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DEMONSTRATION SITE CONTACTS

Revised November 2005

Allen County Public Library
Nancy Magi
Branch Youth Services Coordinator
200 E. Berry Street
P. O. Box 2270
Fort Wayne, IN 46901-2270
nmagi@acpl.lib.in.us
Phone: 260-421-1260
Fax: 260-421-1386

Baltimore County Public Library
320 York Road
Towson, MD 21204
Phone: 410-887-6196

District of Columbia Library
901 G Streeet NW
Suite 422
Washington, DC 20001
Rose Dawson
Coordinator, Community Youth Services

and

Jennifer Hartshorn
Outreach Librarian

Hennepin County Library
Gretchen Wronka
Youth Services and Outreach Coordinator
12601 Ridgedale Drive
Minnetonka, MN 55305
gwronka@hclib.org
Phone: 952-0847-8546

King County Library System
JoAnn VanderKooi
Coordinator of Youth Services
960 Newport Way NW
Issaquah, WA 98027
jvanderk@kcls.org
Phone: 425-369-3320
Fax: 425-369-3204

Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma City
LaVetta Kinsey Dent
1364 NE 3
Oklahoma City, OK 73117
ldent@mls.lib.ok.us
Phone: 405-235-9223 x31

Minneapolis Public Library
Patricia Downs
250 Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Patricia Downs is now with San Diego County Library (11/06)
pat.downs@sdcounty.ca.gov
Phone: 858-694-2370

Montgomery County Public Libraries
Harriet Henderson, Director
99 Maryland Avenue, 2nd Floor
Rockville, MD 20850-2330
Harriet.Henderson@montgomerycountymd.gov
Phone: 240-777-0016
Fax: 240-777-0014

Multnomah County Library
Renea Arnold
205 NE Russell St.
Portland, OR 97212-3796
reneaa@multcolib.org
Phone 503-988-5408
Fax: 503-988-5441

and

Ellen Fader
Multnomah County Library
Youth Services Coordinator
205 NE Russell
Portland, OR 97213
503.988.5408 (v)
503.988.5441 (fax)
ellenf@multcolib.org
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Phoenix Public Library
Elaine Meyers
Head, Children’s and Teen Services
c/o Burton Barr Central Library
1221 N. Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Elaine.meyers@phoenix.gov
Phone: 602-262-4607
Fax: 602-261-8836

and

Nikki Ney
Librarian II-Lead, Children’s
c/o Ironwood Branch Library
4333 E. Chandler Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85048
nichole.ney@phoenix.gov
Phone: 602-534-1906
Fax: 602-261-8949

and

Carol Finch
Children and Teen Services Coordinator
1221 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
carol.finch@phoenix.gov
Phone: 602 534-2021
Fax: 602 261-8836

Provo City Library
Carla Morris
Children’s Services Manager
550 N. University Avenue
Provo, Utah 84601
carlam@provo.lib.ut.us
Phone: 801-852-6672

Pierce County Library System
3005 112th St E
Tacoma, WA 98446
Judy T. Nelson
Youth Services Coordinator
jnelson@pcl.lib.wa.us
Phone: 253-536-6500 ext. 158

and

Judy Gann
Early Learning Librarian
gannj@pcl.lib.wa.us
Phone: 253-536-6500 ext 189

San Antonio Public Library
Little Read Wagon
600 Soledad
San Antonio, TX 78205
dtrabucco@sanantonio.gov
Phone: 210-207-2531

West Bloomfield Township Public Library
Penny Neef
4600 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
neefpenn@wblib.org
Phone: 248-232-2252
Fax: 248-232-2251

Early Literacy Initiative Task Force Members
Harriet Henderson, Co-Chair, Montgomery County (MD) Public Libraries
Elaine Meyers, Co-Chair, Phoenix Public Library
Ellen Fader, Multnomah County Library
Gretchen Wronka, Hennepin County Public Library
Sari Feldman, Cleveland Public Library
Floyd Dickman, Columbus, OH

ALA Contacts
Aimee Strittmatter, Association for Library Service to Children (astrittmatter@ala.org )
Public Library Association (pla@ala.org)

Updated 11/05