Board Members

Megan Oliver Thompson, Interim Director

Megan Oliver Thompson is an attorney who practiced litigation in Chicago and San Francisco for over seventeen years before moving to the Louisville area with her husband and two daughters in 2020. During her recent hiatus from the legal world, she read A LOT of those novels she’d been meaning to get to, installed ceiling fans and painted several rooms in her home, experienced Disney World for the first time, assistant-coached one daughter’s soccer team, and got back into creative writing with NaNoWriMo 2021 and Women Who Write. She hasn’t quite figured out how to tolerate the humidity of the Ohio River Valley, but she’s enjoying the change of pace that comes with blooming hydrangeas, katydid calls, and baby wrens chirping in the holly tree.

Erin Wedemeyer, Assistance Director

Erin Wedemeyer recently graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Louisville. She writes mostly prose and dabbles in poetry and loves all things animal, fantasy (especially dragon), and sci-fi. Connect with her on social media or check out her website at https://linktr.ee/erinwfantasyauthor.

Katie Odom, Secretary

Ashley Striegel, Treasurer

Ashley Striegel has a bachelor’s degree in English and is a marketing professional at the University of Louisville. Most recently Ashley and her husband Scotty welcomed their first child  Nora. When she’s not soaking up all the baby snuggles and coming up for air from a sink full of bottles, Ashley can be found with a book in hand, ideating about her novel.

Irene Sulyevich, Public Relations

Irene Sulyevich came to Louisville from Ukraine 32 years ago. IT professional, seasoned Toastmaster, fitness nut and a culinary Goddess, she never cheated on her biggest passion—her writing.  She has a collection of personal essays published on medium.com, and she is also a contributor to multi-genre literary anthology The Boom Project: Voices of a Generation (Butler Books 2019). Trilingual, multicultural, her voice gives her writing unique dimension that always sets her work apart.

Nancy Wynn, Membership Coordinator 

Nancy Wynn is a writer and mother of two teenagers, and works full time as a nurse practitioner. She joined the 5am club to squeeze in time to write and is in the pursuit of writing a personal memoir. She is a lover of trees and you will often find a tree metaphor mentioned in her essays.

Holly Hinson, At Large (Programs)

Colleen Ryan, At Large (Membership)

“Whenever I write a bio for something, I always start with the fact that I am a psychiatrist, now semi-retired. However, that is only one facet of my life. I am a wife, mother, grandmother, reader, quilter, and writer. I write as a hobby. I have always been drawn to poetry, but I am trying to venture into other genres. I was a member of Women Who Write several years ago, then I took a job which was primarily out of town. Although I still lived in Louisville, that pulled me away from connections here. Now I have more time, so I rejoined Women Who Write a couple of years ago. I love the support of the group. It has helped me feel more confident in sharing my writing with others. I do enjoy the visual arts, and quilting allows me to explore colors and patterns. I love fabric art, and I wish I had more time to pursue it. I wish I could spend all of my time writing and quilting and completely forget the outside world – except for my family, especially my grandkids!”