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Leadership and Staff

PEN America

588 Broadway, Suite 303
New York, NY 10012
+1 (212) 334-1660

PEN America Los Angeles

PO Box 1469
Santa Monica, CA 90406
+1 (323) 424-4939

PEN America Washington, D.C.

1015 15th Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20005

General Inquiries: [email protected]

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Membership: [email protected]

Awards: [email protected]

Festival: [email protected]

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Suzanne Nossel

Chief Executive Officer New York, NY

Dru Menaker

Chief Operating Officer New York, NY

Praise Apampa

Chief Financial and Administrative Officer New York, NY

Summer Lopez

Senior Director, Free Expression Programs New York, NY

Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf

Senior Director, Literary Programs New York, NY

Deborah K. Wilson

Chief Development Officer New York, NY

Sabrina Adams

Program Coordinator, PEN Across America New York, NY

Masuma Bahar

Coordinator, Finance New York, NY

Matt Bailey

Program Director, Digital Freedom Washington, D.C.

Donica Bettanin

Program Director, Literary Awards New York, NY

Mags Chmielarczyk

Assistant, Development New York, NY

Gina Chung

Manager, Communications (Email Marketing) New York, NY

Mery Concepción

Coordinator, Prison Writing Program New York, NY

Jenn Dees

Programs Director, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

Emma Deshpande

Executive Assistant and Board Liaison New York, NY

Anjali Emsellem

Program Assistant, Prison and Justice Writing New York, NY

Viviane Eng

Coordinator, Literary Programs and World Voices Festival New York, NY

Jonathan Friedman

Director, Free Expression and Education New York, NY

Aleah Gatto

Coordinator, Membership and Engagement, NYC Civic Corps Member New York, NY

Debi Goldberg

Interim Director, Communications and Marketing New York, NY

Alejandro Heredia

Manager, Community Outreach New York, NY

Jared Jackson

Program Director, Literary Programs and Emerging Voices New York, NY

Shawnna Jannah

Director, Human Resources New York, NY

Anthony Johnson

Manager, Research and Advocacy, ACLS Leading Edge Fellow New York, NY

Nadine Farid Johnson

Washington Director Washington, D.C.

William Johnson

Program Director, PEN Across America New York, NY

Melissa Joskow

Assistant, Communications / Graphic Designer New York, NY

Gia Kagan-Trenchard

Senior Manager, The Freewrite Project, Prison and Justice Writing New York, NY

Karin Deutsch Karlekar

Director, Free Expression at Risk Programs New York, NY

Hannah Lee

Senior Manager, Social Media New York, NY

Janet Lee

Coordinator, Human Resources New York, NY

Stanley Mah

Coordinator, Operations New York, NY

Leila Markosian

Program Assistant, Free Expression and Education New York, NY

Caits Meissner

Director, Prison and Justice Writing New York, NY

Jessica Mendoza

Coordinator, Development New York, NY

Nicholas Perez

Program Manager, Free Expression and Education New York, NY

Robert Pollock

Program Manager, Prison Writing Program New York, NY

Rachel Pryzgoda

Deputy Director, Development New York, NY

Rachel Roseman

Coordinator, Membership and National Engagement New York, NY

Polina Sadovskaya (Kovaleva)

Program Director, Eurasia New York, NY

Jazilah Salam

Program Assistant, Digital Safety and Free Expression New York, NY

Laura Schroeder

Senior Manager, Legislative Affairs Washington, D.C.

Tejal Shah

Senior Accountant New York, NY

Kristen Shahverdian

Program Manager, Free Expression and Education New York, NY

Jessica Sun

Program Coordinator, Artists at Risk Connection New York, NY

James Tager

Director, Research New York, NY

Malcolm Tariq

Senior Manager, Editorial Projects, Prison and Justice Writing New York, NY

Veronica Tien

Coordinator, Free Expression Programs New York, NY

Julie Trébault

Director, Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) New York, NY

Peris Tushabe

Program Assistant, Free Expression and Education New York, NY

Juliette Verlaque

Program Assistant, Artists at Risk Connection New York, NY

Viktorya Vilk

Program Director, Digital Safety and Free Expression New York, NY

Nancy Vitale

Senior Producer, Literary Programs and World Voices Festival New York, NY

Hannah Waltz

Coordinator, U.S. Free Expression Programs New York, NY

Christy Wensley

Senior Manager, Special Events New York, NY

Rebecca Werner

Director, Membership and National Engagement New York, NY

Ergisa Xhuveli

Assistant, Foundations Relations New York, NY

Jeremy C. Young

Senior Manager, Free Expression and Education New York, NY

Fellows

Auriane Benabou

Fellow, Artists at Risk Connection

Emma Stammen

Fellow, Prison and Justice Writing

Haruna Shimizu

Fellow, Community Outreach

Sophia Ramirez

Fellow, Prison and Justice Writing