Co-Founder, Executive Director

Henry is a co-founder of the Gloucester Writers Center and a documentary filmmaker. His work has played on PBS and at museums and galleries around the world. His films include: Polis is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place; Poem in Action, a portrait of his uncle Vincent Ferrini; and Lowell Blues: the Words of Jack Kerouac. He is working on a new film about the iconic jazz stylist Lester Young. He lives in Gloucester with his wife and son.

Manager

A longtime Gloucester resident, Ruth is an expert on the area’s live music scene and has been an arts and theater aficionado for years. Before joining the GWC, Ruth spent 18 years as a career counselor at the North Shore Career Center, and has worked in various capacities over her career, including office management roles in the public and private sectors. At the Writers Center, you’ll find Ruth managing all office and business functions, day to day.

Program Director

Eric received his MA in English from the University of Rochester and his MFA in Poetry from Boston University. His chapbook, No Arcadia, was published in the fall of 2020. The Massachusetts Cultural Council awarded him a 2022 Artist's Grant in poetry. He lives in Lynn, MA, and has been with the GWC since 2023.

Education Director

Ellie is a poet, a memoirist, and the Poet Laureate Emerita of Amesbury, MA, where she lives. She has published Breathe Here (poetry, 2020) and Up Home Again (memoir, 2023)—both with North Country Press. She has an MFA in poetry from the Stonecoast program of the University of Southern Maine.