Faces of SAL: Ben Rankin
September 14, 2022
It’s a delight to welcome Ben Rankin to the SAL Board! Ben has been an owner and senior manager of industrial recycling and real estate development companies for nearly twenty years, and he...
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Faces of SAL: Kelli Martin
We’re so excited to welcome the wonderful Kelli Martin to the SAL Board! A books editor with over two decades of experience in publishing—from Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Harlequin, A...
Faces of SAL: Nicole Y. Walters
We are so thrilled to welcome Nicole Y. Walters, author, singer, and songwriter extraordinaire, to the SAL Board! You might know Nicole from her books for young people, like Aisha and the Ancestors or...
Faces of SAL: Daphne Ming Durham
Meet Daphne Ming Durham, a new board member with SAL! Daphne is Executive Editor at MCD Books, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. She came to FSG after more than fifteen years at Amazon.com.
Faces of SAL: Eric Gerard Parsons
Meet Eric Gerard Parsons, a new board member with SAL! Eric is the Senior Manager of Philanthropy at Community Roots Housing Foundation, where he brings his decades of experience in managing and leadi...
Welcome, Grace Rajendran!
July 7, 2022
Meet Grace Rajendran, SAL’s new Marketing Manager! You may already know Grace from her deep involvement with the book community in Seattle, where she most recently coordinated events at Universi...
Community Partner Spotlight: Braided Seeds
May 20, 2022
Get to know Braided Seeds, the Black-led outdoor education initiative! Braided Seeds provides opportunities for rest, restoration and reconnection to the land, especially for communities of color thro...
Welcome, Betsey Brock!
February 18, 2022
Meet Betsey Brock, SAL’s new Development Director! You may already know Betsey from her longtime visionary work in the Seattle arts community, where she most recently served as the Executive Dir...
Introductions: Peter Wohlleben
November 22, 2021
By Rebecca Hoogs, Executive Director In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben describes what he found by listening to trees: “Puzzles and wonders… Daily dramas and moving love stories… H...
What the SAL Staff is Reading (and Eating!): Fall Edition
November 19, 2021
In this edition of SAL Staff Reads, we turn our attention to Thanksgiving break, where our eleven team members answer the two most burning questions of the moment: what to eat—and what book to unwin...