Governance

Board Members

Committee liaison responsibilities in parenthesis.

• President
  Sarah Cornish Debraski (Organization & Bylaws, Preconference Planning, President's Program)
• Vice President/President-Elect
   Linda W. Braun (Nominating, Teen Tech Week, Website Advisory)
• Past President
  Paula Brehm-Heeger (Printz 2009, Quick Picks, Teen Space Guidelines TF, Morris Award)
• Councilor
  Christine Allen (Odyssey Awards, Division & Membership Promotion, Editorial Advisory Board, Outstanding Books for the College Bound, Youth Participation Coordinator)
• Fiscal Officer
  Mary Hastler (Financial Advancement, Strategic Planning, TAGs)
• Secretary
  Francisca Goldsmith (Amazing Audiobooks, Diversity TF, Great Graphic Novels, Printz 2010, YA Lit Symposium TF, )
  
• Director
  Erin Helmrich  (Alex Awards, Technology for YAs, Teen Read Week, YA Lit Symposium Preconference)
• Director
  Kimberly Patton  (Nonfiction Award, Baker & Taylor Jury, Magazines TF, Program Planning, WrestleMania Reading Challenge TF)
• Director
  Michele Gorman (Outreach to YAs with Special Needs, Partnerships Advocating for Teens, Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, Publications, YA Galley)
• Director
  Dawn Rutherford (Advocacy TF, BWI Grant Jury, Best Books for Young Adults, Fabulous Films for Young Adults, Legislation, )
• Director
  Ruth Clark Cox (Intellectual Freedom, Edwards 20th Anniversary TF, Midwinter Social Event TF, Research)
• Director
  Cindy Welch (Local Arrangements, Edwards 2009, Edwards 2010, Midwinter Institute TF, Virtual Regional Advisory Board)
• Director
  Sandra Payne (Henne Award Jury, Great Books Giveaway Jury, Professional Development, Publishers' Liaison, Sagebrush Jury)
• Ex-Officio Member, Strategic Planning
  Sheila Schofer
• Ex-Officio Member, Organization & Bylaws
  Melissa Rabey
• Executive Director
  Beth Yoke