The PLA Board of Directors consists of the President, the President-Elect, the Past-President, the ALA Division Councilor, the Fiscal Officer, six Directors-at-Large, and the PLA Executive Director. If you wish to contact the members of the PLA Board, then send a message to pla@ala.org and PLA staff will forward as appropriate.
2022–2023
President
Dr. Maria Taesil Hudson McCauley
Director of Libraries
Cambridge Public Library
Cambridge, MA
President-Elect
Sonia Alcántara-Antoine
CEO
Baltimore County Public Library
Baltimore, MD
Past-President
Melanie Huggins
Executive Director
Richland Library
Columbia, SC
ALA Division Councilor
Stephanie Chase (2020–2023)
Executive Director, Libraries of Eastern Oregon
Consultant, Constructive Disruption
Portland, OR
Fiscal Officer
Clara Nalli Bohrer (2022–2025)
Director
West Bloomfield Township Public Library
West Bloomfield, MI
PLA Executive Director (Ex-Officio)
Mary Davis Fournier
PLA Executive Director
American Library Association
Chicago, IL
mfournier@ala.org
Directors-at-Large
Michael Colford (2022–2025)
Director of Library Services
Boston Public Library
Boston, MA
Erica Freudenberger (2021–2024)
Outreach, Engagement & Marketing Consultant
Southern Adirondack Library System
Saratoga Springs, NY
Mary Ellen Icaza (2022–2025)
CEO/Executive Director
Stark Library
Canton, OH
Candice Wing-yee Mack (2021–2024)
Administrator, Young Adult Services
Los Angeles Public Library
Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Brandy A. McNeil (2020–2023)
Deputy Director of Branch Programs & Services
The New York Public Library
New York, NY
Dara Hanke Schmidt (2020–2023)
Library Director
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Cedar Rapids, IA