Libby Flores is Program Manager for Emerging Voices and the Mark Program. She is originally from Texas but has lived in Los Angeles for ten years. She was chosen as one of eight writers in the US to receive the PEN Emerging Voices Fellowship in 2008. She has contributed to Slash Magazine. Her story "Ask" is included in Strange Cargo: an Emerging Voices Anthology. She is currently working on a collection of short stories.

Sasha Mann is Digital Media Manager at PEN Center USA. She edits PEN's bi-weekly newsletter, Electric PEN, and manages the organization's website, social media presence, and email campaigns. Originally from New York, Sasha is a graduate of Smith College where she studied comparative literature.

Hilary McCreery is Program Manager for Membership and Development at PEN Center USA, after beginning as a summer intern through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission internship program. She is originally from the Bay Area and attended Pitzer College in Claremont, CA. Hilary graduated in 2009 with a B.A. in Art History and English, with a concentration in Creative Writing.

Michelle Meyering is Director of Programs and Events at PEN Center USA and the Editor of The Rattling Wall, a literary journal. She graduated from the University of Redlands in 2005 with a BA in English. She received her MFA from American University in 2008. Michelle has worked as an adjunct professor at University of Redlands and teaches witness poetry in south central, Los Angeles. Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals in the US.

Marytza Rubio is the Program Coordinator for Emerging Voices and the Mark. She has over a decade of administrative and special event experience within education and non-profit arts organizations. She is a fiction writer and lives in Los Angeles.

Heather Simons is the Program Manager for PEN in the Classroom, Digital Media Coordinator, and she manages the archives at PEN Center USA. She is originally from Philadelphia, where she worked in publishing and as a freelance video editor. Heather graduated from Gettysburg College with a B.A. in English literature and creative writing.

Adam Somers is the Executive Director of PEN Center USA. He is a thirty-year veteran of the music business. From 1971 through 2001, he held a number of positions in the Creative Services and Marketing departments at Warner Bros. Records, and in 1995 he became the General Manager of Vapor Records, started by Neil Young. In 1996, Mr. Somers re-united with the former Warner Bros. Records leadership, who were creating DreamWorks Records for DreamWorks SKG, and he headed their New Media and Internet initiative. From 2000 through 2001, Mr. Somers was the Senior VP of Partnerships and Label Relations at Music.com in New York. In January of 2001 Mr. Somers re-located back to Los Angeles, and on April 1, 2004, he became the Executive Director for PEN Center USA.