Meet the Blaze DreamTeam

100% writers. 100% volunteer. 100% thrilled to connect other writers and readers since March 2020. Never gonna stop.

Click on photos below for dreamteam member websites.

Jenna Blum
CEO, Co-Founder, On-Air Host of Friday Frontliners

Caroline Leavitt
Co-Founder, On-Air Host of Friday Frontliners and Lit Fic

Mark Cecil

Head of Strategy,
On-Air Host of The Thoughtful Bro

Hank Phillippi Ryan

Host of CRIMETIME

Ellen Comisar

Host of Debut
Spotlight
; Substack
Director

Trisha Blanchet

Podcast Director,
Producer

Kirsten Liston
Product & Business Strategy

Jenna Paone
Producer & On-Air Host of Lit Chick

Rachel Levy Lesser
VP of Business and Marketing, Host of Blaze Baking with Rach

Margaret Pinard
Event Tech Host, Producer, Festival Coordinator

Karen Bellovich
Newsletter Director, Producer

Alex Hoopes Sunshine
Host of Lit Chick, Industry Consultant

Allison Adair
On-Air Host of Poets in Conversation

Mary Webber O’Malley
OG Director of Scheduling; Producer

Amanda Smiley
OG Social Media Producer

Maxwell Gregory
Producer

Sibylla Nash
Bookshop.Org Director

Julie Gerstenblatt
Producer,
On-Air Host of
Special Inteviews

Rachel Barenbaum
OG Host of Debut Spotlight

Joseph Moldover
Producer & Co-Host of Authors Love Bookstores

Kimberly Hensle Lowrance
Producer & Co-Host of Authors Love Bookstores

Gabriella “Gabbi” Cisneros
Video Editor

Website and Art Department

Jim Reed
OG Website Designer

Whitney Scharer
Graphics Producer-Logo Designer

Tom Champoux
Website Graphics, OG Head of Technology