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WITH GREAT RANCHO MIRAGE CITY COUNCIL
THANKS Mayor Charles Townsend
Mayor Pro Tem Richard W. Kite
Councilmember G. Dana Hobart
RMWF Board of Directors Councilmember Iris Smotrich
Jamie Kabler, Chair and President Councilmember Ted Weill
Susan L. Davis, Vice President RANCHO MIRAGE CITY STAFF
Helene Galen, Secretary Randal K. Bynder, City Manager
Madeline Redstone, Treasurer Steve Quintanilla, City Attorney
Councilmember Iris Smotrich Isaiah Hagerman, Director of Administrative Services
Councilmember G. Dana Hobart Gloria Griego, Contract Specialist
David Bryant, Ex-Officio
THE ANNENBERG RETREAT AT SUNNYLANDS
Founder Ambassador David Lane, President
Jamie Kabler Susan L. Davis, Editorial Director
(co-founder Susan Rosser)
ANGEL AND AUTHOR CONCIERGES
Elizabeth Lorenz, Lead Festival Concierge • Marcus Aleman • Jason Bruecks • Julie Childers • Sid Craig
Robbie Lomes • Daniel McCullor • Kristie Ramos • Diane Sagan • Tom Truhe
The Festival would not come
together, be as organized, and EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING ART DIRECTOR
such a friendly experience for Debbie Green Deborah Dejah Rachel Horwitz
our Angels and Readers without
Aaron Espinosa. As Library RANCHO MIRAGE LIBRARY & OBSERVATORY STAFF
Operations Manager, Aaron Omar Alonso • Debbie Avila • Pamela Birky • Olivia Correa • June Corrigan • Marnie Cortez • Denise Crawford
oversees staffing, basic logistics, and attendee services. Majna Dukic • Jeffery Durham • Susan Eaglin • Jose Escobar • Ron Hall • Paul Harris • Victor Hawkins
He is the architect of our Festival and he makes the Cynthia Hernandez • Craig Holmes • Astrid Jastremski • Andrew Johnson • Brian Kephart • Dusty Knapp
magic happen. And thank you to his wife for letting Lori Lafond • Angela LaPick • Monique Llort • Tom Lutgen • Tiana Mackamule • Carrol Magder • Mari Messersmith
him work so hard on our behalf. Frank Michel • Alma Mondragon • David Murguia • Pablo Navarro • Marvin Norman • Denee Phillips
J Fabian Pimentel • Deanna Rallo • Lois Reese • Sandra Russell • Eugene Scott • Karen Spencer • Jayne Staehle
Robin Gold retired as the Cindy Stoddard • Dennis Sullivan • Glenda Taborsky • Alexandra Trejo
Executive Director of the
Savannah Book Festival, moved Sincere thanks to the Rancho Mirage Police Department for traffic control and security.
West and has become a great Thank you to Diane and Dr. David Waldman for sponsoring the Koffi Cart.
addition to the RMWF team.
Robin is our C-SPAN Books Rancho Mirage City Attorney Steve Quintanilla, and his able team of
facilitator responsible for getting C-SPAN Books to lawyers, have given hundreds of hours of legal services to the Writers
cover our Festival and in addition she launched our Festival. Their generous contribution has assisted in many ways, making
Rancho Mirage Writers Series. the Festival a success since the first year, 2014.
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