The Nantucket Book Foundation, which puts on the annual Nantucket Book Festival, has appointed its first executive director, Maddie Hjulstrom.
Hjulstrom has almost 30 years of executive planning, administration, communications and business development experience in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors. Before working for the Nantucket Book Foundation, she worked for Barnes & Noble, starting in 1999 as a community relations manager in North Wales, Pa., then the last 10 years as a regional and then national business development manager specializing in sales training. Before that, she was interim director and chairman of the board of the Ulster County (N.Y.) Pregnancy Support Center and the Pregnancy Resource Clinic of North Pennsylvania (Pa.).
"Maddie brings so many talents and extensive organizational experience to this new post,” Annye Camara, Foundation board president said. "She has amply demonstrated her commitment to our mission these past two years, serving as liaison with our writers, directing the volunteers, aiding with development, and being an active, enthusiastic part of each of our committees. Maddie and her husband live part-time on the island, and her delight with Nantucket, as well as her great set of professional and personal skills make her the perfect person for this new post. The festival team is excited to welcome her full-time to our number."
The Festival is held every June. This year's, scheduled for June 17-19, will the fifth.