Project Board

  • Diane Del Signore

    Diane Del Signore

    Executive Director,
    New Literary Project

  • Joe Di Prisco

    Chair, Author & Educator

  • Shanti Ariker

    Shanti Ariker

    Chief Legal Officer, JFrog; Writer

  • James Bell

    James Bell

    Founder & Chairman, Bell Investment Advisors; Community Leader

  • Uttara C. Chaudhuri

    Uttara C. Chaudhuri

    PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley, English Department; Creative Writing Teacher

  • Laura Cogan

    Laura Cogan

    Editor and Consultant

  • Ian Duncan

    Ian Duncan

    Distinguished Professor and Florence Green Bixby Chair, Department of English, University of California, Berkeley

  • Ben Fountain

    Ben Fountain

    Author

  • Manuel Muñoz

    Manuel Muñoz

    Author, Professor of English, University of Arizona

  • John Murray

    John Murray

    Author and Associate Professor (Teaching), University of Southern California

  • Joyce Carol Oates

    Joyce Carol Oates

    (Honorary) Author and Professor of Humanities, Princeton University

  • Pat Scott

    Pat Scott

    Public Radio and Nonprofit Executive

  • Frank Starn

    Frank Starn

    Community Leader and Corporate Executive

  • Elisa Tamarkin

    Elisa Tamarkin

    Chair, Department of English
    Katharine Bixby Hotchkis Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley


  • David Wood

    David Wood

    Community Leader and Public High School English Teacher, Northgate High School

Board Emeritus

 

Eric Falci

English Department Chair & Professor, UC Berkeley

 

Donald McQuade

English Professor Emeritus; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, UC Berkeley

 

Beth Needel

Executive Director, Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation

 

Genaro Padilla

Chair Emeritus, English Department; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, UC Berkeley

 

Mike Ross

Author, U.S. & International Law School & University Lecturer

 

Project Team

  • Diane Del Signore

    Diane Del Signore

    Executive Director

  • Camila Aguirre Aguilar

    Project Developer and Coordinator

  • Tyson Cornell

    Tyson Cornell

    Publicist & Publicity

  • Josephine Courant

    Josephine Courant

    Digital Design

  • Abby Donahue

    Project Manager

  • Regan McMahon

    Project Consultant

  • Fox Nakai

    Filmmaker

  • Hannah Onstad

    Communications Director

  • Kristina Sepetys

    Chief Evangelist

  •  Christina Shih

    Christina Shih

    Finance Manager

  • Mary Trunk

    Mary Trunk

    Filmmaker, Assistant Professor of Film, Mount Saint Mary’s University

Jack Hazard Fellowship Team

  • Kristin Collier

    2025 Jack Hazard Fellow
    St. Paul Academy and Summit School
    St. Paul, MN

  • Dallas Crow

    2025 Jack Hazard Fellow
    Woodward Academy
    College Park, GA

  • Will Ejzak

    2025 Jack Hazard Fellow
    Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep Academy
    Chicago, IL

  • Molly Olguin

    2025 Jack Hazard Fellow
    The Bush School
    Seattle, WA

  • Anjoli Roy

    2025 Jack Hazard Fellow
    Punahou School
    Honolulu, HI

Bonetti-Bell Fellowship Team

  • Fiona McFarlane

    Fiona McFarlane

    Bonetti-Bell Fellowship Program Director

  • Uttara C. Chaudhuri

    2023-2026 Bonetti-Bell Fellow Girls Inc. of Alameda County

  • Edil Hassan

    Edil Hassan

    2025-2026 Bonetti-Bell Fellow
    Girls Inc. of Alameda County

  • Drew Kiser

    Drew V. Kiser

    2025-2026 Bonetti-Bell Fellow
    Mt. McKinley High School

  • Ryan Lackey

    Ryan Lackey

    2023-2026 Bonetti-Bell Fellow Northgate High School

  • Julian Robles

    Julian Robles

    2026 Bonetti-Bell Fellow
    Albany High School

Starn Fellowship Team

  • Chris Feliciano Arnold

    Chris Feliciano Arnold

    Starn Fellowship Program Director

  • Damneet Kaur

    Damneet Kaur

    2026 Starn Fellow

  • Lucas Maas

    Lucas Maas

    2026 Starn Fellow Hope Solutions

  • Ana Tuazon

    Ana Tuazon

    2026 Starn Fellow

  • Rose Wong

    Rose Wong

    2026 Starn Fellow

  • Anne Williston

    Anne Williston

    2026 Starn Fellow

  • Rayjon Briscoe Young

    Rayjon Briscoe Young

    2025-2026 Starn Fellow Emery High School

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