About Us
Leaders
Inlandia is led by talented and acclaimed Advisory Council, several of whom serve as its Board of Directors. The organization is supported by a small, dedicated staff of volunteers.
Advisory Council
Judith Auth: Retired Library Director, Riverside Public Library; Children’s librarian for 35 years; curriculum coordinator for University of California, Riverside, Life Society
Dr. Paulette Brown-Hinds: Associate Publisher Black Voice Newspaper; Adjunct Faculty, La Sierra University, English; Director of Black Voice Foundation, concentrating on Media, History and the Arts
Larry Burns: Author; Director of Career Services, ITT Technical Institute, MFA Creative Writing
Ching-In Chen: Author of “The Heart’s Traffic” for Red Hen Press, February 2009, University of California, Riverside MFA Creative Writing student, former Inlandia Intern
Mary Curtin: Playwright, Name of My Own; novelist; Professor (retired), Riverside City College, English; former Chair, California Council of the Humanities; participant in Inland Empire Humanities Coalition
Ellen Estilai: Writer, working on Iranian American memoir; retired Director, Riverside Arts Council
Jeff Green: Poet; editor, Epicenter Literary Journal (print and online)
Theresa Hanley: Director, Ontario History and Art Museum; former Curator, Mission Inn Foundation and Museum; participant in the Inland Empire Humanities Coalition
Sant Khalsa: Artist; Photographer; Chair, Art Department, California State University, San Bernardino
Jeff Kraus: Governmental and Community Relations Director, University of California, Riverside
Lucinda Luvaas: Filmmaker
Gloria Macias-Harrison: President, Crafton Hills College; active the Inland Empire Humanities Coalition’s Chautauquas in 1990s
Malcolm Margolin: Publisher, Heyday Books; Associate Director, Inlandia Institute
Beatriz Mejia-Krumbein: Artist; Author; Chair, Art Department, La Sierra University; Director, Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University
Dr. Knox Mellon: Retired California State Historic Preservation Officer; Director, California Mission Foundation
Dominique McCafferty: Former Local History and Special Collections Librarian; founder and writer, The Queen’s Own Blog—Inlandia Author Interviews
Cheryl McCarthy: business developer; actress, played Mine Okubo in Name of My Own by Mary Curtin; Executive Vice President of Surado Solutions
Douglas McCulloh: Artist; photographer; writer; author of Dream Street; partner, Geographics
Dr. Cynthia Morrill: Playwright; Associate Professor (English, Film), Riverside City College; Chair, Riverside School for the Arts Film Department; former instructor Riverside City College Inlandia creative writing class
B.J. Mylne: Former Chair, Riverside Cultural Heritage Board and Riverside County Heritage Commission; a member of Riverside’s pioneering William Irving and Mathew Gage families
Ruth Nolan: Assistant Professor, English Composition, Communication, College of the Desert; contributing author to Inlandia: a Literary Journey Through the Inland Empire, editor of collection of desert poetry for Heyday Books and Birding and Nature Trail Guide; teaches Inlandia Writers Workshop
Julie Paegle: Poet (published in numerous anthologies); Assistant Professor, English (Creative Writing and Literature), California State University, San Bernardino
Cati Porter: Poet, editor and publisher of Poemeleon
Connie Ransom: Artist, realtor, longtime Riverside arts and culture advocate
Diana Ruiz: Author, Bird Watching in your Inland Empire Backyard with Heyday Books; Natural Resource Communications Director, Riverside Corona Conservation District
Jo Scott-Coe: Writer; Instructor, English (Creative Writing), Riverside City College
Susan Straight: Author; National Book Award Finalist; Edgar Allan Poe Award; Lannan Foundation Award; Guggenheim Fellowship; Professor, Creative Writing, University of California, Riverside
Rebecca Trawick: Director, Wignall Museum and Gallery, Chaffee College
Robert Vasquez: Historian, Film Maker, Director of Mexican Heritage Inc.
Dr. Deborah Wong: Ethnomusicologist; Professor, Chair, Music Department, University of California, Riverside
Reggie Woolery: Artist; Education Curator, UCR/California Museum of Photography; teacher; involved in Project Bridge (digital storytelling) and Grier Pavilion Project
Dr. Katherine Wright: Retired Superintendant, Alvord Unified School District
Board of Directors
Jeff Kraus, President
Douglas McCulloh, Vice President
Katherine Wright, Secretary
Theresa Hanley, Chief Fiscal Officer
Larry Burns
Ellen Estilai
Cheryl McCarthy
Mary H. Curtin
Diana Ruiz
Sant Khalsa
Staff
Marion Mitchell-Wilson, Director
Mario Suarez, Associate Director
Novi Sundari, Graphic Design Assistant
Malcolm Margolin, Co-Publisher
