Meet the Team
Dia Brown
Board Member, Volunteer
Dia Brown is a doctoral candidate in Architectural Engineering and a new board member at the Print Factory. Outside of research, they help organize for the graduate union work going on at Penn State and are also on the board for Black Grad Student Association. When not volunteering, they are crocheting, woodworking, reading, or searching for an outdoor cat to pet.
Dani Buchheister
Board Member, Volunteer
Brady Clemens
Board Member, Volunteer
Brady Clemens is a local librarian with over a decade of experience in the non-profit sector. When not working, he enjoys reading non-fiction, mysteries, and Tolkien-related things, listening to podcasts, and the occasional hike. Originally from rural Western Pennsylvania, he's excited to join the board of the Print Factory!
Jonathan Eburne
Board Member, Volunteer
Mandisa Haarhoff
Board Member, Volunteer
Mandisa Haarhoff is a South Africa born Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Penn State. Along with my academic training, I am a playwright, choreographer, and actor. I have toured my award-winning one-person show, “Crush-hopper,” across South Africa and the United States, and I’m currently working on a new play that will debut at the Omnye Nomnye Theatre Festival in 2025. I enjoy hosting curated open mic’s. During my time in Gainesville, Florida, I successfully hosted Mandisa Mondays at The Bull and the Borrowed Mic at Third House Bookstore. Offering my energy to sustainable life-giving community centered spaces like The Print Factory is an expression of purpose that gives meaning to why I show up in the classroom. I also enjoy tending to my younger self through writing children’s stories.
Elizabeth Kern
Board Member, Volunteer
Elizabeth Kern is a part-time graduate student in higher education and a full-time staff member at Penn State. She moved to from Virginia to Bellefonte in December of 2025 as she was wrapping up her B.A. in public relations. In her free time, Elizabeth enjoys reading cheesy rom-coms, watching even cheesier horror movies, and cheering on the Nittany Lions.
Brenna Lee
Board Member, Volunteer
Brenna Lee is that author of Soft Flood, (dancing girl press, 2022). She received her MFA from Naropa University. Her work has recently appeared in Bone Bouquet, BathHouse, No Contact, Dream Pop, and Poetry Project's Footnotes. Her novel, What Became Its Body, was shortlisted for the Dzanc Fiction Prize. She has previously held Writer-in-Residence positions with InsideOut Literary Arts and Youth Arts Aliance. Brenna also has a background in victim advocacy, editorial development, and arts administration. Currently, she works as an Administrative Coordinator and Teaching Artist for Ridgelines Language Arts, where she facilitates the Being Heard program.
Barrett Marshall
Board Member, Volunteer
Barrett Marshall is a civil rights attorney, professor, and consultant specializing in systems change, workplace inclusion and belonging, and trauma-informed practice. After practicing law in both Philadelphia and Centre County, they have recently settled in Bellefonte. Community well-being has been the primary motivation for Barrett’s professional work and they are hopeful that they can use those experiences to facilitate the Print Factory’s mission. Barrett looks forward to supporting (and enjoying!) the inclusive environment and community connection that the organization embodies.
Frankie Urrutia-Smith
Board Member, Volunteer
Joe Vasey
Board Member, Volunteer
Dara Walker
Board Member, Volunteer
Dara Walker is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies, History, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. She is currently writing her first book, High School Rebels: Black Power, Education, and Youth Politics in the Motor City, 1966-1973. Growing up in Wahington D.C., she learned to love history and books as a portal into worlds of possibility. She is ecstatic to realize The Print Factory's vision and its support of Central PA communities.