The Executive Council

  
• How many members are on the EC?
  
• Who is the current President?
  
• Who is the current Vice President?
 
• Who is the current Secretary?
  
• Who is the current Treasurer?
  
• Who are the current Trustees?
  
• Who is the current Executive Director?
  
• What does the EC do?

How many members are on the EC?

There are seven voting members of EC. President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and three Trustees. There are also several non-voting members of the EC. The Executive Director of PSI sits on EC in an ex officio capacity. 

Current EC Members:
• Henry Sampson — President
• Suzi Q. Smith — Vice-President
• Jesse Parent — Secretary
• Inkera Oshun — Treasurer
• Sam Castello — Trustee
• Karen Garrabrant (Karen G) — Trustee
• Mahogany Brown —Trustee

• Executive Director — Karrie Waarala

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Who is the current President?

Henry Sampson

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Who is the current Vice President?

Suzi Q. Smith, SlamMaster, Denver SlamNUBA

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Who is the current Secretary?

Jesse Parent, SlamMaster, Salt City Slam

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Who are the current Trustees?

In no particular order:
• Sam Castello – Trustee
• Karen Garrabrant (Karen G) – Trustee
• Mahogany Brown – Trustee

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Who is the current Executive Director?

Karrie Warrala

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What does the EC do?

A lot! The EC is responsible for the day to day business of Poetry Slam, Inc. and that is growing every day. Generally, they handle the business and administer all programs of PSI. That includes the Individual World Poetry Slam in the winter, Women of the World Poetry Slam in the spring and National Poetry Slam in the summer. It's a full plate and growing.

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