SOMOS 2010
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT:
Alan Macrae: Author of Mud, Space and Spirit, the pioneering book of New Mexico 60’s architecture, a native New Mexican and local builder, he is also a published poet and novelist.
VICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY:
Phyllis Hotch: B.A. English, Brooklyn College; Published two books of poetry, No Longer Time and A Little Book of Lies. Former Massachusetts high school English teacher, literary coordinator for Arts/Wayland Art Center, member of the SOMOS board for 17 years.
TREASURER:
William Knight: Financial consultant. President/Owner of Knight Financial Limited. Attended University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Active in the Taos community having served on numerous non-profit boards. Current board member of the New Mexico Small Business Investment Corporation and the Taos Community Foundation.
AT LARGE:
Cherie Burns: Author of The Great Hurricane: 1938 and Stepmotherhood: How
to Survive Without Feeling Frustrated, Left Out, or Wicked.” Her work has
appeared in The New York Times, Working Women, People, New York and
other publications. She is currently writing a biography of Millicent Rogers for St. Martin’s Press.
Kathy Fitzgerald: Magna cum laude in English from Harvard University.
Interpreter for national Italian TV station in Rome, Italy; worked at Boston’s PBS TV station; co-founder of Ithaca Films, a film production entity; Board member of Poet’s Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts; in California was active on Boards such as Global Fund for Women, and Roots of Peace. She is currently active on a board that supports community and sustainable agriculture in El Salvador, the FSSCA. She is a trustee for a small family foundation out of Boston, the Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation.
Steve Fox: PhD., American Studies, UNM, teaches at UNM Taos. He has taught English and American Studies in Germany as Fulbright Lecturer, and at UNM-Albuquerque. Former assistant director for the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities. His publications include Toxic Work—Women Workers at GTE Lenkurt, articles appearing in The Multicultural Southwest, A Reader; The Cold War American West; and The Workbook—Journal of Environmental and Social Change. He is currently writing a memoir of his experiences while in the U.S. Air Force while stationed in Greece. He also writes for Horsefly.
Janet Webb: has lived in Taos since 1973. She is owner and president of Webb Design Inc, a design and marketing company focused on tourism, museums, and the fine arts arena. Her other community involvements include Harwood Museum of Art and Taos Feeds Taos.