ALA Staff Directory

This page is alphabetical by ALA unit. If you are looking for how ALA is organized, please see the ALA Organizational Chart. 

Choice | 575 Main Street | Suite 300 | Middletown, CT  06457 | (860) 347-6933 | fax: (860) 704-0465 | choicemag@ala-choice.org

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United for Libraries | The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations | 600 Eagleview Blvd, Suite 300 | Exton, PA 19341 | (800) 545-2433, ext. 2161 | fax: (484) 698-7868 | united@ala.org

ALA Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA)

Last name	First name		Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Calvin	Beatrice		Manager of Professional Development	x4280	bcalvin@ala.org
Hopkins	Lorelle		Associate Executive Director	x4278	lswader@ala.org
Redd	Kimberly		Program Manager for Certification and Talent Development	x4279	klredd@ala.org

American Association of School Librarians (AASL)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Cline	Allison	Deputy Executive Director	x4385	acline@ala.org
Habley	Jennifer	Manager of Web Communications & Affiliate Relations	x4383	jhabley@ala.org
Major	James	Manager of Professional Learning	x1396	jmajor@ala.org
Norton	Sylvia	Executive Director	x4388	snorton@ala.org
Weglewski	Anne	Administrative Assistant	x4382	aweglewski@ala.org

American Libraries Magazine

Last name	First name		Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Bennett	Megan		Associate Editor		mbennett@ala.org
Dankowski	Terra		Managing Editor I	x5282	tdankowski@ala.org
Landgraf	Gregory		Senior Editor	x5105	glandgraf@ala.org
Lomax	Rebecca		Art Director	x4217	rlomax@ala.org
Panuncial	Diana		Associate Editor	x4218	dpanuncial@ala.org
SinhaRoy	Sanhita		Editor and Publisher	x4219	ssinharoy@ala.org
Smith	Carrie		Editorial and Advertising Associate	x4216	casmith@ala.org

 

Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Cackley	Ana	Awards Coordinator	x5839	acackley@ala.org
Michaud	Anne	Program Officer	x2166	amichaud@ala.org
Polen	Sarah	Deputy Executive Director II	x4026	spolen@ala.org
Rivers	Alena	Executive Director II	x5866	arivers@ala.org
Schulte-Cooper	Laura	Program Officer	x2165	lschulte@ala.org

Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Conahan	Margot	Manager of Professional Development	x2522	mconahan@ala.org
Connolly	David	Manager Ad Sales and  Editorial Assistant	x2513	dconnolly@ala.org
Free	David	Editor-in-Chief, C&RL / Senior Communications Strategist	x2517	dfree@ala.org
Lim	Brian	Program Coordinator	x2514	blim@ala.org
Mueller	Dawn	Sr. Production Editor	x2516	dmueller@ala.org
Nevius	Erin	Project Manager	x2529	enevius@ala.org
Ondrla	Tory	Manager of  Conferences	x2515	tondrla@ala.org
Parsons-Diamond	Gena	Program Officer	x2512	gparsonsdiamond@ala.org
Payne	Allison	Interim Executive Director IV	x2519	apayne@ala.org
Sharpe	Elois	Program Officer	x5277	esharpe@ala.org

 

Booklist Publications

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Anderson	Christopher	Editorial Assistant	x5724	canderson@ala.org
Booth	Heather	Associate Editor	x5751	hbooth@ala.org
Bostrom	Anne	Senior Editor	x5756	abostrom@ala.org
Crossley	Taylor	Marketing Coordinator	x5718	tcrossley@ala.org
Ferreira	Kelly	Editorial Assistant	x5710	kferreira@ala.org
Harden	Cynthia	Ad Traffic Coordinator	x2421	charden@ala.org
Hunter	Sarah	Editor	x5716	shunter@ala.org
Hyzy	Biz	Marketing Specialist	x5723	bhyzy@ala.org
Kaplan	Daniel	Marketing Manager	x5284	dkaplan@ala.org
Kendall	George	Interim Director	x5717	gkendall@ala.org
Khuri	Ronny	Senior Editor	x5711	rkhuri@ala.org
Maguire	Susan	Senior Editor	x5720	smaguire@ala.org
Orellana	Carlos	Senior Production Editor	x5714	corellana@ala.org
Reagan	Maighdlin	Senior Editor	x5722	mreagan@ala.org
Rosean	Grace	Marketing Manager	x5757	grosean@ala.org
Ruzicka	Michael	Office Manager	x5725	mruzicka@ala.org
Schnake	Abeje	Editorial Assistant		aschnake@ala.org
Seaman	Donna	Editor	x5754	dseaman@ala.org
Segedin	Benjamin	Manager of Production II	x5729	bsegedin@ala.org
Smith	Julia	Senior Editor	x5719	jsmith@ala.org

 

Center for the Future of Libraries

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email

 

Chapter Relations Office (CRO)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (312) 280-3200	Email
Dowling	Michael	Director of Chapter Relations	x3200	mdowling@ala.org
Martin	Jonathan	Program Manager	x2429	jmartin@ala.org

 

Choice Magazine Staff

Last name	First name	Title	Location	Phone	Email
Balasco	Rita	Customer Service Coordinator	CT	(860)347-6933 x123	rbalasco@ala.org
Bartlett	Rebecca	Sr. Editor, Humanities	CT	(860) 347-6933 x125	bbartlett@ala.org
Cofer	Sabrina	Digital Media Producer	CT	(860)347-6933 x139	scofer@ala.org
Coleman	Sharon	Administrative Assistant	CT	(860) 347-6933 x110	scoleman@ala.org
Doherty	Anne	Project Editor	CT	(860) 347-6933 x	adoherty@ala.org
DuQuette	Joan	Business Coordinator	CT	(860) 347-6933 x133	jduquette@ala.org
Gross	Lisa	Director of Production and Information Services	CT	(860) 347-6933 x138	lgross@ala.org
Hendrick	Rachel	Editor & Publisher II	CT	(860) 347-6933 x120	rhendrick@ala.org
Macaione Jr.	Robert	Tech Svcs Specialist II	CT	(860) 347-6933 x131	rmacaione@ala.org
Marino	Pamela	Manager of Ad Sales	CT	(860) 347-6933 x128	pmarino@ala.org
Mickey	Bill	Editorial Director	CT	(860) 347-6933	bmickey@ala.org
Mohie-Eldin	Fatima	Social Science Editor	CT	(860) 347-6933 x117	fmohie-eldin@ala.org
Pfeiffer	Daniel	Social Science Editor	CT	(860) 347-6933	dpfeiffer@ala.org
Radl	Rebecca	Adm Asst / Editorial Coordinator	CT	(860) 347-6933 X136	rradl@ala.org
Roberts	Whitney	Library Technical Assistant	CT	(860) 347-6933	wroberts@ala.org
Roy	Ashley	Administrative Assistant II	CT	(860) 347-6933	aroy@ala.org
Villavicencio-Eschinger	Deb	Marketing Manager	CT	(860) 347-6933 x124	dvillavicencio@ala.org

 

Communications & Marketing Office (CMO)

Last name	First name	Title		Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Carmichael	Jan	Senior Manager		x5041	jcarmichael@ala.org
Garcia	Raymond	Communications Specialist		x5848	rgarcia@ala.org
Morehart	Philip	Communications Manager		x4218	pmorehart@ala.org
Ollis	Chase	Communications Manager		x2148	collis@ala.org
Hodges	Jean	Director of Communications		x4393	jhodges@ala.org

Conference Services

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Hamann	Alicia	Registration Services Manager	x3229	ahamann@ala.org
Hunter	Donna	Marketing Specialist	x3218	dhunter@ala.org
Jones	Earla	Director, Conference Services	x3226	ejones@ala.org
Lahurd	Kristin	Deputy Director	x3216	klahurd@ala.org
McLean	Yvonne	Conference Planner	x3222	ymclean@ala.org
Stachowiak	Kara	Conference Manager	x2433	kstachowiak@ala.org

 

CORE

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Blixt-Shehan	Mia	Administrative Assistant	x5032	mblixtshehan@ala.org
Ferren	Thomas	Deputy Executive Director I	x5038	tferren@ala.org
Reese	Julie	Executive Director I	x5030	jreese@ala.org
Robbin	Amber	Membership and Marketing Manager	x2468	arobbin@ala.org

 

Development Office

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Manly	Anne	Associate Director	x5871	amanly@ala.org
Torres	Remigio	Development Associate	x3215	rtorres@ala.org

 

Executive/ALA Governance Office

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Burgess	Marsha	Secretariat	x3204	mburgess@ala.org
Garcia	Raymond	Communications Specialist	x5848	rgarcia@ala.org
Miltner	Terrence	Print & Procurement Operations Specialist	x5066	tmiltner@ala.org
Reyes	Sheryl	Director, Office of ALA Governance	x4230	sreyes@ala.org
Robison	Holly	Program Officer (NE)	x3205	hrobison@ala.org

Finance & Accounting Staff

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Cuculich	John	Senior Financial Systems Analyst	x4262	jcuculich@ala.org
Devora	Irina	Associate Controller	x4265	idevora@ala.org
Geene	Brad	Director of Financial Planning and Analysis	x4253	bgeene@ala.org
Hernandez	Anai	Staff Accountant	x4238	ahernandez@ala.org
Joya	Diana	Senior Accountant	x4234	djoya@ala.org
Larson	Michael	Controller	x4229	mikelarson@ala.org
Mangrum	Donna	Member Accounting Coordinator		dmangrum@ala.org
Monson-Walker	Cherry	Accounts Payable Manager	x2433	cmonsonwalker@ala.org
Moritz	Denise	Director Financial Reporting & Compliance	x5834	dmoritz@ala.org
Tsourdinis	Dina	Chief Financial Officer		dtsourdinis@ala.org

Human Resources Office

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Alicea	Adriane	Talent Acquisition Manager		aralicea@ala.org
Hopkins	Lorelle	Associate Executive Director - HR & Organizational Operations	x4278	lswader@ala.org
Pullen	Mary	Senior Human Resources Manager	x2466	mpullen@ala.org
Rodriguez	Grisela	Benefits Manager	x2467	grodriguez@ala.org
Staruk	Beata	Payroll and HRIS Manager	x3249	bstaruk@ala.org
Thompson	Marlo	Human Resources Assistant	x2468	mthompson@ala.org

 

Information Technology (IT)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Akbari	Shakir	Director of Enterprise Apps	x5288	sakbari@ala.org
Chapman	Maribeth	Technical Services Specialist I	x2460	mchapman@ala.org
Deckowitz	Andy	Senior Network Engineer		adeckowitz@ala.org
Harrington	Patrick	Training Specialist	x2461	pharrington@ala.org
Headrick	Rebecca	Chief Information Technology Officer	x5873	rheadrick@ala.org
Kessler	Stanton	Data Analyst / Reports	x2462	skessler@ala.org
McLeod	Paige	Business Analyst	x5835	pmcleod@ala.org
Strong	Nathan	Project Manager	x5863	nstrong@ala.org
Vanyek	Sherri	Director Infrastructure	x2437	svanyek@ala.org

 

International Relations Office (IRO)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Dowling	Michael	Director of International Relations	x3200	mdowling@ala.org
Guerra	Delin	Program Manager	x3201	dguerra@ala.org

 

Library and Information Resource Center (LIRC)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Barbus	Colleen	Librarian and Archivist	x3277	cbarbus@ala.org
Walling	Melissa	Interim Senior Associate Executive Director	x2159	mwalling@ala.org
Weinberg	Hannah	Librairian, Archivist & Digital Resources	x2154	hweinberg@ala.org

 

Member Relations and Services

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Carr	Liza	Records Analyst Specialist	x4289	lcarr@ala.org
Coleman	Christina	Marketing Specialist	x2152	ccoleman@ala.org
Czarnik	Judy	Manager Membership	x4274	jczarnik@ala.org
Dandridge	Brenda	Senior Customer Service Representative	x4284	bdandridge@ala.org
Redd	Kyria	Customer Service Representative	x5106	kredd@ala.org
Spells	Tihuanna	Registration & Membership Operations Specialist	x4293	tspells@ala.org
Stevenson	Cory	Manager Community Engagement	x2424	cstevenson@ala.org
Walling	Melissa	Interim Senior Associate Executive Director	x2159	mwalling@ala.org
Williams	Vicki	Manager of Member and Customer Service	x4290	vwilliams@ala.org

Member Programs & Services

Last Name	Fist Name	Titile	Phone	Email
Hirsch	Mary	Interim Deputy Executive Director	x5039	mhirsh@ala.org
Jones	Katina	Program Manager	x5867	kjones@ala.org
Meeks	Mahogany	Program Coordinator		mmeeks@ala.org
Price	Aleah	Program Coordinator		aprice@ala.org

 

ALA Offices and Member Relations (AOMR)

Last name			First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Ponton			Danielle	Manager Building Sevices and Member Relations	x3213	dponton@ala.org
Walling			Melissa	Interim Senior Associate Executive Director	x2159	mwalling@ala.org

 

Office for Accreditation

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Lysoby	Linda	Interim Director Office of Accredidation		llysoby@ala.org

 

Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Jain	Anjali	ProgramOfficer	x2140	ajain@ala.org
Pearson	Hillary	Program Manager	x5020	hpearson@ala.org

Strowder

Kevin

Director

kstrowder@ala.org

 

Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Calvin	Beatrice	Manager of Professional Development	x4280	bcalvin@ala.org
Hopkins	Lorelle	Associate Executive Director	x4278	lswader@ala.org
Redd	Kimberly	Program Manager	x4279	klredd@ala.org

 

Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)

Last name	First name	Title		Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Caldwell-Stone	Deborah	Director, Office of Intellectual Freedom		x4224	dstone@ala.org
Gianni	Karen	Program Coordinator			kgianni@ala.org
Gomez	Betsy	Assistant Director I			bgomez@ala.org
Hagen-McIntosh	Joyce	Program Officer		x4223	jmcintosh@ala.org
Stroshane	Eric	Assistant Director I		x4222	estroshane@ala.org

 

Office of Operations & Support

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email

 

Public Library Association (PLA)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Arata	Hannah	Communications Specialist		harata@ala.org
Bietila	Mary Clare	Program Manager	x5859	mbietila@ala.org
Browne	Rebecca	Program Officer		bbrowne@ala.org
Clark	Larra	Interim Director	x5861	lclark@alawash.org
Fournier	Mary Davis	Executive Director III	X5056	mfournier@ala.org
Gallaugher	Emily	Program Officer	x5057	egallaugher@ala.org
Gieseker	Meghan	Program Officer		mgieseker@ala.org
Goek	Sara	Project Manager	x5841	sgoek@ala.org
Hirsh	Mary	Interim Deputy Executive Director II	x5039	mhirsh@ala.org
Hofmann	Steven	Digital Product Manager	x5047	shofmann@ala.org
Hughes	Kathleen	Manager of Publications	x4028	khughes@ala.org
Jones	Katina	Program Manager	x5867	kjones@ala.org
Kleiman	Ellie	Communications Associate	x5018	ekleiman@ala.org
Lopez	Samantha	Manager of Marketing and Membership	x5857	slopez@ala.org
Maycock	Angela	Program Manager	x5024	amaycock@ala.org
McGourty	Kathleen	Program Officer		kmcgourty@ala.org
Meeks	Mahogany	Program Coordinator		mmeeks@ala.org
Oakley	Smantha	Project Director	x5287	soakley@ala.org
Ostman	Sarah	Deputy Director	x5061	sostman@ala.org
Russell	Brian	Project Director	x5298	brussell@ala.org
Stewart	Megan	Program Officer	x5026	mstewart@ala.org
Welch	Melanie	Director Public Programs	x5054	mwelch@ala.org
Whitaker	Talaisha	Program Coordinator	x5021	twhitaker@ala.org

 

Public Programs Office (PPO)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Arata	Hannah	Communications Specialist		harata@ala.org
Browne	BeeBee	Program Officer		bbrowne@ala.org
Gallaugher	Emily	Program Officer	x5057	egallaugher@ala.org
Gieseker	Meghan	Program Officer		mgieseker@ala.org
McGourty	Kaileen	Program Officer		kmcgourty@ala.org
Oakley	Samantha	Project Director	x5287	soakley@ala.org
Ostman	Sarah	Deputy Director	x5061	sostman@ala.org
Russell	Brian	Project Director	x5298	brussell@ala.org
Welch	Melanie	Director Public Programs	x5054	mwelch@ala.org

 

ALA Publishing & Media

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Bolduc	Mary	Manager Licensing & Permissions	x5416	mbolduc@ala.org
Clifford	Timothy	Manager, Production Services	x1540	tclifford@ala.org
Ehle	Lauren	Senior Production Editor	x5845	lehle@ala.org
Speranza	Sophia	Publishing Associate	x3240	ssperanza@ala.org

 

Public Policy and Advocacy Office Washington Office Staff (WO, PPA )

Last name	First name	Title	Location	Phone (DC) 202-628-8410 (IL) 312-280-2431	Email
Aldred	Amelia	Deputy Director	DC	x2423	aaldred@ala.org
Baker	Gavin	Deputy Director	DC	x8209	gbaker@alawash.org
Bradley	Rosalind	Director Administration	DC	x8203	rbradley@alawash.org
Celindro	Jazzeline	Public Policy Associate	IL-PPA	X2431	jcelindro@ala.org
Clark	Larra	Interim Deputy Director	DC	x5861	lclark@alawash.org
Coleman	Marleen	Project Coordinator	DC		mcoleman@alawash.org
Durkin	Emily	Public Policy Associate	DC	x8219	edurkin@alawash.org
Hines	Shawnda	Deputy Director	DC	x8208	shines@alawash.org
Inouye	Alan	Interim Associate Executive Director	DC	x8218	ainouye@alawash.org
Janicki	Megan	Deputy Director	DC		mjanicki@alawash.org
Maher	Kevin	Deputy Director	DC	x8236	kmaher@alawash.org
Martin	Jon	Program Manager	IL	x2429	jmartin@ala.org
May	Pat	Temporary	DC	x8207	pmay@alawash.org
Peterson	Kirk	Administrative Assistant II	DC	x8204	kpeterson@alawash.org
Stewart	Kris	Manager, Grassroots Communications	DC		cstewart@alawash.org
Takeshita	Jim	Public Policy Associate	DC		jtakeshita@alawash.org
Varela (Dean)	Katherine	Information Manager	DC		kvarela@alawash.org
Ware	Ian	Manager Communications	DC		iware@alawash.org

 

Continuing Education

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Freeman	Daniel	Director	x5413	dfreeman@ala.org
Ursiny	Colton	Digital Content Specialist	x5100	cursiny@ala.org

 

Publishing - Digital Reference

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Gongorek	Jennifer	Sales and Operations Associate	x4211	jgongorek@ala.org
Hennelly	James	Director of ALA Digital Reference	x5051	jhennelly@ala.org
Robinson	Ramon	Manager Marketing	x5840

Publishing - Editions

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Chance	Rachel	Senior Acquisitions Editor	x1548	rchance@ala.org
Christopher	Robert	Marketing Coordinator	x5052	rchristopher@ala.org
Diaz	Alex	Senior Graphic Designer	x5852	adiaz@ala.org
Galus	Margaret	Sales and Customer Services Manager	x2168	mgalus@ala.org
Gwizdala	Angela	Publisher	x1544	agwizdala@ala.org
Hudgins	Kimberly	Senior Graphic Designer	x5844	khudgins@ala.org
Kundert	Samantha	Managing Editor I	x3244	skundert@ala.org
Santoro	Jamie	Senior Acquisitions Editor	x5107	jsantoro@ala.org
Speranza	Sophia	Publishing Associate	x3240	ssperanza@ala.org
Williams	Valerie	Senior Administrative Assistant	x5417	valwilliams@ala.org

 

Publishing - eLearning Solutions

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Freeman	Daniel	Director	x5413	dfreeman@ala.org
Ursiny	Colton	Digital Content Specialist	x5100	cursiny@ala.org

Publishing - Graphics

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Johnson	Rachel	Director of Products & Promotions	x5040	rjohnson@ala.org

 

Publishing - Production Services

Last name	First name	Title	Phone	Email
Clifford	Timothy	Manager, Production Services	x1540	tclifford@ala.org
Ehle	Lauren	Senior Production Editor	x5845	lehle@ala.org

 

Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Ladewski	Bill	Executive Director I	x4395	bladewski@ala.org
Moore	Ninah	Program Oficer, CE	x4398	nmoore@ala.org

 

United for Libraries (formerly ALTAFF)

Last name	First name	Title	Location	Phone  (800)545-2433	Email
Nawalinski	Beth	Executive Director I	PA	x5868	bnawalinski@ala.org
Wentworth	Jillian	Deputy Executive Director II	PA	x2160	jwentworth@ala.org

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Rivers	Alena	Executive Director	x5866	arivers@ala.org

Last updated June 16, 2023.