Regional Member Profile
By Vonnie Alto, Secretary
Here is Ceil Huntington, philanthropist and patron of the arts, at the Mirabella Portland retirement community. She graciously agreed to an impromptu photo shoot just because we love her! Ceil was our 2017 Co-Honoree for our region's Tribute Grant. We are so thankful for her contributions to JASNA and also for promoting great literature!.
Ceil is both an original member of our region and also a longtime volunteer for the Literary Arts: 31 years on the Oregon Book Awards & Fellowship Advisory Council. More recently, she served as a tremendous fundraiser for the Brian Booth Writers’ Fund, an endowment for emerging writers. Ceil was also our spokeswoman for the 2010 AGM which we hosted and the face of our region in an article published about the Portland AGM in The Oregonian that same year. She has inspired the membership by arranging many of our meetings at beautiful locations, including hosting many Reading Groups at the elegant Mirabella Portland retirement community in Portland.
We couldn't resist photographing Ceil following our November reading group discussion. What a lovely woman!