Jennifer St George is the chair of Byron Writers Festival board. She has twenty-five years marketing and management experience and is an internationally best-selling author of seven romance novels published by Penguin’s romance imprint, Destiny Romance.

Adam van Kempen is the principal of BvK Solicitors & Attorneys. He joined the Festival board in 2012 and is now acting vice chair.

Cheryl Bourne is a Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) and has been an avid supporter of Byron Writers Festival since its inception. She holds the position of Treasurer on the Festival board.

Russell Eldridge is a founding member of the Byron Writers Festival. He is a former newspaper editor and award-winning journalist who has worked in South Africa and Australia.

Dr Jesse Blackadder is an international award-winning author of fiction and has been on Byron Writers Festival board since 2011.

Kate Cameron is an accountant who joined Byron Writers Festival board in 2015.

Marele Day is a best-selling, award-winning author of international acclaim who joined the Festival board in 2000.

Lynda Dean has been on the Byron Writers Festival board since 1995. She has run businesses in the natural health industry including Thursday Plantation and Organic India while being active in a wide range of community development projects.

Dr Lynda Hawryluk has been the Southern Cross University representative on the Festival board since 2013. She is a Senior Lecturer in Writing at SCU, and Course Coordinator of the Associate Degree of Creative Writing.

Dr Anneli Knight is a writer, journalist, and business writing trainer and consultant. She joined the Festival board in 2014. Anneli has two decades of writing experience spanning journalistic, legal, academic, corporate, online, fiction and long-form non-fiction forms.