Board and Members in Service

Phillip Regan
President
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Catherine Marshall
Vice-President

Norma Watkins
Secretary

Ginny Rorby
Treasurer
Membership Chair

Nona Smith
Co-President 2024-2026
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Leslie Wahlquist
Co-President 2024-2026
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Rob Hawthorn
Speakers Bureau Chair
Media

Elizabeth Vrenios

Sharon Bowers
Member at Large
Assistant Webmaster

Ericka Lutz
Anthology Editor
Founding President, Molly Dwyer

Founding President, Molly Dwyer, invited local writers to her kitchen table in 2009. Her intention was to expand the network and opportunities for writers on the coast.
Molly's debut novel, Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein, was nominated for the 2009 Northern California Book of Year in fiction. Molly has been an educator for twenty years, facilitating workshops and critique groups. Molly coaches writers and edits manuscripts of all stripes, and is an English instructor at Mendocino College.
Jack London Service Award
A one-in-a-lifetime award bestowed upon one WMC member who has made extraordinary contributions to the Mendocino branch.

2017
Amie McGee
2023
Katherine Heiman Brown
In 2024, the Board of Directors of WMC created a three-year strategic plan. Every year they update it with new action plans for programs and services that benefit Mendocino Coast writers. To view the latest strategic plan, click here.
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