The Foundation’s Book Council helps reach out to the
next generation of leaders in the literary community.
(All affiliations updated as of 11/2023.)
Regina Brooks
Founder & President
Serendipity Literary Agency
Ken Chen
Associate Director of Creative Writing
Barnard College
Aaron Crowell
Partner
Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP
Rachel Fershleiser
VP/Associate Publisher
Catapult, Counterpoint & Soft Skull Press
Katie Freeman
Cento Lit
Mitchell S. Jackson
Writer
Arizona State University
Tom Kretchmar
Matrimonial and Family Law Attorney
Chemtob Moss Forman & Beyda, LLP
Julia Livingston
Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
Neil Manzullo
Senior Counsel
United States Senate Chief Counsel for Employment
Maxwell Neely-Cohen
Writer
Kevin Nguyen
Deputy Editor
The Verge
Steph Opitz
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Bookshop.org
Katie Raissian
Senior Editor
Grove/Atlantic Inc.
Matt Ringler
Children’s Book Author
Helen Rosner
Staff Writer
The New Yorker
Benjamin Samuel
Senior Editor
BOMB Magazine
Michael Wigart
Writer
Lucas Wittmann
Editorial Director
TIME, Co-founder of House of Speakeasy