Blythe is also an adjunct professor of writing at Drexel University, author of Second Oldest: A Poetic History of Philadelphia, and comes to us with a background in finance. She is a member of Green Street Monthly Meeting and lives in Philadelphia. In our office, she will coordinate our newsletters and website, and manage our bookkeeping. Specifically, she will work with our Finance Committee and the Correspondence and Communications Program Groups.

Hye Sung just finished a year as a Quaker Voluntary Service Fellow in Portland, Oregon, where he worked with the American Friends Service Committee. Previously, he completed an internship with the Friends of Jesus Fellowship and the Ruth Ellis Center in Detroit, Michigan. Hye Sung he will provide logistical support for FWCC Section of the Americas events and coordinate our orientation and support for Representatives. He will work directly with our Nominating Committee and our Representative Engagement and Convocations Program Groups.

Evan Draper, most recently our full-time Administrative Secretary, has just entered a graduate degree program in audiology here in Philadelphia. We are thankful that he will stay on staff one day a week, as Development Assistant.

I feel blessed to have a new team working together, bringing different skills and perspectives to our work in the Section office. Please join me in welcoming them and praying for all of us as we take up weaving the tapestry of Friends in the Americas.