To encourage creative writing of the highest professional standard and serve as a creative and professional resource for one another and the community.

The DWW Board

For the term June 1, 2019 through May 31, 2021

Executive Board

President: Roberta Brown
Vice President: Michelle Morouse
Secretary: Laura Hedgecock
Treasurer: Richard Rothrock
Honorary Director:  Maureen McGerty
Honorary Director Iris Underwood
Historian: Iris Underwood
Joyce Harlukowicz, New Membership/Membership Chair
Robin Gaines, Michigan Book and Author Chair

Directors

Maureen McGerty

BOARD MEMBER PROFILES

Executive Board

 

President: Roberta Brown is a writer and musician. Her work has been published in local newspapers, Peninsula Poets, online at the Michigander’s Post, and in the upcoming fall edition of Selected Writings from the Michigander’s Post, Vol. 3, 2015 – 2016. She also plays oboe, piano, guitar, and bass guitar; her most recent performances have been at the Onyx Restaurant in Royal Oak, Cliff Bell’s in Detroit, and every Sunday at Woodside Bible Church, either in the orchestra or on the praise team.

 

 

Vice President: Michelle Morouse

Secretary: Laura Hedgecock is an author, freelance writer, speaker, and blogger passionate about helping others tell their personal and family stories. Her books (so far) include Memories of Me: A Complete Guide to Telling and Sharing the Stories of Your Life ( Cedar Fort, 2014) and Blogging for Family History. She blogs at TreasureChestofMemories.com and serves as the organizing President of GeneaBloggersTRIBE, a community of over 3,300 family history bloggers. Laura is currently working on a YA fantasy series.

Treasurer: Richard Rothrock

 

 

 

 

Director

Maureen McGerty is an editorial manager specializing in scientific, academic, and medical science publishing for a local university. She has been published in dailies and magazines, and has worked as a public relations specialist in the health care industry. A past president of DWW (2007-2011) and former press relations chair, she enthusiastically supports the literary arts. Maureen is developing a memoir based on her grandparents’ immigration to the United States.

 

DWW Historian: Iris Lee Underwood Iris Lee Underwoodis a graduate of Oakland University, a past president of DWW, and former Writer in Residence at the Troy Public Library. Her publication credits include The MacGuffin, Farming Magazine, Michigan Gardener, edibleWOW, Michigan Out-of-Doors, Woods-N-Water News, Rotarian, Metro Parent, Quilter’s World, The Oakland Press, Romeo Observer, Tri-City Times, Eccentric and Observer papers, Detroit News, Royal Oak Tribune, Grand Rapids Press, and the Appaliachian News Express in Pikesville, Kentucky. Iris owns Yule Love it Lavender Farm in Leonard, Michigan.