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Current Officers - Writers of the Mendocino Coast

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Susan Lundgren President
Jewels Marcus VP 2014-
Nona Smith - VP Anthology Editor
Katherine Brown President 2014-
Katherine Brown - Secretary
Amie McGee Treasurer 2012-
Amie McGee - Treasurer

Sharon Bowers, Membership Chair
Sharon Bowers - Membership
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Mike Winn - Member at Large
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Elizabeth Vrenios - Member at Large
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Norma Watkins - Member at Large
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Ginny Rorby - Member at Large
Doug Fortier Pres '11-'14
Doug Fortier - Website & Newsletter - President 2011-2014
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Notty Bumbo - Branch Rep
E-Mail contact for all - WritersMendocinoCoast@GMail.Com

Founding President, Molly Dwyer

Founding President, Molly Dwyer, invited local writers to her kitchen table in 2009 to form the Mendocino Coast branch of the California Writers Club. Chartered in 2010, her intention was to expand the network and opportunities for writers on the coast. Among that talent is a host of excellent writers, published and not, who now have a venue for bringing their poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction to the local and world stage. 

Molly's debut novel, Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein, was nominated for the 2009 Northern California Book of Year in fiction. In 2010, the National Women's Political Caucus honored Molly for "Writing Women Back into History." 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. Watch for Molly's second (soon to be published) novel, The Appassionata, set in Victor Hugo's Paris.



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California State Writers Club
Central Board

2015 Jack London Award
Mendocino Coast Branch - Doug Fortier

Officers and Appointments 2019-2020

Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
President
president@calwriters.org

Roger Lubeck
Vice President
vp@calwriters.org

Elisabeth Tuck
Secretary
secretary@calwriters.org

Anthony Becker
Treasurer
​treasurer@calwriters.org

Rusty LaGrange
Bulletin Editor
bulletin-editor@calwriters.org

Membership: 

Bob IsbillForum Moderator, Advertising/Promotions
forum@calwriters.org
advertising-promotion@calwriters.org

Donna McCrohan RosenthalPolicies and Procedures
policies@calwriters.org

Jeanette Fratto
​Executive Member-at-Large
director-at-large@calwriters.org

Dick Amyx
MRMS Systems Administrator
mrms@calwriters.org

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Doug is one of the founders of the Writers of the Mendocino Coast branch and became its President it in 2011, reviving interest with lively programs and unique ideas, including Ekphrasis, an artist/writer collaboration, quickly copied and adapted in other branches. He has served as President and Central Board Representative for four years. Titles, however, do not contain his time and devotion to the branch’s members. 
     In addition to attending state meetings, maintaining the club’s website, preparing its newsletters, flyers, anthology covers and artwork, he makes new members feel welcome and old members feel recognized.
     Among his volunteer activities, he travels to many members’ homes to help teach them how to use computers, problem-solve issues with their computers, or to aid a writer in establishing a website. He knows everyone’s name and shows up at any member’s book launch. He’s the friendly face of the branch. 
     He’s been writing since 2006, won two awards for short fiction at the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, and Second Place in CWC SF/Peninsula’s Fault Zone III anthology. He presents his quirky short stories online at DougFortier.com.   
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