Staff

Stephanie Berger is the Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director, and a co-founder of The Poetry Society of New York. She is also a poet and performance artist. She is co-creator with Nicholas Adamski of The Poetry Brothel, The New York City Poet…

Stephanie Berger

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Jackie Braje

Chief Operating Officer

Tova Greene

Programs Director

Anna Genevieve Winham

Development Director

Keighly Baron

HR Director

Natalee Cruz

Milk Press Co-Editor-In-Chief

Emi Bergquist

Social Media Director

Bernadette McComish

Immersive Events Manager

Leon Barros

Milk Press Co-Editor-in-Chief

F.M. Papaz

Marketing Associate

Darby Mae Wagner

Wine Poetic Co-Producer

Shari Caplan

Boston Poetry Brothel Producer

Board of Directors

Meredith Starkman

Alan Keegan

Miranda Dennis

Gregg Emery received his Bachelor of Arts with departmental distinction from Hartwick College and a Masters in Fine Art from the Maryland Institute, College of Art, where he studied under Babe Shapiro, Power Boothe, Hermine Ford, Sam Gilliam and Sal Scarpitta. He is currently the Chair of the Visual Arts at the Trinity School, a private, coeducational K-12 school in Manhattan. Emery enjoys teaching art & art history, sharing his knowledge and experience with a younger generation. His artwork is included in numerous private and public collections including the permanent collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. It has also been featured in exhibits worldwide including Beijing, Belgium and, most recently at the Governor’s Island Art Fair, Pier 94, SCOPE Miami and even on Season 2 of the hit show, The Last O.G. Along with his large scale abstractions, Emery continues his practice of drawing from life wherever he goes and can often be seen sketching the people of New York from subway cars, to restaurants, bars, shows and, for the past 6 years, he has been the ‘official painter’ of the New York City Poetry Brothel.

Gregg Emery

Advisory Board

Lucas Hunt is the president of HUNT Auctioneers and a celebrated American poet. He graduated from World Wide College of Auctioneering, has a Benefit Auctioneer Specialist (BAS) designation from the National Auctioneer’s Association, and has helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars and awareness for non-profit organizations.

Lucas Hunt

Ailar Jivadi

B. Carter Edwards

Liz Axelrod

Kiely Sweatt