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Home » WNBA National Board: Officers, Committee Chairs, Subcommittees, and Representatives

2025 national meeting

 

Our board is comprised of WNBA members from across the United States. WNBA National board members are passionate about books, literary pursuits, advocacy, and education.

We believe that we must do our best to support the book world and to advance diversity and inclusivity in the literary world.

All of our board members volunteer their time to help create programs and events that entertain, educate, and serve our communities.

We do have opportunities available on some of our committees and some open positions are not listed below, so if you are interested in serving on the board, please contact us at info [at] wnba-books.org.

If you’d like to get involved with your local chapter’s board, please contact that chapter for more information.

 

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How to Contact Us

To contact any of the WNBA National board members, you can:

  • Email us at info [at] wnba-books.org
  • Call and leave a message at 866-610-WNBA (9622)
  • Fill out this form

WNBA National Board

 

Executive Committee

 

Elise Marie Collins, WNBA-San Francisco president


Elise Marie Collins

President

 

 

 

NC Weil

Treasurer

 

 

Ellie Bozmarova

Secretary

 

 

Headshot of Natalie Obando Desai, WNBA President


Past President
Natalie Obando

 

 

 


 

Committee Members

Communications & Events Committee

 

Rachel Slaiman, WNBA NYC president

Rachel Slaiman

Communications Assistant

 



 

Website

NC Weil, WNBA National Board member


NC Weil

Website Co-Chair

 




Membership Committee

Andrea Panzeca, WNBA-New Orleans president

Andrea Panzeca

Membership Chair

 

 

National Reading Group Month/Great Group Reads Committee

 Su Phillips

Chair

Pamela Milam, WNBA Board member

Pamela Milam

Coordinator

 

 

 

Linda Rosen, WNBA National Board member

Linda Rosen

Coordinator

 


 
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GGR Reading Selection Committee

 

Jill Tardiff

Chair Emerita

 

 

United Nations Department of Global Communications / Civil Society Unit Committee

 

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Jill Tardiff

Chair

 

 
 
 
Marilyn Berkman, WNBA UN Representative


Marilyn Berkman

Representative

 

 
 

WNBA Authentic Voices Committee

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Natalie Obando

Coordinator

 

 

 

WNBA Award Committee

 

Ellen McBarnette

Chair

 

WNBA Pannell Award Committee

 

Susan Knopf, WNBA Pannell Award co-chair

 

Susan Knopf

Chair

 

 

 

Chapter Presidents

 

In this headshot, Deb Norkin is smiling. She has medium-length gray hair. The top of a book she is holding is visible.

 

Deborah Norkin

Boston

 

 
 

Ruth Garcia-Corrales- Los Angeles Chapter President

Los Angeles

Ruth Garcia-Corrales

 

 

 

 


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Ami McConnell

Nashville

 

 

Karen Kersting

New Orleans

 

 

 

Rachel Slaiman, WNBA NYC President

 

Rachel Slaiman

New York

 
 
 
 
 

Brenda Knight

San Francisco

 

 
 

Angela Page

South Florida

 
 
 
 

Constance Hays Matsumoto

Mid-Atlantic Chapter

 

 

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Destinys Daughter, by Frances Altman

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Lost Seeds -The Beginning, by Teresa Sebastian

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The Murmur of Everything Moving: A Memoir by Maureen Stanton

In This Burning World: Poems of Love and Apocalypse, by Mary Mackey

In This Burning World: Poems of Love and Apocalypse, by Mary Mackey

Of White Ashes, by Constance Hays Matsumoto

Of White Ashes, by Constance Hays Matsumoto

Crystal Lake Gifts, by Susan W. Green

Crystal Lake Gifts, by Susan W. Green

Lake Song: A Novel in Stories, by Lesley Bannatyne

Lake Song: A Novel in Stories, by Lesley Bannatyne

Outside Voices, by Joan Gelfand

Outside Voices, by Joan Gelfand

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