Stephani Atkins works as the Executive Director for StoryArk, publishes The Boom Site Magazine, and serves as Executive Producer for all the podcast and film projects. She also hosts the StoryArk Network. StoryArk mentors youth in the art of storytelling. Whether they tell their story through film, audio podcast, poetry, or an article in a magazine, Stephani and her team are there to support them every step of the way.

As an artist, Stephani works on literary art projects that are realized in multiple formats (video, audio, web, print, and other media). She is a freelance writer of marketing and advocacy materials and has produced short films through StoryBoard Films.

Prior to StoryArk, Stephani worked as a marketing director, substitute teacher for middle school English, and served as a director of student programming for both large and small non-profit educational programs. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois with a liberal arts degree that focused on journalism, American culture, and secondary education.