2007 Festival Committees

Almost every aspect of the Festival of the Book is organized and generated by volunteer committees who work closely with Festival staff, generously contributing their time and energy to this annual celebration of books and reading.

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Adult Program Committee

Dawn Leigh Anderson
Paul Collinge
Susan Tyler Hitchcock
Karen Kevorkian
Katherine McNamara
Katherine Neville
Caroline Preston
Steven H. Rubin
Razel Solow
Bella Stander
Wayne D. Terwilliger
Tamyra Turner
Mike Zbailey
Grace Zisk

Advisory Committee

Jaime Avanti
Larry Banner
Josef Beery
Terry Belanger
Nancy E. Brockman
David E. Brown
Blake Caravati
Robert Chapel
Ayana Conway
Carolyn Cullen
Rhoda Dreyfus
Johanna R. Drucker
Chris Eure
Shelby Fischer
George P. Garrett
Michael Green
Bryan Hagen
Kendra Y. Hamilton
Proal Heartwell
Jo Ann Hofheimer
Timothy Hulbert
Katherine L. Imhoff
Allyson Johns
Sibley Johns
Maurice Jones
Penelope Kaiserlian
Jonathan A. Kates
Joan Kindig
Anna L. Lawson
Peppy Linden
Kevin Lynch
Lawrence McConnell
Kristin Moses
Lucinda Munger
Katherine Neville
Nancy K. O'Brien
Lydia W. Peale
Hoke Perkins
Elizabeth A. Powell
Meredith Richards
Bob Sack
George W. Sampson
James Scales
Mary Scott-Fleming
Mark Shore
Martha J. Sims
Tim Sinatra
Peter Skinner
Lisa Russ Spaar
Mildred Spicer
Leah Stoddard
Katie Strotman
Katherine C. Stroud
Mike Svetz
Sally Thomas
Peter Thompson
Carol R. Troxell
Jorgen Vik
Aubrey V. Watts
Anda L. Webb
Roger Williams

Business Breakfast Committee

Robin T. Amato
Larry Banner
Althea W. Brooks
Chris Engel
Debbie Fisher
Susan B. Friedman
Michael Gaffney
Sheryl B. Hayes
Hal Hurka
Amy Lambert
Iris Luck
Susan McGinnis
Judy Mueller
Matt Perry
Gary W. Taylor
Robert C. Vaughan III

Crime Wave Committee

Cordelia Biddle
Deborah J. Dillon
Willetta L. Heising
Tom Nolan
Andy B. Straka
Marcia Talley
Dave Taylor
Steve Zettler

Publishing Day Committee

Robert S. Friedman
Mayapriya Long
Brandy Savarese
Bella Stander
Susan R. Williamson

Steering Committee

Paul Collinge
William L. Frank
Marsha Van Benschoten Frick
Robert S. Friedman
John Halliday
Sheryl B. Hayes
Mary Jane King
Deborah Kovarsky
Evette Lamka
Judy Lesiak
Mayapriya Long
Lydia W. Peale
K K Pearson
Leah Puryear
Wayne D. Terwilliger
Tamyra Turner
Robert C. Vaughan III
Hilda Ward

Volunteer Committee

Sandy Anderson
John Campagnino
Catherine Campagnino
Janet Cheeseman
Tish Ritchie Eppink
Peg Gilliland
Debby Kovarsky
Evette Lamka
Maggie Maranto
Kim Martin
Wiley Martin
Elizabeth C. Millett
K K Pearson
Robert L. Reynolds
Sigrid Sweitzer

Youth & Family Committee

Timothy Carrier
Nancy G. Cook
Jamie Endahl
Peter Jones
Joan Kindig
Carolyn Lawlor
Judy Rood
Jean Osborne Wilhelm

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