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