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Chelsea Risley, Executive Director (she/her/hers)
Chelsea Risley joined the staff at SoLit in 2023. In addition to her work at SoLit, she also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Southern Review of Books. She has an MFA in Poetry from Queens University of Charlotte, and her work has appeared in Juked, Barrelhouse Magazine, Pidgeonholes, Kissing Dynamite, Lunch Ticket, and the Phi Kappa Phi Forum.
Tim Mickel, President
Evans, Harrison & Hackett
Brian Baker, Treasurer
Henderson, Hutcheson and McCullough
Oscar Brock, Past President
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Katrina Clark, Secretary
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Karie Ballentine Canestrari
Rhea County High School
Victoria Bryan
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Susie Fries
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Leslie Goff
Neurocrine Biosciences
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
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Chattanooga State Community College
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Electric Power Board
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