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Current Officers

Officers 2008-2009

President

Russell Davis

Russell Davis is an author, editor and book packager, who lives with his family in northern Nevada. When he’s not working, he spends his time training horses and free range children.

Vice-President

Michael Capobianco

Michael Capobianco served as president of SFWA from 1996-1998 and 2007-2008. He received the Service to SFWA Award in 2004 and is currently on SFWA’s Board of Advisors. He has authored one science fiction novel, Burster, and co-authored four others.

Secretary

Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal is the 2008 recipient of the Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Cosmos and Asimov’s (forthcoming). Mary, a professional puppeteer and voice actor, lives in NYC with her husband Rob and nine manual typewriters. For more information about her fiction or puppetry visit www.maryrobinettekowal.com.

Treasurer

Amy Sterling Casil

Inspired by a lifelong love of nature, endless curiosity, and a belief in wonderful things, Amy Sterling Casil is a 2002 Nebula Award nominee and the author of 20 nonfiction books, about a hundred short stories, primarily science fiction and fantasy, one fiction and poetry collection, and two novels.

Regional Directors

Eastern Regional Director

Bud Sparhawk

Bud Sparhawk has sold about seventy stories to Analog, Asimov’s, several “Best of” anthologies, and other print, audio, and on-line media both in the United States and overseas. He has published two short story collections and the novel Vixen. He has been a three-time Nebula Award finalist (1998, 2001, and 2006), and is currently the Eastern Regional Director of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), a member of SIGMA, and Senior Vice President of Macfadden.

South/Central Regional Director

Paul Melko

Paul serves as SFWA’s South-Central Regional Director through 2010, and in the past he has served on SFWA’s Grievance Committee. He has written over two dozen short stories and two novels. Paul’s educational background includes two degrees in engineering, and he is currently pursuing an MBA at the Ohio State University. Paul lives in Ohio with his beautiful wife and four children, where he works in strategic IT.

Western Regional Director

Jim Fiscus

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Jim Fiscus is a Portland, Oregon writer and photographer. He has been a professional writer for over two decades, reporting on medicine, politics, business, and law. His first science fiction sale, in 1983, was a story that made practical use of his MA in Middle East history.