The 2024 election slate for WLT Board of Directors is as below. All nominees will officially begin their first term on January 1, 2025.
You can see the full list (including bios and photos) of current board members here.
Tiffo Carmichael is a long time WLT volunteer and writers community member. Getting started in fandom community organizing Tiffo has spent almost two decades doing their best to ensure that passionate people have a space to build community, find support, and get to work on what they love. Their love of stories extends into the physical as Tiffo is also a member of and President of the board for the Renegade Bookbinding Guild as well as a board member and volunteer for the Austin Book Arts Center.
Proposed term expires December 31, 2027.
Tandy Gutierrez received her Bachelor’s Degree in Writing from Texas State University, served as Regional Advisor for the Southwest Region of SCBWI, and is currently working on her debut novel. She lives in San Antonio.
Currently serving as an interim board member.
Proposed term expires December 31, 2026.
Lezlee Liljenberg holds a BA in Journalism/Public Relations and a MA in Political Science/Public Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington. She has published two books and numerous articles. Her story of her DNA journey entitled If You Only Knew: A DNA Journey is available on Amazon and Kindle. You can follow her blog and stay in touch with her at www.iamlezlee.com. She would love to hear your story and for you to become part of her family.
Currently serving as an interim board member.
Proposed term expires December 31, 2026.
Ginger McKnight-Chavers is an author and arts/entertainment attorney. Her debut novel, In the Heart of Texas, won a USA Best Book Award for African American Fiction. An excerpt from her next novel, Oak Cliff, was a finalist in the Solstice annual literary contest. She is developing a sequel to her first novel as well as a nonfiction profile of her mother’s pioneering work in preserving Black Texas history. A native Dallasite, McKnight-Chavers is a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Law School. She was a Kathryn Gurfein Writing Fellow at Sarah Lawrence College and is an instructor at SLC’s Writing Institute. McKnight-Chavers serves on the Black Arts Council at MoMA and is a board member of The Roundabout Theatre Company, Black Theatre United and Summer on the Hill. She is also a NYC Ambassador to the Authors Guild.
Proposed term expires December 31, 2027.
Bianca Alyssa Pérez (she/her) is a Latina poet, educator, and editor born and raised in Mission, Texas – a small southern town bordering Mexico. She holds her MFA in Poetry from Texas State University, where she also teaches and coordinates the MFA in Creative Writing program. She was the 2022-2023 Clark House Writer-In-Residence in Smithville, TX. Her chapbook, Gemini Gospel, is published with Host Publications. She is also the co-host of the horror podcast, Basement Girls, with writer, Steph Grossman. Find more chisme at her website: biancaalyssaperez.com.
Proposed term expires December 31, 2027.