Conference – Team Members

Jean Jacobsen

Board: Conference Director

Special Events Coordinator


Nicole Michas

Assistant Conference Director

Board: Vice-President of CRW

Children’s & MG Track for Conference


Alice Aldridge-Dennis

Fiction & NonFiction Conference Track

Board: President of CRW

Communications Team Member

Silent Auction Coordinator


Susan Rocco-McKeel

Poetry Track Co-Host: Conference

Board Assistant Treasurer

Development Director


Curtis Pierce

Poetry Track Co-Host: Conference

Board: Communications Director


Carole Sundine

Hospitality Coordinator

Board: Secretary of CRW



Tania Urenda

Treasurer & Board Member

Communications Team Member

Conference Registrar


Colby McKenzie

Fiction/Nonfiction Track Coordinator

Conference Team Member


Lynn Hough

Conference Photographer


  In Memoriam 

John Longman

1940 – 2023 

a founder of the  

Castle Rock Writers  

nonprofit corporation, 

committed conference volunteer, and friend. 

Photo Courtesy of Lynn Hough Photography

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