J. K. Fowler
Executive Director
Samee Roberts
Managing Director
Dora La Flora Czifra
Deputy Director of Programs
Steven Tiffin
Outdoor Fair Director & Accounting Manager
Ashley D. Aaron
Paloma Concordia
PapaLoDown Agency
Festival PR
Danika Corrall
Kerry Fiero
Operations Manager
Maria Guerra
Katina Johnson
Green Room Volunteer Coordinator
Haley Kleine
Ticketing & Salesforce Assistant
Lou Anna Koehler
Author Travel Coordinator
Peter Lancaster
Carla Radosta
Sam Tsang
Anastasia Yang
Program Administration & Communication
Piper Kerman
Chair
Author
Aida Salazar
Secretary
Author, Art Activist
George Rehm
Treasurer
Investor
Aya de León
Community Engagement Chair
Author, Lecturer
Terria Smith
Director
Editor, News from Native California
Gabriel Cortez
Director
Author, Educator, Organizer
Sarah Valor
Director
achy obejas
Allyson Bogie
Alka Joshi
Room to Read Author Advocate, Board Member South Asian Leaders Unite to Empower (SALUTE)
Anita Felicelli
Claire Calderón
Bushwick Book Club Oakland
David Roderick
Left Margin LIT
Devi Laskar
BABF Literary Advisory Committee
Elaine Tai
Berkeley Public Library
Elizabeth Stark
Book Writing World, Sonoma County Writers Camp
Faith Adiele
Chair, Writing & Literature, California College of the Arts
Harvey Dong
Innosanto (Inno) Nagara
Author, Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Social Justice Children’s Book Fair
Isis Asare
Founder, Sistah Scifi
Jane Ciabattari
Columnist, Lit Hub; a former National Book Critics Circle president (and current co-vice president/events)
Janis Cooke Newman
LitCamp/Page Street
Keenan Norris
Writer; Planning Committee
Kristina (Kris) Canales
Queerthology, Only Lovers Book Club, Micro RPG Bay Area, Bay Area Book Fest
Laura Atkins
Author, Editor, Coach and Co-Director, Social Justice Children’s Book Fair
Lena Jennings
Cinnamongirl Inc
Liz Soskin
Youth Development Library for Oakland Public Library
Maw Shein Win
Maker, Mentor, Muse
Michelle Ruiz Keil
Author
Mina Witteman
Former BABF Youth Programmer
MK Chavez
Ouroboros Writing Lab
Nayomi Munaweera
The Writing Coven
Randal (Randy) Brandt
Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
Shia Shabazz Smith
Steve Wasserman
Heyday/Publisher
