The Columbia writers alliance

board of directors

Jerlean S. Noble

She is a 30 year retiree of the Department of Psychloogy at the University of South Carolina. She is a published author with 5 published books, 3 which are in the Richland County Library.

executive

director

vice

president

Ida Thompson

a veteran educator with both practical and administrative experiences in all phases of library media center management, technology education on, and distance education at building and district levels.

vice

president

Dr. Mikell E. Snooks

Dr. Snooks has a Master’s Degree in Christian Counseling and holds an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity Degree from the International Overcoming Outreach School of Religion in Columbia SC. He has penned several books. Most of his publications deal with restoring the Church; but he also writes motivational and poetry material.

President &

Chaplain

Dr. Cathine G. Scott

Dr. Cathine G. Scott is a prominent educator whose distinctive career has been marked by a host of positions in education, curriculum instruction, and assessment, and training, and development.

Treasurer

Viola H. Sanders

She has appeared on several television and radio shows around the country and was featured in Network Journal Magazine, a magazine for African American professionals and small business owners, and AS WE LIVE Magazine - 2007. Viola released her first publication in 1996, entitled "African American Inventors" and has recently developed additional educational material for people of all ages.