Writers’ League Elects New Board Members

The Writers’ League of Texas elected four new members to its board of directors and reelected three current directors at the organization’s meeting on October 16. The new members are:

• Paco Ahlgren (above right), an Austin economist and financial analyst and author of the 2007 novel Discipline
• Susan Blount (above left), marketing consultant, Austin
• Dr. David F. Ciambrone (right), a mystery novelist and retired scientist and professor, Georgetown
• Michele Kay, former business editor of the Austin American-Statesman and faculty member at St. Edward’s University, Austin

Three current board members were reelected to three-year terms:

• Louis T. Brusatti, Dean of the School of Humanities at St. Edward’s University
• Irma Flores-Manges, Austin Public Library branch manager
• Evelyn Palfrey, a former Austin municipal court judge and author of four novels

The new and reelected directors begin their terms in January 2009