This summer, Girls Write Now continues to expand, innovate, and invite new talent into the organization. We are excited to welcome our newest staff members, Katie Zanecchia and Amber West, as well as a new member of our Board of Directors, Michelle Levin.
Plus check out our newest opening for Operations Coordinator!
Our new Communications Coordinator, Katie Zanecchia, comes to Girls Write Now with a background in book publishing, digital rights, and communications. Prior to joining GWN, Katie helped create the digital rights department at Writers House Literary Agency, where she managed all things digital and self-publishing, as well as identified new, innovative channels for publication and advised on digital marketing best practices. Most recently, she was managing communications at an international-development-meets-technology non-profit in Washington, DC, where she helped kick-start their re-branding and digital outreach strategies.
Joining the Development team is our newest Senior Grant Writer, Amber West. Amber is a writer who brings more than a decade of experience in nonprofit development, communications, and management to Girls Write Now. She worked for five years as Grants Coordinator for UCSF’s Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health before moving east to earn her MFA in Poetry at NYU and her PhD in English at UCONN. West has taught creative writing in under-resourced public schools through nonprofits such as America SCORES and Community Word Project. She is co-founder and director of NYC-based artist collective, Alphabet Arts, and artistic director of the Puppets & Poets festival at The Bushwick Starr theater.
Last but not least, meet our newest Board Member, Michelle Levin. Michelle is a partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP where she concentrates in white-collar criminal defense, regulatory enforcement proceedings, and complex litigation. She has represented individuals and companies in high-profile and sensitive investigations and prosecutions conducted by the Department of Justice, various US Attorneys’ Offices, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. She has also represented numerous pro bono clients in need of assistance in criminal, civil rights, asylum and family law matters. She is a native New Yorker and a proud graduate of the public school system.
We’re thrilled to have Katie, Amber, and Michelle with us. Please introduce yourself at our next event!