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Lauren Carlton is the Program Officer of Member Services. She serves as staff liaison to ACRL sections, Section Membership Committee and manages the colleague’s donation program. She also assists with the annual election, Annual Conference Programing, and provides additional support for member services projects.

Prior to joining ACRL, Lauren worked as the communications intern in ALA’s Public Programs Office (PPO). Lauren earned her B.A. in Communications with a minor in Theatre/Advertising from Columbia College Chicago. While at Columbia, she worked as Chief Copy Editor and Social Media/Brand Manager for The Columbia Chronicle.

In her free time, Lauren teaches dance-fitness classes and enjoys reading Stephen King.

Margot Conahan is ACRL’s Manager of Professional Development and oversees all aspects of ACRL’s professional development offerings, including the ACRL Conference, Immersion Program, preconferences, licensed workshops, and institutes. Margot also manages ACRL’s e-Learning program.

Prior to joining ACRL, Margot worked at Sears’ corporate headquarters as a meeting planner. She earned her B.A. in British Literature with a minor in German from Truman State University, escaping Missouri to study abroad in Ireland for one year.

Outside of work, Margot enjoys running, sampling IPAs, volunteering at her kids’ school, cooking, and going to book club. Her newest hobby is obedience training for her family’s 100-pound “puppy."

David Connolly is Recruitment Ad Sales Manager and Editorial Assistant at ACRL where he manages ALA JobLIST, the online career site ACRL operates jointly with American Libraries and ALA’s Office of Human Resources Development and Recruitment. He also tracks manuscript submissions and supports the Editor-in-Chief with other administrative tasks for C&RL News, as well as producing an annual ACRL Briefing Book for the Board of Directors, Budget & Finance Committee, and staff.

Before returning to college to study political science and economics at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, David spent one holiday season too many in the ‘90s as manager of a music store in the Kansas City area, where he frequently demonstrated reference interview and listener advisory skills without realizing that’s what they were.

Born and raised in the great Rocky Mountain States, David loves taking drives and day hikes in the mountains whenever he gets out of the Midwest. He always jumps at an opportunity to travel, but at home he can be found tending to his plot in his neighborhood community garden and colorful porch garden, seeing some of Chicago’s best (and worst) plays, playing video games with friends, and debating the finer points of Star Trek with anyone willing.