The People of Baldwin
Christine Platt
Interim Executive Director

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Jacqueline Woodson
Founder, President

Jacqueline Woodson is a writer whose accolades include a MacArthur “Genius” Award, the National Book Award, The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, The Hans Christian Andersen Medal and NAACP Award among many others. She was inspired to create Baldwin For The Arts after spending time at Macdowell, Hedgebrook, and The Fine Arts Workcenter and witnessing the impact of these residencies.
Moné Dixon-Sabio
Program Coordinator

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Perri Easley
Executive Assistant
Kirby Harris
Treasurer

Linda Villarosa
Secretary

Merele Williams Adkins

Katy Nishimoto

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Katy Nishimoton (she/her) is a Senior Editor at The Dial Press, an imprint of Random House, which she joined as their first-ever editor to focus specifically on lgbtq+ writers. She plays taiko with Makoto Taiko, volunteers with the Go For Broke National Education Center in Little Tokyo, and sits on the board of Together Rising, a nonprofit founded by Glennon Doyle that has raised over $45 million for people in crisis. She is based in Los Angeles.
Lydia Polgreen

Toshi Reagon

Jason Reynolds

Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books for young people, including Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks, All American Boys, Long Way Down, and Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, and the upcoming Stuntboy, in the Meantime. The recipient of a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, an NAACP Image Award, and multiple Coretta Scott King honors, Reynolds is also the current National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. He lives in Washington, DC.
Maryann Jacob Macias

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Carla Bruce

Phil Bildner

Raaga Rajagopala

Caroline Washington

Emeritus Board Members
- Reuben Walker
- Glory Edim
- Catherine Gund
- Kaija Langley
Baldwin's Honorary Board Members
- Kwame Alexander
- Carrie Mae Weems
- Julie Lythcott-Haims
- Marlon James
- Ocean Vuong