The Meryton Assembly

Our Volunteer Staff

MLS Board of Directors

ellenjp - Board of Directors & Pemberley Library

Ellen has been involved in JAFF since 2004, discovering Austen’s novels at the relatively advanced age of 58. (Better late than never!) Not owning a laptop, she began creating printable PDF versions of her favorite stories, so she could take Darcy to bed! She has been a board member since MLS incorporated in 2008.

Ellen has been owner, financial officer, IT guru and housekeeper for her graphic design business in central Virginia since 1993. In her infinitesimally brief, non-business hours, she helps authors prepare their books for publishing, drinks a bit of wine, reads the best fanfic in the universe, watches classic movies, tries to keep her husband straight, and sleeps!

ellenjp@meryton.com

EmilynW - Board of Directors

Emilyn rediscovered dear Jane in 1999 after watching P&P2 at her best friend’s girls’ night. She began reading P&P every January until discovering JAFF in 2003. It took three years for her to de-lurk! If pressed, she will admit that Colin Firth is her favorite Mr. Darcy.

When she’s not reading JAFF, she smothers her husband and two adult children with love while taking care of her 94-year-old father full-time. During stolen moments, you’ll find her scrapbooking, beading, trying out new recipes, and reviving her French. When it’s not raining, you might catch her out in the garden.

She joined the MLS Board in March 2010.

LoryL - Board of Directors

Lory discovered JAFF in 2004 as an avid reader then a year later as a tentative author. She joined MLS in November 2008 as a member of the board of directors.

Lory lives in Bucharest, Romania, with her dear husband, her dear daughter of 14 and her dear dog ( a French bulldog). She works as an Organizational Development Manager in a multinational company, and when she is not working ( which is very rare), she loves reading (Pride and Prejudice is the all time favorite), JAFF, going to the theatre and writing (JAFF, of course).

loryl@meryton.com

Lucyparker - Board of Directors

Terry cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words which laid the foundation for her love of Miss Austen. It was too long ago. She was in the middle before she knew that she had begun. JAFF is her mothership, calling to her with both Regency and modern stories. A true story slag, Terry loves all authors who indulge her with mush, humor and adventure, tho she's usually behind the blue couch when a story gets dicey. She's a firm believer in HEA.

In RL Terry works with non-profits, is married and has one son. While Mr. LP and their heir are off doing whatever it is they do, you'll find Terry and her dear dogs, Lucy and Parker, reading "just for a few minutes more."

lucyparker@meryton.com

Moushele - Board of Directors, CIO

Teapot50 - Board of Directors, Chairman & CEO

Nancy . . .

teapot50@meryton.com

AHA Administrators

ClaireM, aka Jen H - AHA Administrator

Ms. Jen, aka ClaireM, is a professional art weirdo and technologist with a love a good story and/or myth. She writes, takes photos, loves to read, spends too much time on her computer, is not afraid of relational databases, believes in triple reduntant backups, and occasionally opines on strange subjects that may or may not bore the daylights out of the listener.

jenh@meryton.com

AHA Moderators

Daniela77 - AHA Moderator

Dolly1981 - AHA Moderator

Jancat - AHA Moderator

Juilecoop - AHA Moderator

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RafeDurk - AHA Moderator