YALSA Board Members

Scope & Responsibility of the Board

Meet YALSA's award-winning Board of Directors! This listing includes their name, email address, and committee liaison responsibilities in parenthesis.

  • President (also, visit the President's Page)
    Jack Martin (Awards Committee Nominating 2013, Governance Nominating 2013, President's Program Planning)
  • President-Elect
    Shannon Peterson (Awards Committee Nominating 2014, Governance Nominating 2014, Capacity Building Task Force)
  • Immediate Past President
    Sarah Flowers (365 Days of YA, Editorial Advisory Board, Member Recognition Jury, Printz 2013, Nonfiction 2013)
  • YALSA Division Councilor
    Vicki Emery (Annual Conference Scholarships Jury, Division and Membership Promotion, Nonfiction 2014, Nonfiction Award Committee Manual TF, Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults)
  • Fiscal Officer
    Pamela Spencer Holley (Financial Advancement, Midwinter Marketing & Local Arrangements, Quick Picks, Readers' Choice)
  • Secretary
    Sarajo Wentling (Edwards 2013, Greenwood Outstanding Achievement Award, Outstanding Books for the College Bound, Teens' Top Ten, Youth Engagement TF)
  • Director
    Sandra Hughes-Hassell (Henne Jury, JRLYA Advisory Board, Midwinter Paper Presentation, Research)
  • Director
    Candice Mack (Advocacy Benchmarks TF, Annual Conference Marketing & Local Arrangements, Morris Award 2014, Writing Award)
  • Director
    Priscille Dando (AASL/ALSC/YALSA School & Public Library Cooperation, MAE Award Jury, School Library Member Engagement TF, Teen Tech Week, Virtual Selection Committee Manual)
  • Director
  • Christopher Shoemaker (Great Book Giveaway Jury, Printz 2014, Teen Read Week, The Hub Advisory Board, YA Lit Symposium TF)
  • Director
    Sarah Sogigian (Amazing Audiobooks, Fabulous Films, Edwards 2014 , State Association Outreach TF, YA Lit Symposium Evaluation TF)
  • Director
    Gail Tobin (Odyssey 2013, Awards & Lists Marketing 2012/2013, Morris 2013, WrestleMania Reading Challenge)
  • Director
    Christian Zabriskie (BWI, Great Graphic Novels, Legislation, National Guidelines, Website Advisory) 

  • Ex-Officio Member, Board Fellow

              Carrie Kausch

  • Ex-Officio Member, Strategic Planning Chair
    Renee McGrath (Alex, Books for Teens, Publications, Summer Reading TF)

  • Ex-Officio Member, Organization and Bylaws Chair
    Linda Braun (BFYA, Continuing Education, Mentoring, STEM, YALSABlog)
  • Ex-Officio Member, Executive Director
    Beth Yoke