and university students. Between classes, Dana dedicates as much time equally possible to writing and illustrating. She also writes reader reports for international acquisitions for French publishers. Dana interviews illustrators for a monthly blogpost chosen The Postcard Post for the Sub It Gild, a support group for authors and illustrators. Based on a flick book dummy submission, she was accepted by the Rutgers University Council on Children'southward Literature for attendance at the 1-on-One-Plus Conference in 2015.
	TeMika Grooms \| U.S. Illustrator Coordinator TeMika Grooms currently serves as the U. South. Illustrator Coordinator with a goal of supporting regional Illustrator Coordinators as they develop programs for their local members. She has volunteered for many roles within SCBWI, including the Southern Breeze Region Illustrator Coordinator, where she created opportunities for educational activity and community appointment amidst SCBWI members. TeMika earned a BS in Ceremonious Engineering science from Georgia Tech and has adult an art career out of her passion for creating art and sharing stories. She enjoys supporting artists every bit they develop solid business practices for their creative work. Her most contempo publication includesRelieve the Crash-test Dummies by Jennifer Swanson. She was selected as an Illustration Mentee in the 2021 We Need Diverse Books Plan and a member of the 2021 cohort for the Highlights Foundation and The Brown Bookshelf Dilate Black Stories plan. Larn more about her work at www.TeMikaTheArtist.com.
	Ugo Anidi \| Banana International Advisor Ugo serves as the Banana International Counselor – Administrative. She is besides the Regional Advisor for the Nigerian Chapter of SCBWI. She writes picture show books, early chapter books and middle grade with a Nigerian flavour. She reviews books on her blog at www.ugoanidi.com where she too teaches a magical grade on writing for children. She is an MFA candidate at the Writing for Children and Young Adults Program of the Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA). In her 'other' life, she is a lecturer in police force at the University of Nigeria and she plays a mean game of scrabble. She shares her home in Lagos, Nigeria with her married man, three sons, over 500 books and the characters in her head. She is the author of iii film books.
	Elisabeth Norton \| Banana International Advisor Elisabeth assists the International Regional Advisor Coordinator, Melanie Rook-Welfing, in providing support for the international regions of SCBWI. In improver, she acts equally Regional Advisor for the International Central Region, a virtual region comprised of members of SCBWI living outside the US in countries with no agile local affiliate. Elisabeth teaches English language as a foreign language and has written picture books, scripts and curriculum for English Linguistic communication Learners. In addition, her poems for young readers have been included in multiple anthologies. She is a reporter for the Cynsations website, with a focus on the international aspects of children's publishing.
	Avery Fischer Udagawa \| Translator Coordinator A translator from Japanese, Avery Fischer Udagawa moderates the SCBWI Translation listserv, maintains the page Translation in SCBWI [translation.scbwi.org] and otherwise connects translators of children's books within and with the SCBWI customs. She serves as Translator Coordinator for SCBWI Japan, where she coordinates a translation group blog and biennial Translation Days, featuring main translators and editors. Her reviews of children's books in translation appeared throughout the countdown year of the #WorldKidLit Wednesday cavalcade, Global Literature in Libraries Initiative. She advocates for translator rights, grant funding, and #NameTheTranslator. She holds a BA in English and Asian Studies from St. Olaf Higher and an MA in Advanced Japanese Studies from the University of Sheffield. Her translations include the center grade historical novel J-Boys: Kazuo'south Globe, Tokyo, 1965 by Shogo Oketani and the centre grade fantasy Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba.
	Mina Witteman \| International Published Authors' Coordinator Mina Witteman is a published author with books out in the Netherlands and Colombia. To hone her storytelling and writing craft, Mina attended the 4-year course Writing for Children at the Amsterdam University of Practical Sciences. She completed the Main program Book Editing at the University of Amsterdam. She is an accredited teacher of Artistic Writing, trained at the Amsterdam Academy of Practical Sciences. Dividing her time between Amsterdam and all the good writing spots in the world, she writes in Dutch and English, moonlights as a freelance editor, translator, and ghostwriter. She teaches creative writing to children and adults and she coaches aspiring and accomplished writers. Previously, she was the Regional Advisor for kingdom of the netherlands and Chairman of the Working Group Children'south Books of the Dutch Authors Guild.
	Melanie Rook Welfing \| International Regional Advisor Coordinator Melanie serves as the International Regional Counselor Coordinator for SCBWI. Before that, she was the Regional Counselor for Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) for five years. She writes early readers, affiliate books, and graphic novels. In addition, she writes ESL curriculum, including picture books and video scripts, for an educational publisher. Her stories have also appeared in many children's magazines, including Highlights and Highlights How-do-you-do.
	Christopher Cheng \| International Awards and Publications Coordinator. Christopher serves on, and is co-chair of the International Informational Council for the SCBWI. He created and coordinates the Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards and is coordinator for the SCBWI presence and associated events at the Bologna Children'south Volume Fair. In 2010 he was named SCBWI member of the twelvemonth. Prior to this appointment Chris was Assistant Regional Advisor and then Co-Regional Counselor for the Commonwealth of australia and New Zealand regions. His many children'south fiction and nonfiction titles include the shortlisted picture volume Python and the award winning picture volume Sounds Chilling. He is a keynote speaker and workshop presenter at conferences, festivals, and schools around the world, speaking about his books, the arts and crafts of writing, and writing for children. A former primary school instructor, Christopher holds an MA in Children's Literature, was awarded the Lady Cutler Honor for Services to Children'southward Literature, and was Administrator for the Australian Authorities'south National Literacy and Numeracy Week program. He is also an ambassador for the National Centre for Australian Children's Literature.

Final updated: February 2022.

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	Sarah Baker \| Executive Director. Sarah Bakery is the Executive Managing director of the Society of Children's Volume Writers and Illustrators. She joined the SCBWI staff in 2011, and most recently held the position of Associate Executive Manager. Her career in children'southward book publishing began at Penguin Young Readers Grouping, where she designed children's books for six years. Sarah leads the SCBWI staff and works closely with the Board of Directors, the Advisory Council, and the official SCBWI volunteers. She graduated from Academy of California, Santa Barbara with a major in Studio Art and is a children's book illustrator and ceramicist. Her favorite role of working for SCBWI is seeing the customs flourish and the members thrive equally artistic creators.
	Tammy Chocolate-brown \| Director, Marketing and Communication Strategy. Tammy directs SCBWI's marketing and advertising to members, trade and consumer press, and the publishing industry too every bit cultivating member benefits, partnerships, and sponsorships for the organisation. Tammy is responsible for information assay for programs and promotions, the website, and member acquisition and retention. She has broad-ranging marketing and branding experience in publishing, media, entertainment, and engineering science while holding senior positions at corporations including The Walt Disney Company, Nickelodeon, Marvel, and Technicolor. Tammy too sits on the board of directors of the Los Angeles based nonprofit LA Commons, an arts and cultural organization, and is on the informational quango for the Academy of California, Riverside'southward pattern thinking program. Tammy holds a BA in communications from the City Academy of New York, Queens Higher, a certificate in Diverseness, Equity, and Inclusion management from the Academy of South Florida, Muma College of Business, and a certificate in Design Thinking from the University of California, Riverside.
	Kim Turrisi \| Director of Programming and Content. Kim is responsible for programming both National Conferences, digital workshop slates and special events. She's editor-in-chief of SCBWI'due south yearly publication, The Volume: An Essential Guide to Children's Publishing. Kim writes the monthly "Exclusive Interview" cavalcade in INSIGHT, showcasing editors and agents as well as compiling SCBWI success stories. developing relationships and maintaining relationships within the children's publishing community. Kim is a immature adult author. Her debut novelJust a Normal Tuesday, edited past Kate Egan for new YA imprint KCP Loft, debuted in 2017 followed past a novelization ofCarmilla at the same imprint. She also wrote and produced an award-winning web series. She earned a BA in Child Development from Florida State University and an MA in Interpersonal and Intercultural Communications from FSU.
	Brandon Clarke \| Logistics Coordinator. Brandon is in accuse of all membership packets and mailing. He likewise coordinates logistics for all the conferences and assists with social media for SCBWI.
	Sarah Diamond \| Senior Manager of Awards and Publications. Sarah oversees SCBWI'southward thirty-eight awards and grant programs, developing scholarships and grant opportunities for the kidlit customs. They too serve as editor of the Insight newsletter, and managing director of PRO Insider, among other publications. They maintain and contribute content to the SCBWI website. Sarah graduated from Emerson College in 2014 with a BFA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing, and has been published in LA Weekly.
	Chelsea Hall \| Administrative Banana. Chelsea answers emails via the ZenDesk aid center and is the first on the phone, ix a.1000.-5 p.m. (Pacific Time). She answers questions about Zoom, mail books to award judges, and make changes to the website content when needed. They worked at Chronicle Books prior to joining SCBWI.
	Laurie Miller \| Manager of Events and Special Projects. Laurie organizes SCBWI's national conferences and webinars. She is besides a writer-at-big for SCBW'southward publications, maintaining a cavalcade in Pro Insider and contributing regularly to INSIGHT. In addition, Laurie helms the organisation's benefits for members who self-publish. She is Editor-in Chief of theEssential Guild to Self-Publishing a Children'southward Volumeand the SCBWI liaison with the Alliance of Independent Authors. Laurie is also an editor of SCBWI'south new book,The Haunted States of America(Laura Godwin Books/Henry Holt).Laurie comes to the SCBWI family unit with a background in screenwriting, specially documentary films. She has written documentary scripts on everything from stolen inventions to reincarnation – topics that seem to find their way into her own writing.
	Avery Silverberg \| Social Media Manager. Avery curates content for all of SCBWI's social media platforms, including Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Day-to-day tasks include designing social graphics, and creating a posting schedule for our conferences. She is besides the producer of the SCBWI Podcast, where she schedules interview guests and oversees the creative direction of the show. She besides writes social media columns for SCBWI'due south publications such as Insight and ProInsider. Avery holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Chapman University and can be constitute talking almost YA romance tropes on Volume Tok and Bookstagram.
	Joshua Smith \| Director of Web Development, Database Manager. Josh oversees the entire production and operation of the company website and membership database. This includes analysis, both business organization and systems analysis, coding and implementation of new plugins and functionality, and updating existing plugins and the site theme. (All source code is managed using Git source command.) Josh also provides adhoc database extracts for everything from member lists with circuitous extract criteria, to detailed statistical analysis. He advises the SCBWI staff on all technical matters involving the website, payment system, majority e-mail system, data extracts, content management, and integration with third party systems. Josh manages the deject server, and the web and database servers. Josh likewise provides disquisitional technical advice to our over lxxx regional teams to assistance them manage events, use site functions, implement access to payment systems, and many other functions both big and pocket-size. Too, SCBWI works with a contractor for one-off projects, and Josh manages their projects and priority.
	Patricia Wiles \| Director of Regional Team Direction Patricia is the liaison and advocate for SCBWI's global network of Regional Teams (RTs), representing the needs and interests of RTs to headquarters. She is the headquarters bespeak of contact for all RTs and Regional Leadership. She manages data, communications, and connections amongst the RTs, the Regional Leadership Committee, and SCBWI staff. Areas of responsibility include only are not express to coordinating RT involvement at SCBWI's International Conferences; managing official region email accounts and communication groups; onboarding of new RTs and organizing training, educational, and networking opportunities for all RTs; and assisting U.S. RAs with financial duties such as honorarium reporting, year-end financial reports, and certificates of insurance. She also assists SCBWI staff with projects and programs that promote and strengthen the arrangement's mission.
	Lin Oliver \| Co-Founder. Lin is the co-founder of the Club of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and served as its Executive Director since its inception in 1971 until January of 2022. For almost of her SCBWI career, she was also an executive in the film and idiot box industry, serving as Executive Vice President of MCA Universal Studios for over 12 years. She is the writer and executive producer of over 300 episodes of family tv set, including Harry and the Hendersons, Wayside School, and Corduroy, besides as three characteristic films, including The Trumpet of the Swan. During her career as a writer and producer,Lin served every bit Executive Director of the SCBWI as a volunteer, spending nights and weekends, and vacations in the service of SCBWI while earning her living in filmed entertainment. In 2002,Lin expanded her writing career into authoring children's books, and since then, has published over 60 books for children from publishers such as Penguin Random House, Scholastic, and Abrams Books. Her first hit serial was the New York Times best-selling Hank Zipzer books, co-authored with Henry Winkler, about a child with learning differences. The Hank books take influenced a generation of readers, with sales exceeding five one thousand thousand copies and a BAFTA-winning telly serial from the BBC. Another of her New York Times acknowledged book series, Conflicting Superstar, also written with Henry Winkler, is currently in evolution every bit a television series. Although her trunk of work consists primarily of middle course one-act/run a risk novels such as Who Shrunk Daniel Funk and The Fantastic Frame, she is also the author of Little Poems for Tiny Ears, a poetry collection for very young children, illustrated by Tomie dePaola. Her piece of work has been recognized with The Christopher Award, the National Council of Teachers of English citation, and PEN International Special Award of Recognition, The Eric Carle Mentor Honor, numerous starred reviews, and Amazon'southward all-time books of the twelvemonth. During her tenure with SCBWI,Lin helped grow the organization from a handful of authors and artists to a global force of over 25,000 members and launched partnerships with leading literacy organizations such as Offset Volume, Nosotros Need Various Books, and The American Library Association. She has a BA in English from UC Berkley, a Masters in Educational Psychology from UCLA, and has completed course work for an EdD from UCLA. A prominent speaker and author near the importance of quality children's books, she is recognized as a leading phonation in advancing literacy, advocating for the freedom to read, and promoting children's literature.
	Steve Mooser \| President Emeritus, Co-founder. Stephen is the co-founder of the Guild of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, having begun the organisation with Lin Oliver in 1971. Every bit President, he is responsible for overseeing all the diplomacy of the arrangement: he creates and edits all its publications (print and digital), creates policy, manages the staff of ten, communicates with members and advises them on issues of publishing (both business concern and creative), is the liaison between the organization and the ACA, maintains relationships with other professional writers' organizations like The Author's Guild, and is the chief liaison with the group of over 120 regional advisors domestically and around the earth. He travels to regional conferences and delivers addresses on the land of children's publishing, being a recognized authority on the subject. He holds a Available'due south caste in pic and a Master's caste in journalism, both from UCLA, has published over 60 children's books, and is the recipient of The Eric Carle Mentor Award, The Southern California Children's Literature Council Dorothy McKenzie Award, and the Christopher Medal for The New York Kids Volume. He is a frequent speaker at domestic and international conferences on issues related to children's literature, and in detail the digital revolution and what it means for the future of children's books.

	Tracy Barrett \| Regional Advisor Coordinator (USA). Tracy is the head coordinator of the regional advisors in the United States and serves on the SCBWI Advisory Quango. Tracy oversees all the regions within the United States. She was the Midsouth Regional Counselor for ten years. She is the author of numerous books for immature readers, including the award-winning biographical novel, Anna of Byzantium. Her most recent publications areMarabel and the Book of Fate,Freefall Summer, andThe Song of Orpheus: The Greatest Greek Myths Y'all Never Heard. She has been awarded the SCBWI Work-in-Progress Grant and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. She holds a B.A. with Honors in Classics from Brown University, and an Thou.A. and Ph.D. in Medieval Italian Literature from the Academy of California, Berkeley. She lives in Nashville, TN.
	Priscilla Burris \| Illustrator Programs Consultant/Portfolio Showcase Director Priscilla serves on the Advisory Quango and is a founding member of the Illustration Committee on the Council. She oversees, plans, and directs the Portfolio Showcases for our two major International Conferences. Having initiated the role of Illustrator Coordinator for the SCBWI, she now works with the U.s.a. IC and International IC, as a consultant and resources for all programming for our illustrator and author-illustrator membership. She is the author-illustrator of theSabrina Sue Prepare-To-Read series (Simon & Schuster),Hello School! moving-picture show book (Nancy Paulsen Books), and illustrator for theHeidiand Henry Heckelbeck chapter book series (Little Simon), and the picture volumeWhen Nana Dances, by Jane Yolen and Maddison Stemple-Piatt (Magination Press)
	Dana Carey \| International Illustrator Coordinator. Dana Carey is an author/illustrator. She has served SCBWI France equally Assistant Regional Advisor organizing writer/illustrator retreats, regional conferences, workshops, and webinars. She earned a degree in Fine Arts and Graphic Pattern and afterwards, a education document. Now she teaches English to adults and university students. Between classes, Dana dedicates as much time equally possible to writing and illustrating. She also writes reader reports for international acquisitions for French publishers. Dana interviews illustrators for a monthly blogpost chosen The Postcard Post for the Sub It Gild, a support group for authors and illustrators. Based on a flick book dummy submission, she was accepted by the Rutgers University Council on Children'southward Literature for attendance at the 1-on-One-Plus Conference in 2015.
	TeMika Grooms \| U.S. Illustrator Coordinator TeMika Grooms currently serves as the U. South. Illustrator Coordinator with a goal of supporting regional Illustrator Coordinators as they develop programs for their local members. She has volunteered for many roles within SCBWI, including the Southern Breeze Region Illustrator Coordinator, where she created opportunities for educational activity and community appointment amidst SCBWI members. TeMika earned a BS in Ceremonious Engineering science from Georgia Tech and has adult an art career out of her passion for creating art and sharing stories. She enjoys supporting artists every bit they develop solid business practices for their creative work. Her most contempo publication includesRelieve the Crash-test Dummies by Jennifer Swanson. She was selected as an Illustration Mentee in the 2021 We Need Diverse Books Plan and a member of the 2021 cohort for the Highlights Foundation and The Brown Bookshelf Dilate Black Stories plan. Larn more about her work at www.TeMikaTheArtist.com.
	Ugo Anidi \| Banana International Advisor Ugo serves as the Banana International Counselor – Administrative. She is besides the Regional Advisor for the Nigerian Chapter of SCBWI. She writes picture show books, early chapter books and middle grade with a Nigerian flavour. She reviews books on her blog at www.ugoanidi.com where she too teaches a magical grade on writing for children. She is an MFA candidate at the Writing for Children and Young Adults Program of the Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA). In her 'other' life, she is a lecturer in police force at the University of Nigeria and she plays a mean game of scrabble. She shares her home in Lagos, Nigeria with her married man, three sons, over 500 books and the characters in her head. She is the author of iii film books.
	Elisabeth Norton \| Banana International Advisor Elisabeth assists the International Regional Advisor Coordinator, Melanie Rook-Welfing, in providing support for the international regions of SCBWI. In improver, she acts equally Regional Advisor for the International Central Region, a virtual region comprised of members of SCBWI living outside the US in countries with no agile local affiliate. Elisabeth teaches English language as a foreign language and has written picture books, scripts and curriculum for English Linguistic communication Learners. In addition, her poems for young readers have been included in multiple anthologies. She is a reporter for the Cynsations website, with a focus on the international aspects of children's publishing.
	Avery Fischer Udagawa \| Translator Coordinator A translator from Japanese, Avery Fischer Udagawa moderates the SCBWI Translation listserv, maintains the page Translation in SCBWI [translation.scbwi.org] and otherwise connects translators of children's books within and with the SCBWI customs. She serves as Translator Coordinator for SCBWI Japan, where she coordinates a translation group blog and biennial Translation Days, featuring main translators and editors. Her reviews of children's books in translation appeared throughout the countdown year of the #WorldKidLit Wednesday cavalcade, Global Literature in Libraries Initiative. She advocates for translator rights, grant funding, and #NameTheTranslator. She holds a BA in English and Asian Studies from St. Olaf Higher and an MA in Advanced Japanese Studies from the University of Sheffield. Her translations include the center grade historical novel J-Boys: Kazuo'south Globe, Tokyo, 1965 by Shogo Oketani and the centre grade fantasy Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba.
	Mina Witteman \| International Published Authors' Coordinator Mina Witteman is a published author with books out in the Netherlands and Colombia. To hone her storytelling and writing craft, Mina attended the 4-year course Writing for Children at the Amsterdam University of Practical Sciences. She completed the Main program Book Editing at the University of Amsterdam. She is an accredited teacher of Artistic Writing, trained at the Amsterdam Academy of Practical Sciences. Dividing her time between Amsterdam and all the good writing spots in the world, she writes in Dutch and English, moonlights as a freelance editor, translator, and ghostwriter. She teaches creative writing to children and adults and she coaches aspiring and accomplished writers. Previously, she was the Regional Advisor for kingdom of the netherlands and Chairman of the Working Group Children'south Books of the Dutch Authors Guild.
	Melanie Rook Welfing \| International Regional Advisor Coordinator Melanie serves as the International Regional Counselor Coordinator for SCBWI. Before that, she was the Regional Counselor for Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) for five years. She writes early readers, affiliate books, and graphic novels. In addition, she writes ESL curriculum, including picture books and video scripts, for an educational publisher. Her stories have also appeared in many children's magazines, including Highlights and Highlights How-do-you-do.
	Christopher Cheng \| International Awards and Publications Coordinator. Christopher serves on, and is co-chair of the International Informational Council for the SCBWI. He created and coordinates the Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards and is coordinator for the SCBWI presence and associated events at the Bologna Children'south Volume Fair. In 2010 he was named SCBWI member of the twelvemonth. Prior to this appointment Chris was Assistant Regional Advisor and then Co-Regional Counselor for the Commonwealth of australia and New Zealand regions. His many children'south fiction and nonfiction titles include the shortlisted picture volume Python and the award winning picture volume Sounds Chilling. He is a keynote speaker and workshop presenter at conferences, festivals, and schools around the world, speaking about his books, the arts and crafts of writing, and writing for children. A former primary school instructor, Christopher holds an MA in Children's Literature, was awarded the Lady Cutler Honor for Services to Children'southward Literature, and was Administrator for the Australian Authorities'south National Literacy and Numeracy Week program. He is also an ambassador for the National Centre for Australian Children's Literature.

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