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Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

The PEN America Board of Trustees provide leadership, oversight and visioning for the 100+ year-old organization.

Executive Committee

Jennifer Finney Boylan

President, PEN America Board of Trustees
Tracy Higgins

Executive Vice President, PEN America Board of Trustees
Markus Dohle

Treasurer, PEN America Board of Trustees
Marie Arana

Vice President, PEN America Trustee
Dinaw Mengestu

Vice President, PEN America Board of Trustees
Marvin S. Putnam

Vice President, PEN America Board of Trustees
Peter Barbey

Executive Committee Member, PEN America Board of Trustees
Patricia Fili-Krushel

Executive Committee Member, PEN America Board of Trustees
Michael Pietsch

Executive Committee Member, PEN America Board of Trustees

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Ayad Akhtar
Luis Alberto Urrea
John Chao
Roxanne Donovan
Patricia Duff
Tom Healy
Elizabeth Hemmerdinger
Linda E. Johnson
Zachary Karabell
Franklin Leonard
Margo Lowy
Ken Miller
Paul Muldoon
Lynn Nottage
George Packer
Jodi Picoult
Alix Ritchie
Anya Salama
Richard Sarnoff
Andrew Solomon
Suzy Wahba
Tara Westover
Jamie Wolf

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Allison Markin Powell
Krystyna Poray Goddu

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