Lucy Ascoli
Consultant to Nonprofit Organizations

Robert D. Blackwell, Sr.
Chairman
Blackwell Consulting Services

Deborah Epstein, Founder

Kathy Schaeffer
President
Kathy Schaeffer and Associates, Inc.

Writers' Council

The Neighborhood Writing Alliance (NWA) attracts a group of acclaimed and talented artists to its Writers' Council. Included in the council are award-winning authors and poets, playwrights, journalists, historians, academics, visual artists, and photographers. Members of the Council contribute their time and expertise in a variety of ways, such as facilitating a special workshop with NWA participants, writing an introduction to an issue of JOT, or developing a project of their own making. We are honored by their commitment to the Neighborhood Writing Alliance.

• David Barr
• Elizabeth Berg
• Jamie Owen Daniel
• Kelly Norman Ellis
• Patricia Evans
• Tony Fitzpatrick
• Luther Goins
• Jamie Kalven
• Alex Kotlowitz
• Bill Kurtis
• Richard C. Longworth
• Achy Obejas
• Dominic Pacyga
• Tom Scorza
• Studs Terkel

Founders

• Hal Adams
• Deborah Epstein
• Sunny Fischer