2026 PLA Presidential Candidates Forum
eLearning
Webinar
Join us Thursday, March 12 at 1:00 PM Central for a virtual forum to get to know the candidates standing for president in the upcoming PLA election—Aimee Fifarek, director and chief executive officer, The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County (Youngstown, OH); and Skye Patrick, county librarian and director, LA County Library (Los Angeles County, CA). PLA President Dr. Brandy McNeil will facilitate the discussion and participants will have the opportunity to ask questions.
In addition to these candidates standing for president, there are six additional candidates standing for ALA division councilor and two PLA directors-at-large positions. Information about all PLA candidates is available on the 2026 PLA Election page.
Candidates for PLA President (2027–2028)
- Aimee Fifarek, Director and Chief Executive Officer, The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Youngstown, OH
- Skye Patrick, County Librarian and Director, LA County Library, Los Angeles County, CA
Accommodations
This virtual forum will be captioned in English (United States). Zoom desktop client or mobile app is required to access captions.
Attendees using screen readers are advised to turn off speech prior to joining the Zoom event because PLA webinars make extensive use of chat functionality. Attendees who find chat distracting may wish to disable it in the Zoom event, as PLA moderators will verbally highlight important topics raised in chat.
If you have a physical or communication need that may affect your participation in this webinar, please contact us at plawebinars@ala.org or 800-545-2433 ext. 5PLA (5752) at least two weeks prior to the webinar. Without prior notification of need, we may not be able to provide appropriate accommodations for the live event.
Tech Requirements
This event will be presented using the Zoom platform. Please review Zoom technical requirements and support information, and test your connection.
Once you've joined the event, there are two ways to connect your audio: via computer or via telephone. No microphone is required. PLA works with its webinar platform provider to assure the highest quality audio is being delivered to attendees. However, variables over which PLA has no control—such as the speed of your Internet connection or traffic on your local network—can affect the end quality of the webinar audio delivered by your computer. Each webinar’s audio is also available by telephone via a toll number, so we recommend you have access to a long-distance enabled phone as a backup in case you experience issues with webinar audio.
Contact
Questions about this event? Please contact us at plawebinars@ala.org or 800-545-2433 ext. 5PLA (5752).
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