Exciting News!

Introducing Hedgebrook’s New Executive Director, Kimberly A.C. Wilson

We are so happy to share the good news that Hedgebrook’s board of directors has named a new executive director to lead Hedgebrook.

After an extensive national search, Hedgebrook’s Board of Directors and Executive Search Committee have chosen Kimberly A.C. Wilson to serve as the organization’s new executive director.

Kimberly joins Hedgebrook with more than 25 years of experience in journalism, communications and philanthropy.

“It is with great pleasure that we name Kimberly A.C. Wilson as Hedgebrook’s new executive director,” said Board President Sarah Ladipo Manyika. “Her skills and experience as a writer, transformative communicator and seasoned organizational leader, paired with a deep commitment to radical hospitality, racial equity and social justice are exactly what Hedgebrook needs to envision the next arc of our mission and impact in the world.”

Since 1988, Hedgebrook has welcomed more than 2,000 writers from across the globe to live and write on Whidbey Island, creating thousands of screenplays, novels, poems, memoirs, plays, songs and works of nonfiction. Our alumnae include many well-known names, from Booker Prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo to journalist-activist Gloria Steinem, Pulitzer Prize-winner Dael Orlandersmith and best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo. Our writing residencies, virtual workshops, online classes, salons and public programs connect writers with readers and audiences around the world. Millions of people have experienced the works imagined in our cozy cottages, amidst Hedgebrook’s legendary, radical hospitality.

Kimberly’s work has long been rooted in mission, the belief that change is made possible through trust and the clarity that trust is strongly dependent on thoughtful, reflective communications.

“Never has the mission of Hedgebrook been more relevant,” she said. “I relish the opportunity to work with Hedgebrook’s committed staff, dedicated board, loyal alumnae and talented and creative advisory council to set the table for the next chapter of bold, radical spacemaking for women’s voices.”

Kimberly will officially join Hedgebrook on March 1.