2024 Board Ballot

President

Jacki Renee

Treasurer

Brooke Wills

Brooke Wills was a controller, CFO and consultant, including working in Dublin, Ireland, for over three decades. Then she decided it was time to pursue her dreams of writing. After living most of her life in San Diego County, this SoCal girl left the corporate world, sold her house, packed up all her worldly goods and moved to the beautiful Pacific Northwest to live on an island in the middle of a forest.

A member of RWA since 1998, she has been treasurer for three online chapters as well as for other organizations. She enjoys writing contemporary romance and mysteries.

Secretary

Anita Learned

Anita joined RWA in 1995. She’s served her local chapter, DARA, as President, (three terms), President-Elect, (one term,) Treasurer (two terms), and for the past 2 years has been the Program Coordinator. Also, for the past 2 years, Anita has served as Director-at-Large for RWA.

Anita retired from a major telecommunication company in 2020 at age 39 with over 41 years of service (there’s a little fiction in her math). This mother to a 101-pound dog and two onery cats calls Greenville, Texas home. She writes time-travel and romantic suspense. And is determined to be published in the near future!

Directors-at-Large (Two Positions)

Monica Jorgensen

Monica Jorgensen, writing as Kathleen Samuels, knew the moment she picked up a Sweet Valley High book that happily ever after endings were the only books to read. She joined RWA in 2011 when she decided to follow her dreams of becoming a romance author. She has two published works and has been included in two anthologies. She was on the board of Rainbow Romance Writers for two years and thoroughly enjoyed bringing the chapter back to life. She makes her home in Southern California with her two college age children and two crazy dogs, Piper and Finn.

Ursula Renee

Ursula Renée writes historical fiction set in the early to mid-twentieth century, when people began challenging society's conventions and expressing their individuality.

Since joining RWA in 2009 she has served as the PRO Liaison, Vice-President and President of RWA/NYC. She has also served on the RWA University Committee.

Ursula joined RWA in hopes of improving her writing skills. What she discovered was a community of supportive writers who understood the ups and downs of being a romance author.

Besides writing, Ursula enjoys photography and traveling. She lives with her son and two cats.