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

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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
Redd	Kimberly	Program Manager for Certification and Talent Development	x4279	klredd@ala.org
Swader	Lorelle	Associate Executive Director	x4278	lswader@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
Featheringham	Meg	Manager/Editor of Journals & Newsletters	x1396	mfeatheringham@ala.org
Habley	Jennifer	Manager of Web Communications & Affiliate Relations	x4383	jhabley@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
Carlton	Amy	Senior Editor, Online Media	x5105	acarlton@ala.org
Dankowski	Terra	Managing Editor	x5282	tdankowski@ala.org
Lomax	Rebecca	Art Director	x4217	rlomax@ala.org
Morehart	Philip	Associate Editor	x4218	pmorehart@ala.org
Price	Sallyann	Associate Editor	x4213	sprice@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
Dubin	Jordan	Awards Coordinator	x5839	jdubin@ala.org
Hubbard	Angela	Program Officer	x1398	ahubbard@ala.org
Michaud	Anne	Program Coordinator	x2166	amichaud@ala.org
Polen	Sarah	Program Officer	x4026	spolen@ala.org
Rivers	Alena	Interim Executive Director	x5866	arivers@ala.org
Schulte-Cooper	Laura	Program Officer	x2165	lschulte@ala.org
Serrano	Elizabeth	Membership & Marketing Specialist	x2164	eserrano@ala.org

Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Carlton	Lauren	Program Coordinator	x5285	lcarlton@ala.org
Conahan	Margot	Manager of Professional Development	x2522	mconahan@ala.org
Connolly	David	Recruitment Advertising Sales Manager and Editorial Assistant, C&RL News	x2513	dconnolly@ala.org
Free	David	Editor-in-Chief, C&RL / Senior Communications Strategist	x2517	dfree@ala.org
Galloway	Ann-Christie	Production Editor	x2524	agalloway@ala.org
Malenfant	Kara	Project Manager	x2510	kmalenfant@ala.org
Malone	Robert "Jay" Malone	Executive Director	x3248	robertj.malone@gmail.com
Mueller	Dawn	Senior Production Editor	x2516	dmueller@ala.org
Nevius	Erin	Content Strategist	x2529	enevius@ala.org
Ollis	Chase	Program Officer	x2521	collis@ala.org
Ondrla	Tory	Manager of Conferences	x2515	tondrla@ala.org
Parsons-Diamond	Gena	Program Officer	x2512	gparsonsdiamond@ala.org
Payne	Allison	Program Manager for Strategic Initiatives	x2519	apayne@ala.org
Petrowski	Mary Jane	Associate Director	x2523	mpetrowski@ala.org
Sharpe	Elois	Program Coordinator - Governance	x5277	esharpe@ala.org

 

Booklist Publications

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Anderson	Christopher	Editorial Assistant	x5724	canderso@ala.org
Booth	Heather	Associate Editor	x5751	hbooth@ala.org
Bostrom	Anne	Associate Editor	x5756	abostrom@ala.org
Crossley	Taylor	Editorial Assistant, Books for Youth	x5718	tcrossley@ala.org
Harden	Cynthia	Ad Traffic Coordinator	x2421	charden@ala.org
Hunter	Sarah	Editor, Books for Youth	x5716	shunter@ala.org
Hyzy	Biz	Editorial Assistant, Adult Books	x5723	bhyzy@ala.org
Kaplan	Daniel	Marketing Manager	x5284	dkaplan@ala.org
Kendall	George	Editor and Publisher	x5717	gkendall@ala.org
Khuri	Ronny	Associate Editor, Books for Youth	x5711	rkhuri@ala.org
Maguire	Susan	Senior Editor, Adult Books	x5720	smaguire@ala.org
Orellana	Carlos	Production Editor	x5714	corellana@ala.org
Reagan	Maighdlin	Senior Editor, Books for Youth	x5722	mreagan@ala.org
Rosean	Grace	Marketing Associate	x5757	grosean@ala.org
Ruzicka	Michael	Office Manager	x5725	mruzicka@ala.org
Seaman	Donna	Editor, Adult Books	x5754	dseaman@ala.org
Segedin	Benjamin	Manager of Production	x5729	bsegedin@ala.org
Simon	Chris	Production Editor / Graphic Designer	x5758	csimon@ala.org
Smith	Julia	Senior Editor, Books for Youth	x5719	jsmith@ala.org

 

Center for the Future of Libraries

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Hall	Tracie	ALA Executive Director	x1392	thall@ala.org

 

Chapter Relations Office (CRO)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Colbert	Mariel	Program Officer	x2429	mcolbert@ala.org
Dowling	Michael	Director of Chapter Relations	x3200	mdowling@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-choice.org
Bartlett	Rebecca	Sr. Editor, Humanities	CT	(860) 347-6933 x125	bbartlett@ala-choice.org
Butts-Elam	Evelyn	Library Technical Assistant	CT	(860) 347-6933 x132	eelam@ala-choice.org
Cofer	Sabrina	Digital Media Assistant	CT	(860)347-6933 x139	scofer@ala-choice.org
Coleman	Sharon	Administrative Assistant	CT	(860) 347-6933 x110	scoleman@ala-choice.org
Cummings	Mark	Editor & Publisher	CT	(860) 347-6933 x119	mcummings@ala-choice.org
Doherty	Anne	Project Editor	CT	(860) 347-6933 x	adoherty@ala-choice.org
DuQuette	Joan	Business Coordinator	CT	(860) 347-6933 x133	jduquette@ala-choice.org
Durgin	David	Copy Chief	CT	(860) 347-6933 x121	ddurgin@ala-choice.org
Gross	Lisa	Director of Production and Information Services	CT	(860) 347-6933 x138	lgross@ala-choice.org
Hendrick	Rachel	Director of Operations	CT	(860) 347-6933 x120	rhendrick@ala-choice.org
Macaione Jr.	Robert	Tech Svcs Specialist	CT	(860) 347-6933 x131	rmacaione@ala-choice.org
Marino	Pamela	Manager of Ad Sales	CT	(860) 347-6933 x128	pmarino@ala-choice.org
Mickey	Bill	Editorial Director	CT	(860) 347-6933	bmickey@ala-choice.org
Mohie-Eldin	Fatima	Social Science Editor	CT	(860) 347-6933 x117	fmohie-eldin@ala-choice.org
Radl	Rebecca	Adm Asst / Editorial Coordinator	CT	(860) 347-6933	rradl@ala-choice.org
Villavicencio-Eschinger	Deb	Marketing Manager	CT	(860) 347-6933	dvillavicencio@ala-choice.org
Wiersma	Grace	Science & Technology Editor	CT	(860) 347-6933 x122	gwiersma@ala-choice.org

 

Communications & Marketing Office (CMO)

Last name	First name	Title		Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Carmichael	Jan	Web Content Manager		x5041	jcarmichael@ala.org
Hlywak	Stephanie	Director of Communications & Marketing		x5042	shlywak@ala.org
Morales	Macey	Deputy Director		x4393	mmorales@ala.org
Zalusky	Steven	Communications Specialist		x1546	szalusky@ala.org

 

Conference Services

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Benford	Katherine	Conference Services Assistant	x3219	kbenford@ala.org
Graller	Paul	Conference Services, Contractor - Hall Erickson Inc	x3219	pgraller@ala.org
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
Kaiko	Megan	Conference Planner	x3220	mkaiko@ala.org
McLean	Yvonne	Conference Planner	x3222	ymclean@ala.org
Zabaneh	Lina	Conference Coordinator	x3227	lzabaneh@ala.org

 

CORE

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Ferren	Thomas	Professional Development Program Officer	x5038	tferren@ala.org
Levine	Jenny	Director of Advocacy, Connections, and Engagement	x4267	jlevine@ala.org
Morris-Chott	Brooke	Advocacy and EDI Program Officer	x5037	bmorris@ala.org
Reese	Julie	Director of Leadership & Learning	x5030	jreese@ala.org
Ward	Kerry	Executive Director, CORE	x5036	kward@ala.org

 

Development Office

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Hix	Genevieve	Assistant Director, Major Gifts	x5050	ghix@ala.org
Manly	Anne	Assistant Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations	x5871	amanly@ala.org
Torres	Remigio	Development Associate, Operations	x3215	rtorres@ala.org

 

Executive/ALA Governance Office

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Burgess	Marsha	Council Secretariat	x3204	mburgess@ala.org
Garcia	Raymond	Assistant to ALA ED	x5848	rgarcia@ala.org
Hall	Tracie	ALA Executive Director	x1392	thall@ala.org
Malden	Cheryl	Program Officer	x3247	cmalden@ala.org
Miltner	Terrence	Print Operations Specialist	x5066	tmiltner@ala.org
Reyes	Sheryl	Director, Office of ALA Governance	x4230	sreyes@ala.org
Robison	Holly	Governance Associate	x3205	hrobison@ala.org

Finance & Accounting Staff

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Brown	Keith	Senior Financial Analyst	x4255	kbrown@ala.org
Cuculich	John	Financial Systems Analyst	x4262	jcuculich@ala.org
Geene	Brad	Director of Planning and Budgeting	x4253	bgeene@ala.org
Lawrence	Angelic	Accounting Manager	x4251	alawrence@ala.org
Lee	Joanne	Controller	x4254	jlee@ala.org
Moritz	Denise	Director Financial Reporting & Compliance	x5834	dmoritz@ala.org
Tam	Jennifer	Accounting Manager	x4237	jtam@ala.org

Human Resources Office

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Alicea	Adriane	Human Resources Assistant	x2468	aalicea@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
Swader	Lorelle	Interim Associate Executive Director of Human Resources and Organizational Development	x4278	lswader@ala.org

 

Information Technology (IT)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Akbari	Shakir	Project Manager	x5288	sakbari@ala.org
Chapman	Maribeth	Technical Services Specialist	x2460	mchapman@ala.org
Harrington	Patrick	Training Specialist	2461	pharrington@ala.org
Kessler	Stanton	Data Analyst / Reports	x2462	skessler@ala.org
Strong	Nathan	eCommerce IT Project Manager	x5863	nstrong@ala.org
Vanyek	Sherri	Director	x2437	svanyek@ala.org
Willard	Brian	Deputy Director	x4394	bwillard@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 Officer	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
Swader	Lorelle	Assoc. Executive Director	x4278	lswader@ala.org
Weinberg	Hannah	Archives & Digital Resources Librarian	x2154	hweinberg@ala.org

 

Membership 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	Membership Marketing & Engagement Manager	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 Operations Specialist	x4293	tspells@ala.org
Walling	Melissa	Director, Membership Development and Customer Service	x2159	mwalling@ala.org
Williams	Vicki	Manager of Member and Customer Service	x4290	vwilliams@ala.org

 

Offices and Member Relations

Last name			First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Ponton			Danielle	Program Manager, ALA Round Tables	x3213	dponton@ala.org
Swader			Lorelle	Associate Executive Director	x4278	lswader@ala.org

 

Office for Accreditation

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
O'Brien	Karen	Director	x2434	kobrien@ala.org
Stoll	Susana	Associate Director	x2435	sstoll@ala.org

 

Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Chapman	Monica	Coretta Scott King Book Awards Coordinator	x4297	mlchapman@ala.org
Lahurd	Kristin	Interim Director, ODLOS	x3275	klahurd@ala.org
Strowder	Kevin	Director ODLOS		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
Redd	Kimberly	Program Manager for Certification and Talent Development	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
Diaz	Eleanor	Program Officer		x4225	ediaz@ala.org
Pekoll	Kristin	Assistant Director		x4221	kpekoll@ala.org

 

Office of Operations & Support

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Newman	Valeria	Office Manager	x5060	vedwards@ala.org
Stillwell	Calvin	Distribution Clerk	x5067	cstillwell@ala.org

 

Public Library Association (PLA)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Barrett	Nellie	Program Officer	x5023	nbarrett@ala.org
Clark	Larra	Deputy Director	x5861	lclark@alawash.org
Drago	Lian	Meetings Manager	x5021	ldrago@ala.org
Fournier	Mary Davis	Executive Director		mfournier@ala.org
Goek	Sara	Program Manager	x5847	sgoek@ala.org
Hirsh	Mary	Interim Executive Director		mhirsh@ala.org
Hofmann	Steven	Manager of Web Communications	x5047	shofmann@ala.org
Hughes	Kathleen	Manager of Publications	x4028	khughes@ala.org
Lopez	Samantha	Manager of Marketing and Membership		slopez@ala.org
Maycock	Angela	Program Manager for Professional Development	x5024	amaycock@ala.org
Stewart	Megan	Program Coordinator	x5026	mstewart@ala.org
Villasenor	Symone	Project Manager for Strategic Initiatives	x5018	svillasenor@ala.org

 

Public Programs Office (PPO)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Arata	Hannah	Communications Associate		harata@ala.org
Browne	B.B.	Program Coordinator		bbrowne@ala.org
Oakley	Samantha	Program Manager	x5287	soakley@ala.org
Ostman	Sarah	Deputy Director	x5061	sostman@ala.org
Pepe-Sautric	Elena	Program Coordinator	x5286	epepesalutric@ala.org
Russell	Brian	Program Officer	x5298	brussell@ala.org
Welch	Melanie	Deputy Director	x5054	mwelch@ala.org

 

Public Policy and Advocacy Office

Last name	First name	Title	Location	Phone	Email
Baker	Gavin	Deputy Director, Public Policy & Government Relations	DC	1-800-941-8478	gbaker@alawash.org
Bradley	Rosalind	Assistant Director, Administration	DC	1-800-941-8478	rbradley@alawash.org
Celindro	Jazzeline	Public Policy Associate	DC	1-800-941-8478	jcelindro@ala.org
Clark	Larra	Deputy Director, Public Policy	DC	1-800-941-8478	lclark@alawash.org
Cusick	Megan	Assistant Director, State Advocacy	DC	1-800-941-8478	mcusick@ala.org
Dean	Katherine	Information Manager	DC	1-800-941-8478	kdean@alawash.org
Dixon	Alisha	Project Coordinator	DC	1-800-941-8478	adixon@alawash.org
Hines	Shawnda	Assistant Director, Communications	DC	1-800-941-8478	shines@alawash.org
Inouye	Alan	Senior Director, Public Policy and Government Relations	DC	1-800-941-8478	ainouye@alawash.org
Janicki	Megan	Google Project Manger	DC	1-800-941-8478	mjanicki@alawash.org
Kromer	Kathi	Associate Executive Director	DC	1-800-941-8478	kkromer@alawash.org
Maher	Kevin	Deputy Director, Government Relations	DC	1-800-941-8478	kmaher@alawash.org
Peterson	Kirk	Administrative Assistant	DC	1-800-941-8478	kpeterson@alawash.org
Straszewski	Jil	Assistant Director	DC	1-800-941-8478	jstaszewski@alawash.org
Ware	Ian	Public Policy Associate, Communications	DC	1-800-941-8478	iware@alawash.org

 

ALA Publishing & Media

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Bolduc	Mary	Licensing & Permissions Manager	x5416	mbolduc@ala.org
Clifford	Timothy	Manager, Production Services	x1540	tclifford@ala.org
Ehle	Lauren	Senior Production Editor/ Graphic Designer	x5845	lehle@ala.org
Mackay	Mary	Associate Executive Director	x1532	mmackay@ala.org

Publishing - Digital Reference

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

Publishing - eLearning Solutions

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Freeman	Daniel	Director of eLearning Solutions	x5413	dfreeman@ala.org
Ursiny	Colton	Office Coordinator	x5100	cursiny@ala.org

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
Curl	Kit	Operations Manager	x2426	kcurl@ala.org
Diaz	Alejandra	Senior Graphic Designer	x5852	adiaz@ala.org
Galus	Margaret	Sales and Customer Services Manager	x2168	mgalus@ala.org
Gwizdala	Angela	Director of Editing, Design and Production	x1544	agwizdala@ala.org
Hillemeyer	Jill	Marketing Manager	x1543	jhillemeyer@ala.org
Imburgia	Samantha	Managing Editor		simburgia@ala.org
Santoro	Jamie	Acquisitions Editor	x5107	jsantoro@ala.org
Thornton	Kimberly	Senior Graphic Designer	x5844	kthornton@ala.org
Williams	Valerie	Senior Administrative Assistant	x5417	valwilliams@ala.org

Publishing - Graphics

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

 

Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Freeman-Sykes	Shuntai	Membership and Programs Specialist	x4399	ssykes@ala.org
Ladewski	Bill	Executive Director	x4395	bladewski@ala.org
Moore	Ninah	Training and Events Coordinator	x4398	nmoore@ala.org

United for Libraries

Last name	First name	Title	Location	Phone	Email
McFadden	Trish	Program Coordinator	PA	(800)545-2433 x2161	united@ala.org
Nawalinski	Beth	Executive Director	PA	(800)545-2433 x5868	bnawalinski@ala.org
Wentworth	Jillian	Marketing and Membership Manager	PA	(800)545-2433 x2160	jwentworth@ala.org

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

Last name	First name	Title	Phone (800) 545-2433	Email
Dillard-Steels	Tammy	Executive Director	x4391	tdillard@ala.org
Jamison	Carla	Program Officer	x	cjamison@ala.org
Smith	Letitia	Marketing and Membership Specialist	x4390	lsmith@ala.org

Last updated  December 7, 2021.  NOTE: This page will be updated on a monthly basis.