Who is the TLA Network?

Members

Members of the TLA network include poets, novelists, therapists and counselor, ministers, grant-writers, youth development workers, computer programmers, school teachers, English professors, master composters, and folks from many walk of life that want to connect to each other and support the development of language used for liberation, growth, and celebration.

 

Council

TLA Network is governed by a council, the membership of which is arrived upon at the annual Power of Words conference.  In council, we come together as equals, all drawing on our gifts and working with our challenges cooperatively to forward the mission of the Network.   The council convenes by phone regularly and in person at the annual conference.

Council members for 2009-2010: Viki Levitt and Sherry Reiter (co-facilitators), Suzanne Adams (treasurer), Lynn O'Connell, Jeri Bayer, Jen Cross, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Lewis Mehl-Medrona, Scott Youmans, and Callid and Kristina Keefe-Perry (Coordinators and ex officio members)

 

Staff

In addition to the council's support, the Network has the paid staff position of Network coordinator, which is currently being jointly filled by Kristina and Callid Keefe-Perry.  They are the first direct line of service available to people interested in TLA, or with particular questions aboutany aspects of the Network, the Power of Words Conference, and Networking.  They are available via the routes noted in the Contact Us page, so please feel free to get in touch with them if you would like to connect!