Festival Team

A colorful drawing of a person with curly hair sitting on the grass and holding an open yellow book in front of their face, with squiggly legs and large shoes.

New York City Team

Street scene featuring a PEN America World Voices Festival sign. Red and white tents line the sidewalk with people walking and engaging at stalls. City buildings and street signs for East 12th Street and 4th Avenue are visible.
  • Sabir Sultan, Director, World Voices Festival
  • Natasha Katerinopoulos, Producer
  • Brianna Ryan, Senior Festival Coordinator
  • Julia Bumke, Company Manager
  • Earline Stephen, Audience Services Manager
  • Sarah Dillard, Manager, World Voices Festival
  • Anton Manfre, World Voices Festival Intern
  • Q+A Events and Production, Production Management

Los Angeles Team

A group of people sitting on chairs outdoors under a large tree, facing a speaker near a modern building with glass windows. Sunlight filters through the leaves, and some attendees have umbrellas for shade.
  • Sabir Sultan, Director, World Voices Festival
  • Bianca Darby-Matteoda, Consultant, Los Angeles Programs

World Voices Festival Curators

A person is holding a book open, with a hand steadying the page titled Soil. The other hand is writing with a pen. The book lies on a wooden table, and a sticky note is visible on the open pages.
  • Sabir Sultan
  • Sarah Dillard
  • Lily Philpott
  • Louise Steinman
  • Anderson Tepper 
  • S. Dylan Zwickel