Kate is a new writer in the muddle of her first novel. She is thrilled to be the Chairperson of the board, sharing governance and corporate service experience with such an accomplished organisation. As an Australian Institute of Company Directors graduate, Kate understands the value of strategic thinking, which she balances with an irreverent love of the offbeat and random. In addition to sounding like 'Finance Degrees' when said quickly, Fine Arts Degrees have their uses.

Lisa is a multi-published author of contemporary fiction. She was previously on the KSP foundation’s Board of Management and also ran the Wild Weeds Press trial service for the centre. She then took a break from the Board and went on to co-direct another small publishing company before taking the helm of Dragonfly Publishing.

Lisa has gained many years of in-depth knowledge and experience working within the book publishing industry and is excited to rejoin the board and roll her sleeves up where she can.

Jake joined the KSP team in 2019. He is currently a final year commerce student with majors in finance and accounting at the University of Western Australia.

Ashley Yihsin Chang has over 25 years experience in art curation, project management, and cultural diplomacy across Taiwan and Perth. Ashley undertook art history studies in the UK, and this international experience added to her multicultural Taiwanese upbringing, to inform her focus on diversity and cross-cultural dialogue in her professional career. As Taipei Artist Village's former Deputy Director, Ashley played a pivotal role in overseeing 40 artists-in-residency annually, which included international writers and poets for significant literary events in Taipei. Committed to fostering interdisciplinary networks and idea exchange, Ashley believes in the critical role literature plays in the cultural landscape. As a new KSP Writers' Centre board member, her goal is to enhance the Centre’s outreach and impact, promoting inclusivity, diversity and extending connections locally, nationally, and into Asia.

Henry is a resident of the Perth Hills. He holds a degree in Creative Writing from Curtin University and co-facilitates the Monday night Novel Writer’s Collective group. He is thrilled to be a member of the board of directors at KSP and involved in the management of such an iconic piece of Perth’s literary history. Henry is working on his first novel, an absurdist comedy about conspiracy theories, set in contemporary WA. He enjoys shooting the breeze with friends, bushwalking, and speaking about himself in the third person.

Shannon joined the KSP team as a volunteer newsletter editor in 2012 and went on to become the longest-serving employee in the Centre's history, as the Coordinator and then CEO from 2013-2022. She holds a Bachelor of Writing from Edith Cowan University, is a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society, and won the Talus Prize for fiction in 2011. She has worked as a second-hand book-seller, freelance editor, and is a published short-fiction author. In 2022 she was awarded a Life Membership in recognition of her service to the KSP Foundation.

Monique is an Ecu Student studying a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative/ Professional writing. She has chosen to undertake her internship with KSP Writers Centre and hopes to pursue her love of writing once she graduates using her newfound knowledge from her time at the centre.