Board of Trustees
Kalamazoo Poetry Festival is run by a working board of trustees. If you’re interested in becoming a KPF board member, you can apply here. You can also volunteer your time at events or on a committee if being a board member isn’t your thing.
Current Board Members
Kaitlin Martin
Chair, 2019-2023
Medical Case Manager, CARES
Cameron Decker
Vice Chair, 2019-2023
Applications Developer, WMU
Adam Wagner
Treasurer, 2020-2024
Controller, Landscape Forms
Salwa Tareen
Secretary, 2020-2024
Ph.D. Student, Boston University
Kathy Jennings
Ex-Officio Trustee
Independent contractor for KPF, publicity and programming consultant, grant writer
Casey Grooten
Trustee, 2020-2024
Customer Care Representative, PNC Bank
Frances Vicioso
Trustee, 2020-2024
Coordinator, Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Kalamazoo
Previous Board Members
- Gen Miller
- Sara Lupita-Olivares
- Robin Church (Secretary)
- John Minser (President)
- Edward Eckel (President)
- Richard Pattison (Treasurer)
- Allison Kennedy (Secretary)
- Joe Costello
- Donna McClurkan
- Zaide Pixley
- Stacy Nowicki (President)
- Sherie Veramay
- Amy Ferguson (Secretary)
- Marsha Meyer
- Marion Boyer
- Karen Trout
- George Martin (Founder)