Your Mt. Diablo Board
We look forward to connecting with you. For information, please see our Contact Page or email president@cwcmtdiablo.org.
 | President: Barry Hampshire president@cwcmtdiablo.org |  | Vice-President: Michael Barrington vp@cwcmtdiablo.org |
 | Treasurer: Margie Witt treasurer@cwcmtdiablo.org |  | Secretary: Anindita Basu secretary@cwcmtdiablo.org |
Committee Chairs and Other Responsibilities
| Mt. Diablo Writers, Back Fence (Facebook Group) | Marlene Dotterer | backfence@cwcmtdiablo.org |
| Branch Historian | David George | |
| Central Board Representative | AnneMarie Mazotti Gouveia | |
| Critique Groups | OPEN | critquegroups@cwcmtdiablo.org |
| Ekphrasis | Linda Hartmann | ekphrasis@cwcmtdiablo.org |
| Event Logistics | OPEN | |
| Free Editing | Elisabeth Tuck | helpfuleditor@cwcmtdiablo.org |
| Hospitality | Lyn Roberts | |
| Membership | Dot Edwards | membership@cwcmtdiablo.org |
| MRMS | OPEN | |
| Newsletter | Denis Hoye | writenews@cwcmtdiablo.org |
| NorCal Representative | OPEN | |
| Online Coordinator | Lyn Roberts | |
| Open Mic | Lyn Roberts Marlene Dotterer | |
| Outreach Chair | Suzy Orpin | |
| Parliamentarian | OPEN | |
| Program Manager | Karen Mercury Michael Barrington Brian Shea Doré Ripley | programs@cwcmtdiablo.org |
| Publicity/Public Relations | OPEN | |
| Reservations | Marlene Dotterer | reservations@cwcmtdiablo.org |
| Scholastic Art & Writing Awards | OPEN | |
| Social Media | OPEN | |
| Young Writers Contest | Quynh Trinh AnneMarie Mazotti Gouveia | youngwriters@cwcmtdiablo.org |
| Webmaster | Marlene Dotterer Quynh Trinh | webmaster@cwcmtdiablo.org |
| Writers Connection | Michael Barrington | vp@cwcmtdiablo.org |
| Writers Table | Andrew Benzie | writerstable@cwcmtdiablo.org |
Advisory Board Members
Judith Marshall, Bill Stong
Contact us through the form here.
Branch Awards
The biennial Jack London Award, bestowed by Mt. Diablo and other branches, honors outstanding members who have been particularly instrumental in helping our branch further its mission. A plaque recognizes this service “above and beyond.” Recent awardees are listed on the California Writers Club Awards site. A full list of our branch winners is below.
Our annual Distinguished Service Award recognizes extraordinary commitment and effort on an important branch project during that year. Our list of awardees is below.
Jack London Awardees
- 2025 Barry Hampshire
- 2023 Jill Hedgecock
- 2021 Linda Hartmann
- 2019 Marlene Dotterer
- 2017 Elisabeth Tuck
- 2015 Barbara Bentley
- 2013 Judith Marshall
- 2011 David George
- 2009 Joanne Brown
- 2007 Camille Minichino
- 2005 Al Villaire
- 2004 Danard Emanuelson
- 2003 Jack Russ
- 2002 Denise Kalm
- 2001 Alfred J. Garrotto
- 2000 Bev Lauderdale
- 1999 Liz Koehler-Pentacoff
- 1998 Ray Martell
- 1997 Joan Brennan
- 1995 Pat Edwards
- 1993 Ted Fuller
- 1991 Mercedes Gardner
- 1989 Helen McGrath
Distinguished Service Awardees
- 2025 Quynh Trinh
- 2024 Michael Barrington
- 2022 Elisabeth Tuck
- 2021 Marlene Dotterer
- 2020 David George
- 2019 Bill Stong & John Marvin
- 2018 Jill Hedgecock
- 2017 Judith Ingram
- 2016 Danard Emanuelson
- 2015 Lyn Roberts
- 2014 Christa Fairfield & Jill Hedgecock
- 2013 Barbara Bentley
- 2012 Judith Marshall
- 2011 Aline Soules
- 2010 Catherine Accardi
- 2009 Alfred J. Garrotto
- 2008 Joanne Brown
- 2007 Jack Russ
- 2006 Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff
- 2005 B. Lynn Goodwin
- 2004 Agnes Moore
- 2003 Igal Levy
- 2002 Hunter Anderson
- 2001 Laura Fischer
- 2000 Al Villaire
- 1999 Adena Reed
Branch Presidents
The presidents list for the Mt. Diablo Branch includes members who were active in their writing careers and in the club. Many of the presidents were also nominated for the Jack London Award for service.
- 2022-Present, Barry Hampshire
- 2020 (February)-2022, Linda Hartmann
- 2019-2020 (January), David George
- 2018-2019, Marlene Dotterer
- 2017-2018, Marlene Dotterer
- 2016-2017, Marlene Dotterer
- 2015-2016, Elisabeth Tuck
- 2014-2015, Sean Hazlett
- 2013-2014, Elisabeth Tuck
- 2012-2013, Elisabeth Tuck
- 2011-2012, Elisabeth Tuck
- 2010-2011, Lee Paulson
- 2009-2010, Bill Stong (January-October), David George (October-December)
- 2008-2009, David George
- 2007-2008, Jack Russ
- 2006-2007, Alfred J. Garrotto
- 2004-2006, Jack Russ
- 2003-2004, Laura Fischer
- 2001-2003, Camille Minichino
- 1999-2001, Alfred J. Garrotto
- 1998-1999, Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff
- 1995-1997, E.T. Hoffman
- 1993-1995, Pat Edwards
- 1992-1993, Jim Scala
- 1991-1992, Cena Richeson
- 1990-1991, Ted Fuller
- 1989-1990, Pat Haas
- 1987-1989, J. Lloyd Luff
- 1987, Ken Davis
