Positions held :

Assistant Director of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in Sicily: Bread Loaf in Sicily is an intensive seven-day writers' conference held every September in Erice, an ancient, hilltop town on the western coast of Sicily. Featuring five workshops with six participants in each group, the conference provides a small group of writers with a concentrated and personalized Bread Loaf experience.  

Founder and Director of Sotto Voce Poetry Festival (2005-2012): annual poetry festival that offered readings and workshops. Guests included Stanley Plumly, Peter Stitt, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Natasha Trethewey, Edward Hirsch, Michael Collier, Terrance Hayes, and others.