BOOKMARKS Names Ginger Hendricks as Executive Director

BOOKMARKS works to foster a community of passionate readers. It promotes literacy and inspires the love of reading and writing through literary experiences.  The BOOKMARKS Board of Directors recently named Ginger Hendricks as Executive Director. Hendricks will manage the production of BOOKMARKS annual book festival and its author-based and literary events.  She is also charged with fundraising, marketing and public relations, and other duties as assigned by the Board.

“We are delighted that Ginger is joining us as BOOKMARKS’ first Executive Director,” said Debbie Harllee, BOOKMARKS President. “This is a major move forward for the organization, securing her as Executive Director to oversee its operation and the work of our Community Volunteer Planning Committee.”

Most recently, Hendricks served as the Director of the Center for Women Writers and Coordinator of Cultural Events at Salem College and, from 2003 – 2005, as Assistant to the Dean of Cultural and Special Programs at Elon University.  Hendricks has more than seven years of experience in event planning, public relations, development, and media relations.

“During the past four years,” Ginger Hendricks said, “I worked regularly with BOOKMARKS, participating in their annual Book Festival each September. I also helped to coordinate two stand alone events in the BOOKMARKS “Conversations with” series featuring bestselling and nationally acclaimed authors, Sue Monk Kidd and Geraldine Brooks. I am excited to work with an organization whose mission is aligned with my own passion for reading and writing.”

Ginger Hendricks grew up in Asheboro, North Carolina. She graduated with honors from Salem College, with a degree in communication and creative writing, and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing from Vermont College. Hendricks is a regular presenter on the craft of writing as well as the business of writing. She serves as Treasurer for the North Carolina Writers’ Network and the Vice President of the William M. Hendricks Family Foundation. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in local as well as national journals. A resident of Winston-Salem, she may be contacted directly at Ginger.Hendricks@bookmarksbookfestival.org.