Region 1

Director: Michelle Luhtala 

ALA Connect Community

Connecticut Association of School Librarians

President: Mary Ellen Minichiello 

Vice President: Shelley Stedman

Delegates: Mary Ellen Minichiello  and Shelley Stedman 

Intellectual Freedom Contact: Mary Ellen Minichiello

Maine Association of School Libraries

President: Joyce Lucas 

President-Elect: Tina Taggart 

Delegates: Eileen Broderick and Tina Taggart

Legislative Contact: Eileen Broderick

Intellectual Freedom Contact: Gretchen Asam

State Department of Education Contact: Pam Goucher

Massachusetts School Library Association

President: Judi Paradis 

Delegate: Jennifer Reed 

Legislative Contact: Julie Farrell

Intellectual Freedom Contact: Katherine Lowe

New England School Library Association

President: Irene Kwidzinski 

Delegates: Irene Kwidzinski 

Legislative Contact: Gerri Fegan

Intellectual Freedom Contact:  Andrea Ange

New Hampshire School Library Media Association

President: Pam Harland 

Vice President: Carol Sweny 

Delegate: Helen Burnham and Nancy Keane

Legislative Contact: Andrea Ange

Intellectual Freedom Contact: Pam Harland

State Department of Education Contact: Susan Morgan

School Librarians of Rhode Island

President: Jane Perry 

President-Elect: Sarah Hunicke

Delegates: Jamie Greene and Darshell Silva

Legislative Contacts: Phyllis Humphrey

Intellectual Freedom Contact: Donna Good

State DOE Contact:  David Abbott

Vermont School Library Association

President: Denise Wentz 

President-Elect: Linda McSweeney 

Delegate: Merlyn Miller

Legislative Contacts: Donna Sullivan-Macdonald

Intellectual Freedom Contact: Christine Eldred

To update information on this page, please email Affiliate Assembly staff liaison Jonna Ashley.