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9 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />Lindsey Alexander <br />Volunteer Application <br />Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br />Name: <br />Name Called: <br />Home Address: <br />Phone: (Day) <br />Phone: (Evening) <br />Fax: <br />Email: <br />Place of Employment: <br />Job Title: <br />Year of OC Residence: <br />Ms. Lindsey Alexander <br />2413 Wilson Road <br />Chapel Hill NC 27516 <br />3474132381 <br />3474132381_ <br />lindsey.alexander@gmail.com <br />Self-employed <br />Editor, consultant, writer <br />1992 <br />Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br />Zone of Residence: Does not apply <br />Sex: Female <br />Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br />Date of Birth: 7/9/1982 <br />Boards/Commissions applied for: <br />Arts Commission <br />Work Experience: <br />I am a former editor at HarperCollins Publishers, where I collaborated with authors, <br />illustrators, and other publishing professionals to produce a bestselling (10 million-plus <br />copies) children's book series, numerous award-winning books, and many New York <br />Times bestsellers. Since leaving HarperCollins to pursue my MFA in Writing, I have built <br />a successful editorial business, through which I edit, write, and consult for a variety of <br />clients, including trade and academic publishers, literary agencies, and individuals. I am <br />also an actively working writer, and have taught writing through San Francisco's Writing <br />Salon, the Monterey Bay Writers Studio, Rutgers University's One-on-One Plus <br />Conference, and the Berkeley-based high-school enrichment company Education <br />Unlimited. _. <br />Volunteer E~cperience: <br />I've served as a mentor and member of the Development Committee, writing and <br />reviewing grant applications, for Oirls Write Now, a New York-based organization that <br />pairs worrten in the publishing and writing industries with high school-aged girls from <br />underserved communities who are interested in writing. I've also served on the-editorial <br />board of PEN America, the journal of the PEN American Center, and served as their <br />editorial intern during graduate school. For several years, I helped organize and facilitate <br />the-PEN World Voices Festival, an annual gathering of over 1.00 writers from 40 <br />countries. I've volunteered as an editorial consultant for the Turkish Women's Initiative, <br />an organization seeking to broaden educational and public service opportunities for <br />