Our Team

Co-founders

Carrie Doyle

Jackie Dunphy

Mayor Jerry Larsen

Lisa Larsen

Founding Honorary Chairs

Alafair Burke, Fiction

A. J. Finn, Fiction

Casey Sherman, True Crime

OUR Board

Carrie Doyle, CEO and President

Lisa Larsen, Executive Vice Chairman

Jackie Dunphy, Vice President

Deni Wendt, Treasurer

Pam Mallory, Secretary

Ellen Collins

Mayor Jerry Larsen, ex officio

Patrick McLaughlin

Nancy McGuirk

Louise Taylor

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Florence Buchanan

TRUE CRIME DIRECTOR

Louise Taylor

Fiction & marketing Director

Abby Endler

Director of sponsorship & donations

Megan Riley

Director of Guest Services + Hospitality

Susanne Kelly

Producer

Dylan Bruno

Volunteer Coordinators

Ellen Collins

Nancy McGuirk

True Crime Consultant

Joe Giacalone

Committee

Sarah Amaden (evening events)

Eve Karlin (BookHampton liaison)

Carol Hayes (hospitality)

Tracy Hedges-Waleko (gift bags)

Susan Jackson (gift bags, hospitality)

Randye Lordon (hospitality)

Tiffany Palmer (outreach)

Haley Schultheis (sponsorship)

Festival photography East 27 Creative

Festival program Florence Buchanan