2022-2023 United for Libraries Board Members

EXECUTIVE BOARD

PRESIDENT  
Gordon Baker, Dean of Libraries, Emeritus, Clayton State (Ga.) University Library
Current term ends: 6/30/2024

PRESIDENT-ELECT  
Deborah Doyle, Chair, Sonoma County (Calif.) Library Commission
Current term ends: 6/30/2024

SECRETARY
Kathleen McEvoy, Vice President of Communications, EBSCO Information Services
Current term ends: 6/30/2025

DIVISION COUNCILOR
Andrea Lapsley, Board President, Texas Library and Archives Foundation
Current term ends: 6/30/2024

FISCAL OFFICER
Amandeep Kochar, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Baker & Taylor
Current term ends: 6/30/2023

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Charity Tyler, Executive Director, Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Public Library Foundation
Current term ends: 6/30/2023


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

TRUSTEE AT LARGE 

  • Chris Chanyasulkit, Trustee, Brookline (Mass.) Public Library
  • Mary Soucie, State Librarian, North Dakota State Library
  • Patricia A. Shlonsky, Trustee, Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Public Library
  • Janet Segal, Chair, The Library Foundation (Charleston, S.C.)

FRIEND AT LARGE

  • Steven Yates, Assistant Director and Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama
  • Ari Brooks, Executive Director, Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, Maryland
  • Camille McCutcheon, Coordinator of Collection Management and Administrative Services, University of South Carolina Upstate; Archivist, Southeastern Library Association
  • Ben Carter, Assistant State Librarian for Library Development, Georgia Public Library Service

FOUNDATION AT LARGE

  • Kathy Selking, Director of Development, Affinity and Events, Toledo Lucas County (Ohio) Public Library
  • Marie Ciepiela, Executive Director, Friends of the San Francisco (Calif.) Public Library
  • Brenda Langstraat Bui, President and CEO, Chicago Public Library Foundation
  • Lauren Trujillo, Executive Director, Santa Barbara (Calif.) Public Library Foundation

CORPORATE AT LARGE

  • Gary Kirk, President, Tech Logic
    6/30/2025
  • Steve Laird, President, Data Axle Reference Solutions
  • Skip Dye, Senior Vice President, Library Sales and Digital Strategy; Senior Vice President, Sales Operations, Penguin Random House

BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE

  • Nicolle Davies,
  • Maura Deedy, Library Advisory Specialist, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
    : 6/30/2025
  • Alan Fishel, Partner, Arent Fox
    : 6/30/2023
  • Kathy Kosinski, Member Services & Outreach Manager, Califa Group
    : 6/30/2024
  • Peter Pearson, Pearson, Dewane & Hall Fundraising Consultants
    : 6/30/2024

LIFETIME BOARD MEMBER

  • Pat Schuman, Past President, American Library Association