ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 

The Poetry Outreach Center’s Annual Poetry Festival is supported by the following: President Vince Boudreau; Dee Dee Mozeleski, Executive Director, The Office of Institutional Advancement and Communications; Provost Tony Liss; City College’s Division of Humanities and the Arts, Dean, Renata K. Miller; Elizabeth Mazzola, Chair of English Department; MFA Director Michelle Valladares; Annika Luedke (Director) and Kelly Sullivan, the Office of Institutional Advancement and Communications and External Relations, and The Foundation for City College; David Covington, Executive Director, Alumni Association; The City College of New York Office of Support Services, Taki Petrochilos in particular; Gregory Shanck; Axe-Houghton Foundation; The South Wind Foundation; The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation; David and Harianne Wallenstein; Barry Wallenstein; and Poets & Writers, Inc.

The festival acknowledges the help of many people: Gregory Crosby, Poetry Outreach Coordinator; Amanda Reiser, Administrative Assistant; Alysssa Yankwitt, Development Coordinator & Chief Mentor; Michelle Valladares, Director, MFA, for her terrific efforts; Elizabeth Mazzola, Chair of the English Department; The American Academy of Poets; Andrew Ratner, Interim Deputy Dean, School of Education; Yana for her support, always; Taki, for working tirelessly on flyers & posters; and to Barry Wallenstein, for founding The Poetry Outreach Center.