Cave Canem welcomed Alison Meyers as the organization’s new executive director in August 2006. She succeeds Carolyn Micklem, director since 1998. Meyers brings to Cave Canem 30 years of administrative experience with a focus on arts-and-culture development. From 2000 to 2006, she was Artistic Director of the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, a multi-faceted program of Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, CT, where she also served as Director of Marketing & Communications. Previously, she was General Manager of the Oberlin Co-operative Bookstore, a $3-million operation serving Oberlin College and the surrounding community. Prior to that, she owned and managed Everyday Books & Café in Willimantic, CT. A published poet, twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize, she has been a judge for the Connecticut Book Awards and the ImPac Awards, and served as a panelist for the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism. She encourages your e-mails and phone calls!

Program/Communications Coordinator:
Camille Rankine, as of December 1, 2008

Administrative/Development Assistant: Myrna Greenfield

Retreat Coordinator: Dante Micheaux

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