board members

ash goedker

Director of Program Development

Ash Goedker received her MFA in poetry at the University of Idaho where she was also the Editor-in-Chief at Fugue. She was the winner of the University of Idaho’s Academy of American Poets Prize and a finalist in the 2016 Indiana Review ½ K Prize. Her poems have appeared in The Broadsided Press, Great Lakes Review, Indiana Review, Third Point Press, and others. She teaches poetry and creative writing at Northeastern State University and lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

William justice III

Director of Design & Strategy

William Justice is a designer and technologist with scrappy beginnings in rural newspaper photojournalism. He unwittingly became a web designer after learning enough code to showcase his photography online. Inspired, he abandoned paid photography to launch Serial Free Press, an early online literary and arts magazine. He went on to help other artistic startups go online, including The Documentary Channel and the Untitled Artist Group in Nashville, Tenn. From there, he expanded into research-led design across multiple industries. More recently, he has found his true calling in service design, focusing on projects that help people navigate and understand the complexities of healthcare, finance, and law.

Lacy kinsolving

Youth Programs Director

Lacy Kinsolving is an advocate for the voice of children everywhere she goes. She has teaching experience working with students K-6th grade students for over a decade in West Virginia, North Carolina & Alaska. Lacy blends the time that she has spent in nature into her teaching style. As an outspoken literacy advocate, she believes that reading is the greatest gift that you can give to another. Reading is also the greatest gift that you can give yourself. Lacy also believes in the power of music.