Bandy X. Lee, President
Prudence Gourguechon, Vice President
Scott Banford, Secretary/Treasurer
Bandy X. Lee – Melissa Mendenhall
Bandy X. Lee – Melissa Mendenhall – Thomas Singer
(To be announced)
(To be announced)
The recent conference in Washington, DC, was our most monumental event to date, which means there was phenomenal teamwork behind the scenes! We would like to thank, in particular:
Sara Pascoe, who was Bandy’s “right-hand woman” and did almost an equal amount of work in lock-step for weeks leading up to the conference
Mark Bruzonsky, who, as a reporter in Washington, was the brains behind the whole operation
Stacey Pritchett, who, as our web designer, stepped in upon every need regarding the web site, live stream, slide show, flyer, banner, and everything in between
Claire Silverman, who went through the entire new edition to select the best quotes from authors, and then the entire conference video to select the best “highlights”
David Schatz, who gathered all the essential videos and best slides for the film in the beginning and non-author slide show throughout
Sandra Luckow, who patched together videos to create a film for the conference on extremely short notice, and then the “highlights” video after the conference
Will Jenkins, who filmed the live stream following days of figuring out the technical aspects
Ian Fay, who helped with the technical aspects of live stream
Jeffrey Sachs, who helped conceive the event and agreed to moderate
Jerrold Post, who looked into George Washington University and helped select speakers
Edwin Fisher, who helped consider venues and speakers
James Merikangas, who toured Bandy around various potential venues
John Zinner, who helped brainstorm and gave advice
Jason Stanley, who helped us find the unique woman panelist who would agree
Robert McDonald, who stepped in at an urgent moment of need and gathered fax numbers
Leslie Wagner, who called around media contacts when our PR firm fired us two days before our event
Sheila Nielsen, who helped publicize our event and informed lawmakers
Barabara Lavi, who managed Twitter, took care of the house and food, and served as an usher
Robin Freedman, who publicized to the universities and served as an usher
Farrell Silverberg, who helped with announcements to professional societies
Mary Intermaggio, who managed the housing and ushers
And authors and others who came all the way to attend the conference and/or Coalition meeting:
Jennifer Panning
Steve Wruble
Gail Sheehy
Rosa Bramble
Prudence Gourguechon
Steven Moffic
Steve Hassan
Diane Perlman
Jenifer Wolf-Williams
Joseph Abraham
All of you have been marvelously congenial and generously giving of your time, ideas, and expenses as you support our fledgling organization!
For all those who watched us and rooted for us from afar, thank you for holding down the fort!
In solidarity and gratitude,
Bandy & Scott