Board of Directors

Jamie McCracken, President
NIWA Email: admin@niwawriters.com

Author Jamie McCracken has been a member of NIWA since 2011. For the past two years he has been serving the membership as the Director of Membership and Webmaster. He is committed to the goal of NIWA and to expanding the organization and its brand.

Pamela Bainbridge-Cowan, Treasurer
NIWA Email: Treasurer

Former Communications Director and newly appointed Treasurer, Pam Bainbridge-Cowan has been with NIWA nearly from its inception. She is best known for her psychological thrillers such as the Storm Series which includes Storm Justice and Storm Vengeance, books which follow Probation Officer Storm McKenzie on her single-minded quest for justice. She is also the author of two stand-alone novels based in fictional Eulalona County, Oregon, Something In The Dark and Cold Kill.

Her short stories have been published in Alien Skin, Argus, Space and Time, Visions, numerous anthologies and collections and have been read on radio.

Courtney Brooks, Secretary

In addition to keeping track of our Board discussions, Courtney has a head for business and writes fun and poignant Baby Boomer Fiction. She's currently finishing her sixth book, Indigo Legacy.

COMMItTEes & aDVISORS

WANTED: Events Committee Chairperson

Duities:

Act as a single point of contact for members who step-up to organize a NIWA booth - answering questions etc.
Track NIWA Event Kits: booth tables, shelves, tablecloths, runners, banners, and NIWA Bins (contain: business cards, On-line Seasonal Catalog sign-up sheets, About NIWA fliers, pens, clipboards, and the Square)
Post Upcoming Event sign-up spreadsheet on the NIWA Members Only Facebook page
Fill out the vendor applications for NIWA events (IE: Home & Garden Shows, Women's Show, Robin Hood Festival, etc) with the aide of the Treasurer
After events provide an inventory list of book sales (titles, authors, number of books sold) to the Treasurer.

*Note: Duties subject to change - this is not a complete list but the major duties.

*Note: Chairperson may have other members in Oregon and in Washington who store and assist you in your duties.

If interested submit your name to admin@niwawriters.com

Lee French, Anthology Editor
NIWA Anthology Email: submissions@gmail.com

Jadzia DeForest, Advisor to the Board

Jadzia DeFores is an avid reader of many fiction genres. She writes YA Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Speculative fiction. She's currently working on her first series which is a YA Urban Fantasy Thriller.

Jamie McCracken, Membership & Webmaster
NIWA Email: membership@niwawriters.net
NIWA Email: webmaster@niwawriters.net