2025 PLA Election Results
Thank you to all the PLA members who voted in the 2025 election. Your votes help guide the leadership of PLA and contribute to the success of the organization. We appreciate your valuable efforts. This year, six nominees stood for three positions—PLA President, and two Directors-at-Large.
PLA President 2026–2027
Jamar Rahming
Executive Director
Wilmington Institute Free Library
Wilmington, DE
The PLA President is elected for a three-year term beginning after 2025 ALA Annual Conference and completed at 2028 ALA Annual Conference, serving one year each as President-Elect (2025–2026), President (2026–2027), and Past-President (2027–2028).
Directors-at-Large
Seat A (Small/Rural Library)*
Maria Palacio
Director
Town of Acton Libraries
Acton, MA
Seat B
Shauntee Burns-Simpson
Director, Youth & Family Services
District of Columbia Public Library
Washington, DC
These Directors-at-Large each serve a three-year term beginning after 2025 ALA Annual Conference and completed at 2028 ALA Annual Conference.
Many thanks to all the candidates, including Nate Coulter, Debbie Winlock, and Joseph Thompson. Their leadership and commitment are critical to PLA’s growth and success.
*Per an August 2017 board resolution for PLA to better represent the needs and interests of library staff from public libraries of all sizes, the 2025 slate included two candidates from small/rural libraries (those with service area populations less than 25,000 people), who ran opposite each other to ensure one PLA board member represents that constituency.
