FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN

Noah works in managing editorial/production at Neuwirth & Associates and serves as an editorial project manager at Diversion Books. He also freelances edits and reviews manuscripts for The Black List.

VICE CHAIRMAN | CO-CHAIR, COMMUNICATIONS | COMMITTEE MEMBER, IN-PERSON EVENTS

Chris is a writer, entrepreneur, and founding member of YPA who’s spent the last decade+ bouncing between film sets, startups, and new media story rooms. These days, he’s channeling the creative chaos into building community (and careers) around his first true love: books.

TREASURER

Nina studies Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Ohio University, and currently works at the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency. They live in Brooklyn with their partner, a rambunctious cat and dog, and far too many books.

SECRETARY | CO-CHAIR, COMMUNICATIONS | COMMITTEE MEMBER, REMOTE EVENTS

Frannie is a writer and former literary agent assistant with a special interest in history and historical fiction. She holds a masters in creative writing from George Mason University.

CHAIR, REMOTE EVENTS | COMMITTEE MEMBER, COMMUNICATIONS

Madison is a book production assistant at Penguin Random House, a founding member of the Young Publishers Association, and a founding member of Disability in Publishing, where she sits on the communications team.

CHAIR, MENTORSHIP

Kelly is an associate editor at St. Martin’s Publishing Group, where she has worked since 2021. She graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Communication and previously interned at Pegasus Books, Folio Literary Management, Pippin Properties, Cornell University Press, and Andrews McMeel Publishing.

COMMITTEE MEMBER, REMOTE EVENTS & MENTORSHIP

Cait is an aspiring Children's Editor. Currently she works as an Editor with the Custom and Proprietary imprint at The Quarto Group.

COMMITTEE MEMBER, COMMUNICATIONS & REMOTE EVENTS

Francis is an editorial assistant at WaterBrook & Multnomah, an imprint of Penguin Random House and she’s interested an all things editorial.

COMMITTEE MEMBER, IN-PERSON EVENTS

Grace is an assistant editor at St. Martin's Press, where she works on a wide list of adult upmarket/commercial fiction and non-fiction, as well as some young adult. She posts her own writing and book recs @gracekatherinereads on Instagram.

COMMITTEE MEMBER, MENTORSHIP

Taylor is the acquiring editor of Potomac Books at the University of Nebraska Press. She has worked in acquisitions and editorial for almost six years, primarily in trade nonfiction.

COMMITTEE MEMBER, MENTORSHIP

Laura is an associate editor for Bellevue Literary Press, a nonprofit publisher at the intersection of the arts and sciences. Her passion lies in cultivating and empowering diverse stories so that the publishing world better represents our modern society.