Tammy Gilpin-Ripp

Served as a volunteer Stage Manager/Presenter at one of six stages at Chicago’s annual Printers Row Lit Fest. Her role consisted of greeting presenters, welcoming audiences, managing support staff, keeping hourly programming on schedule, thanking sponsors and assisting all attendees. The festival is the largest outdoor literary festival in the country with a weekend packed with authors, magazine & literary journal writers, professors, students, publishers, editors, booksellers & thousands of readers.