Staff and Board

Mark E. Cull
Artistic Director & Contracts Officer
mark@redhen.org
Ext. 200

Mark E. Cull is co-founder and Publisher of Red Hen Press for 30 years. He currently serves as Artistic Director and Contracts Officer, overseeing all aspects of design, production and contracts. 

Mark is involved in operations and is always questioning operational processes and best practices.  It is Red Hen’s wonderful staff, his love of books and the Bunn coffee maker that calls him to work each day.

Kate Gale
Publisher & Executive Director
kate@redhen.org
Ext.100

Kate Gale, Publisher and Director, serves as Red Hen Press’s executive director.  She manages Red Hen’s editorial vision, foreign rights and donor cultivation. 

Kate works with the board and staff to set the vision for the organization, find the steps to get there and align the team with that vision while keeping everyone motivated.  It is a joy and a deep privilege to work with everyone on the Red Hen team. 

Tobi Harper Petrie
Deputy & Marketing Director, Associate Editor
tobi@redhen.org
Ext.900

Tobi Harper Petrie is Deputy Director of Red Hen Press, Founder and Editor of Quill, Publisher of The Los Angeles Review, and Instructor in the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program for Publishing and Editing. Tobi specialized in queer theory and literature of the environment throughout their academic studies, culminating in the master’s thesis: “‘What is it?’: Examining Narrative Shifts in Twentieth-Century Genderqueer Novels.” As a genderqueer and neurodivergent speaker, event curator, literary warrior, tech wiz, and jello wrestler, Tobi enjoys the diversity of experiences that life has to offer.

As Marketing Director, Tobi serves as Red Hen Press’s main contact with our international distributor, Publishers Group West. As Deputy Director, they lead the staff team, represent the Press at sales conferences and literary festivals, and double as our in-house tech support.

Monica Fernandez
Media Director
monica.fernandez@redhen.org
Ext. 600

Monica Fernandez graduated from the University of California, Irvine cum laude with a BA in English with an emphasis on Creative Writing, and from City University London with a MA in Creative Writing and Publishing. She has had several short fiction and creative nonfiction pieces published in The Chaffey Review, Rind Literary Magazine, Scribendi, The Left Coast Review, Creepy Gnome, and Pure Slush Magazine’s Envy anthology. She is Filipina-American, a proud Hufflepuff, and a film and theatre enthusiast.

Monica manages the media and publicity of all Red Hen’s books. She pioneers the Red Hen Reading Series in Pasadena, CA, arranges our participation in literary events across the country, promotes book news, reviews, and press publicity across our social media networks and contacts, connects authors with media and interview opportunities, and liaises with Foreign Rights and Film Rights agents for prospective sale of language and film rights.

Rebeccah Sanhueza
Production Associate
rebeccah.sanhueza@redhen.org
Ext. 400

Rebeccah Sanhueza began as an Editorial Intern with RHP in March 2018 before moving to the positions of Editorial Assistant and Development Assistant in April and August of 2018, respectively. In July of 2021, Rebeccah was promoted to the position of Production Editor in charge of the editorial department, and in September 2021 was promoted to Production Associate, overseeing the production department as a whole, which includes editorial and design. A 2015 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, with a BA in English, she has worked for several years as a college English tutor, elementary school literacy coach, and freelance editor. In December 2019, she joined the Los Angeles Review as Production Editor. Her poetry and short fiction has also been published in Inscape magazine. ​

Rebeccah oversees the production, editorial, and design departments, supervising both staff and intern teams while collaborating with authors and marketing/media staff in regard to timelines and promotional materials.

Amanda De Vries
Bookkeeper
amanda.devries@redhen.org
Ext. 800

Amanda De Vries began as a Bookkeeping intern in the Accounting department at Red Hen Press in December 2018 before moving to the position of Bookkeeper in January of 2019. She received an Associates of Arts in Liberal Arts in 2006 and an Associates of Science in Accounting in 2018, both from College of the Desert in Palm Desert.

Amanda reports to the head publisher, Mark E. Cull. She monitors and reconciles Red Hen’s finances, maintains inventory upkeep, and tracks royalties statements.

Shelby Wallace
Production Editor
shelby.wallace@redhen.org
Ext. 300

Shelby Wallace is an editor from Jacksonville, Florida. She received a Bachelor’s degree in English and French from the University of North Florida and specializes in copyediting, literary acquisitions, and cooking the perfect breakfast plate.

At Red Hen Press, Shelby works closely with the Head Publisher and Production Associate to deliver 25-30 books per year. She also manages submissions, leads editorial meetings, and organizes Red Hen’s seasonal literary awards. Shelby lives in Los Angeles with her very silly dog Copper.

Marc Merril Gumbin
Development Associate
marc.gumbin@redhen.org
Ext. 500

Marc Merrill Gumbin is a writer and filmmaker from Tucson, AZ. He is an MFA candidate in Fiction at Vermont College of Fine Arts and a 2018 graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts. His writing has been published in The Normal School and Motherwell and he has been rewarded with writing residencies at Vermont Studio Center and the Gullkistan Center for Creativity. He is currently working on his first novel.

He previously served as the Marketing Assistant and Events Host at premiere West Hollywood bookstore Book Soup, before joining Red Hen Press as their Development Assistant. At Red Hen, Marc is in charge of fundraising, writing grants, donor cultivation, and assisting the Development team. He lives in Los Angeles, CA with his dog Fiona.

Megan Troung
Bookkeeping Assistant
megan.troung@redhen.org
Ext. 800

Megan Truong is a Bookkeeper from Arcadia, California. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Finance from California State University, Los Angeles. Megan works closely with the Head of Accounting to process book orders, billing, royalties, donations, and proper nonprofit tax documentation at Red Hen Press.

She loves anything adventurous like hiking and rock climbing and currently lives in Arcadia with her two fluffy dogs Mochi and Tofu.

Yoshi Wainwright
Writing in the Schools Coordinator
yoshi.wainwright@redhen.org
Ext. 700

Yoshi Wainwright graduated from Occidental College cum laude with a B.A. in both Media Arts and Culture and Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture. He studied the theater and language of Archaic Greece in addition to media production. Yoshi has worked as a filmmaker under the Arts and Urban Experience Andrew Mellon Grant and continues to explore storytelling through both film and the written word. As a follower of the arts, Yoshi enjoys perusing both high and low; literature, reality television, theater, and youtube all have much to offer.

At Red Hen, Yoshi oversees the Writing in the Schools (WITS) program connecting published authors that conduct poetry writing workshops to Title I schools of the greater Los Angeles area. He also supports the development team.

Phone Number:
(626) 356-4760 ext. ___
Fax: (626) 356-9974

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 40820
Pasadena, CA 91114

Physical Address:
1540 Lincoln Ave
Pasadena, CA 91103