IPRC Board
Mary Kay West (Board Chair) is a vice president at Norris, Beggs, and Simpson commercial real estate agency. An avid writer, her work has appeared in the Voice Catcher anthology and in self-produced zines. She also completed the IPRC’s Certificate Program in Creative Writing in 2010.
Megan Kahrs (Treasurer) is a professional accountant specializing in nonprofits; she has held accounting positions with the Regional Arts and Culture Council and Portland Center Stage. When not crunching numbers, she loves being outdoors, making artwork and listening to reggae music.
Ben Kates (Secretary) is a professional educator and an experimental musician. Along with the IPRC, he volunteers with the Creative Music Guild, and is currently learning the fine art of letterpress printing.
Pollyanne Birge (Vice Chair) previously worked as the Arts Coordinator in the office of the Mayor of Portland. She recently completed a Master’s degree in Public Policy, with a specialty in Nonprofit work, from Portland State University. Along with the IPRC, she serves on several other boards, including the Dill Pickle Club.
Marilyn Zornado (Text Ball Coordinator) has taught bookbinding and calligraphy at the Oregon College of Art and Craft and the Art Institute. She is author of “Adventures in Penland” and co-proprietor of Fremont Garden Press. In addition to organizing the annual Platform Animation Festival, she is the driving force behind the IPRC’s annual Text Ball.
Mike Nichols is a printing industry professional with a degree in Communications and Graphic Arts. He is currently studying to become a teacher.
Heather Watkins is a professional letterpress printer, bookbinder and visual artist with an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She previously taught as a professor of Book Arts and Lewis and Clark College.
Greg Tozian is the President of the Overland Agency, a Portland-based company specializing in digital advertising. A former journalist, he has published several books, and is currently pursuing a new-found passion for self-published comics.
Dawn Andreas is a Project Manager at Blackbox Industries and an avid surfer. Since 2009 she’s masterminded the IPRC’s chili cook-off benefit events. She recently learned to letterpress print, beginning with her own wedding invitations.
Lisa Marshall is Communications Manager at Raphael House, a multi-faceted domestic violence agency dedicated to fighting the causes and effects of intimate partner violence in a variety of ways. She’s also a practicing poet; she graduated from the IPRC’s Certificate Program in Poetry in 2011.
Jason Glover has been volunteering at the IPRC since 2008; in 2011 he joined the IPRC Board. He is a founder and part owner of ShopIgniter, which was named by Willamette Week as one of Portland’s most innovative new technology start-ups. A longtime independent publisher, Jason formerly edited the magazine Third Eye and self-published the novel The Perception Experiment. He is currently enrolled in the IPRC’s Certificate Program in Creative Writing.
