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PLA Directory of Board of Directors and Committee Chairs 2007–2008

2008 Candidates for Election
PLA Past Presidents

PLA Board of Directors 2007–2008

The PLA Board of Directors is comprised of three elected officers as well as all six members of each Cluster Steering Committee, the ALTA representative and the PLA Councilor. (see below for full list)
*Asterisk indicates Executive Committee Member

President
Jan Sanders*
Pasadena Public Library
jsanders@cityofpasadena.net

President-elect
Carol Sheffer*
Queens Library
csheffer@queenslibrary.org

Past President
Susan Hildreth*
California State Library
shhildreth@comcast.net

ISSUES AND CONCERNS CLUSTER STEERING COMMITTEE

Carolyn A. Anthony*, chair
Skokie Public Library
canthony@skokielibrary.info

Ann Cousineau
Solano County Library
acousineau@solanocounty.com

Michael Golrick
L.E. Phillips Memorial Library
michaelg@eauclaire.lib.wi.us

Larry P. Neal
Clinton-Macomb Public Library
larry@cmpl.org

Neel Parikh
Pierce County Library
nparikh@piercecountylibrary.org

Marcia Warner
Grand Rapids Public Library
mwarner@grpl.org

LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT CLUSTER STEERING COMMITTEE

Alan Harkness*, chair
Piedmont Regional Library
aharkness@prlib.org

Irene Blalock
Birmingham Public Library
renee@bham.lib.al.us

Sara Dallas
Southern Adirondack Library System
sdallas@sals.edu

Danis E. Kreimeier
Yorba Linda Public Library
danisk@ylpl.lib.ca.us

Kathleen S. Reif
St. Mary's County Library
kreif@stmalib.org

Josie B. Parker
Ann Arbor District Library
parkerj@aadl.org

LIBRARY SERVICES CLUSTER STEERING COMMITTEE

Marcellus Turner*, chair
Jefferson County Public Library
mturner@jefferson.lib.co.us

Audra Caplan
Hartford County Public Library
caplan@hcplonline.info

Eva Poole
Denton Public Library
eva.poole@cityofdenton.com

Cathy Elizabeth Sanford
Contra Costa County Library
csanford@ccclib.org

Lillian Snyder
Gaithersburg Regional Library
lillian.snyder@montgomerycounty.md.gov

ALTA REPRESENTATIVE

Dale Ross
Ames Public Library
dross24704@aol.com

PLA COUNCILOR

Norman L. Maas
Norfolk Public Library
norman.maas@norfolk.gov

EX-OFFICIO MEMBER

Greta K. Southard
PLA Executive Director
gsouthar@ala.org

PLA Committee Chairs

PLA BUSINESS COMMITTEES

Awards
Eloise May
emay@ald.lib.co.us

Awards/Advancement of Literacy Award Jury
Rivkah Sass
rsass@omahapubliclibrary.org

Awards/Allie Beth Martin Award Jury
Donna Morris
dmorris@metrolibrary.org

Awards/Baker & Taylor Entertainment Audio Music/Video Product Award Jury
Jean Hatfield
jeanhatfield@hotmail.com

Awards/Charlie Robinson Award Jury
Ginnie Cooper
ginnie.cooper@dc.gov

Awards/EBSCO Excellence in Small and/or Rural Public Library Service Award Jury
Lynn A. McIntosh
crlsdir@oltn.odl.state.ok.us

Awards/Gordon Conable Award
Kenton Oliver
koliver@starklibrary.org

Awards/Highsmith Library Innovation Award Jury
Sandy Wee
swee@ci.san-leandro.ca.us

Awards/PLA Polaris Innovation in Technology John Iliff Award
Christine Lind Hage
Christine.Hage@rhpl.org

Awards/PLA-Demco New Leaders Travel Grant Jury
Susan Baerg Epstein
sbepstein@aol.com

Awards/PLA Institutional Scholarship Award Jury
Eva Poole
eva.poole@cityofdenton.com

Budget and Finance
Clara Nalli Bohrer
bohrercn@wblib.org

Bylaws & Organization
Nann Blaine Hilyard
nbhilyard@zblibrary.org

PLA 2008 National Conference
Raymond Santiago
santiagor@mdpls.org

PLA 2008 National Conference Local Arrangements Subcommittee
Melissa Brechon
mbrechon@carverlib.org

PLA 2008 National Conference Program
Jane Eickhoff
eickhoff@hcplonline.info

2008 Conference Program Coordinating Committee
Mark L. Smith
marks@lssi.com

2009 Conference Program Coordinating Committee
Kathleen S. Reif
kreif@stmalib.org

2007 Leadership Development
Ann Marie Gold
amgold@saclibrary.org

2008 Leadership Development
Luis Herrera
lherrera@sfpl.org

PLA 2010 National Conference
Elizabeth Bingham
binghamassociate@aol.com
Kay K. Runge
kkrunge@libraryconsulting.org

Membership
Danis Kreimeier
dancingdanis@yahoo.com

2009 Nominating Committee
Susan Hildreth
shhildreth@comcast.net

2010 Nominating Committee
Jan Sanders
jsanders@cityofpasadena.net

PLA Partners
Tom Shepley
tomshepley@yahoo.com

2008 President's Event
Elizabeth E. Bingham
binghamassociate@aol.com

2009 President's Event
Sara Dallas
sdallas@sals.edu

PLA/ALSC Every Child to Read Evaluation Task Force
Clara Nalli Bohrer
bohrercn@wblib.org

Publications-related Committees:

Electronic Communications Advisory
Steven Cohen
scohen@pubsub.com

PLA Monographs
Deborah Grodinsky
dgrodinsky@skokielibrary.info

Public Libraries Advisory
Bessie Condos
bcondos@library.ca.gov

Statistical Report Advisory
Mary Monaghan
monaghanm@carnegielibrary.org

University Press Books for Public Libraries
Christine Maria Beaird
tbeaird@plainfield.lib.il.us

ISSUES AND CONCERNS CLUSTER

Intellectual Freedom
Barbara J. Pickell
barbara.pickell@myclearwater.com

International Relations
Lorraine Jackson
lsanojackson@gmail.com

Legislation
Theresa Maguire
tmaguire@gw.colapl.org

Public Policy in Public Libraries
Kathryn Robinson
robinson.kathryn@ocls.info

Recruitment of Public Librarians
Florence Simkins Brown
florence.brown@citynmb.com

Research and Statistics
Dr. Larry Nash White
white@ecu.edu


Staffing Issues
Anne Haimes
anne.haimes@fultoncountyga.gov

LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT CLUSTER

Branch Libraries
Paula Settoon
psettoo@tulsalibrary.org

Marketing Public Libraries
Bonnie L. Young
boyoung@state.pa.us

Metropolitan Libraries
Fred Gitner
fred.j.gitner@queenslibrary.org

Practical Applications of Technology in Public Libraries
Brian Auger
brian.auger@hclibrary.org

Public Library Systems
Kimberlee Denero-Ackroyd
kdenero-ackroyd@shakerlibrary.org

Rural Library Services
Dwight Emlyn McInvaill
dmcinvaill@georgetowncountysc.org

Small and Medium-Sized Libraries
Kimberly Bolan
bolan_kimberly@yahoo.com

Technology in Public Libraries
Bill Ptacek
billp@kcls.org

LIBRARY SERVICES CLUSTER

Adult Continuing and Independent Learning Services
to be determined

Audiovisual
Adele Bellinger
abellinger@nypl.org

Basic Education and Literacy Resources and Services
Dinah L.O'Brien
do'briend@townhall.plymouth.ma.us

Career and Business Services
Barbara Spruill
bspruill@gwinnettpl.org

Cataloging Needs of Public Libraries
Sally Smith
ssmith@kcls.org

Collection Management
To be determined

Community Information Services
To be determined

Reader's Advisory
Madlyn Schneider
madlyn.s.@queenslibrary.org

Services to Elementary School Age Children and their Caregivers
Louise Lareau
llareau@nypl.org

Services to Multicultural Populations
to be determined

Services to Preschool Children and their Caregivers
Penny Neef
neefpenn@wblib.org

Services to Teenagers and their Caregivers
Anne Leon
anneleon@nova.edu



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