Staff & Supporters

Director: Alyssa Yankwitt

Email: ayankwitt@ccny.cuny.edu

Deputy Director: Jennifer Buno 

Email: jbuno@ccny.cuny.edu

Deputy Director, High School Contest: Gregory Crosby

Email: ccnypoetryoutreachcenter@gmail.com

 

 

Supporters

The Poetry Outreach Center's Annual Poetry Festival is funded by the following:

Renata Miller, Dean of Humanities

Dr. Vincent Boudreau, President

Tony Liss, Provost

Dee Dee Mozeleski, Senior Vice President & Executive Director,
The Foundation for City College, The Office of Institutional Advancement, Communications, & External Relations, & Senior Advisor to the President 

Annika Ludke, Director, Foundations & Corporate Relations, The Office of Institutional Advancement, Communications, & External Relations & The Foundation for City College 

Kelly M. Sullivan, Development Coordinator
The Office of Institutional Advancement, Communications, and External Relations & The Foundation for City College 

David Covington, Executive Director, CCNY Alumni Association

Daniel Gustafson, English Department Chair

Michelle Valladares, Director, MFA Program

Gregory Shanck, City College Center for the Arts

Axe-Houghton Foundation

Ira Reiser

Jay and Andrea Schachne 

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

The South Wind Foundation 

David & Harrianne Wallenstein 

Poets and Writers, Inc.

Poetry Society of America

Barry Wallenstein, Professor Emeritus 



 

Board of Advisors

Madeline Beckman

Kay Bell

Cornelius Eady

Sue Guiney

J. Chester Johnson

Marvin Koenig 

Vasyl Makhno

Alicia Ostriker

Laskin/Reiser Family

Hiram Robert

Jay Schachne

Grace Schulman

Richard Strier

Barry Wallenstein

David Wallenstein



Founding Members

Gwendolyn Brooks
William Matthews
Raymond Patterson
Adrienne Rich
M.L. Rosenthal
Jerome J. Steiker
Barry Wallenstein

Last Updated: 09/10/2024 19:08