And I don't know anything about her:

SEATTLE — Richard Hugo House is pleased to announce that Sue Joerger has been hired as its executive director. In her new position, Joerger will bring significant nonprofit management and leadership experience to an organization that has gained national renown for its inventive programming over the last two years.

Joerger was most recently the executive director of the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, a nonprofit working to protect and preserve the Puget Sound. During her tenure, Joerger helped grow the organization—tripling the size of its budget and staff—and significantly raised its profile. Joerger has lived on her sailboat in waters of the Puget Sound, off and on, for the past ten years, where she enjoys writing poetry and playing drums. Her educational background includes a B.A. from Mills College and an M.S. from the University of Washington.

“The board of directors is excited to welcome Sue to Hugo House as its next executive director,” says board president Matt Carvalho. “Sue is a seasoned nonprofit professional with deep experience in organizational strategy, finance and fund-raising. Equally important, her passion for the arts and her personal warmth and humor will fit in well at Hugo House. Hugo House has offered innovative programming to growing audiences over the past few years, and the board looks forward to building and sustaining that trend with Sue’s leadership.”

The rest of the press release is after the jump. I'll have more next week, after I (hopefully) meet her. Just from what I've found through a Google search, it looks like the House is going more for the non-profit angle than the arts angle, which is not what I thought they'd be doing with the position.

Joerger begins as executive director on June 1, taking over for interim executive director Cory
Sbarbaro. Hugo House’s previous directors include Lyall Bush and founding director and poet
Frances McCue.

“I always thought that literature would be the place for me,” says incoming executive director
Sue Joerger. “I have enjoyed writing poetry and have been an avid reader all of my life. After
working with deadly serious, save-the-world eco-warriors for almost a decade, I can't believe
how much fun and laughter I’ve already had at Hugo House. When I walked in the front door for
the first time, it felt like I was putting on my favorite, most comfortable sweatshirt.”

Founded in 1997, Richard Hugo House is the Pacific Northwest’s only literary center, offering
classes, residencies and events year-round. Beginning in 2007, Hugo House launched its Hugo
Literary Series, commissioning new work on select themes from authors and musicians of local
and national acclaim, such as Sherman Alexie, Pam Houston, Rick Moody and Michelle Tea,
among others. The Hugo Literary Series was part of a greater organizational initiative to
promote new writing across all of the House’s programs. With a new executive director in place,
Hugo House will continue to expand its cutting-edge programming that supports writers and
readers of all ages and backgrounds.