2024-2025 United for Libraries Board Members

EXECUTIVE BOARD

PRESIDENT
Deborah Doyle, Chair, Sonoma County (Calif.) Library Commission
Current term ends: 6/30/2026

PAST-PRESIDENT
Gordon Baker, Dean of Libraries, Emeritus, Clayton State (Ga.) University Library
Current term ends: 6/30/2026

SECRETARY
Kathleen McEvoy, Communications Executive
Current term ends: 6/30/2025

DIVISION COUNCILOR
Andrea Lapsley, Board President, Texas Library and Archives Foundation
Current term ends: 6/30/2027

FISCAL OFFICER
Charity Tyler, Executive Director, Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Public Library Foundation
Current term ends: 6/30/2026


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

TRUSTEE AT LARGE

  • Chris Chanyasulkit, Trustee, Brookline (Mass.) Public Library
    Current term ends: 6/30/2027
  • Andrew J. M. Smith, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University
    Current term ends: 6/30/2026
  • Patricia A. Shlonsky, Trustee, Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Public Library
    Current term ends: 6/30/2026
  • Janet Segal, Chair, The Library Foundation (Charleston, S.C.)
    Current term ends: 6/30/2026

FRIEND AT LARGE

  • Ari Brooks, Executive Director, Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, Maryland
    Current term ends: 6/30/2026
  • Camille McCutcheon, Coordinator of Collection Management and Administrative Services, University of South Carolina Upstate; Archivist, Southeastern Library Association
    Current term ends: 6/30/2026
  • Ben Carter, Assistant State Librarian for Library Development, Georgia Public Library Service
    Current term ends: 6/30/2026
  • OPEN

FOUNDATION AT LARGE

  • Kathy Selking, Director of Development, Affinity and Events, Toledo Lucas County (Ohio) Public Library
    Current term ends: 6/30/2025
  • Brenda Langstraat Bui, President and CEO, Chicago Public Library Foundation
    Current term ends: 6/30/2026
  • Lauren Trujillo, Executive Director, Santa Barbara (Calif.) Public Library Foundation
    Current term ends: 6/30/2025
  • OPEN

CORPORATE AT LARGE

  • Gary Kirk, President, Tech Logic
    Current term ends: 6/30/2025
  • Steve Laird, President, Data Axle Reference Solutions
    Current term ends: 6/30/2025
  • Skip Dye, Senior Vice President, Library Sales and Digital Strategy; Senior Vice President, Sales Operations, Penguin Random House
    Current term ends: 6/30/2026
  • Amandeep Kochar, President & CEO, Baker & Taylor
    Current term ends: 06/30/2026

BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE

  • Marcellus Turner, CEO and Chief Librarian, Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg Library
    Current term ends: 6/30/2026
  • Nicolle Davies, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Education, Colorado State Library
    Current term ends: 6/30/2025
  • Maura Deedy, Library Advisory Specialist, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
    Current term ends: 6/30/2025
  • Alan Fishel, Partner, ArentFox Schiff
    Current term ends: 6/30/2026
  • Kathy Kosinski, Member Services & Outreach Manager, Califa Group
    Current term ends: 6/30/2027
  • Madeline Jarvis, Director, Director, Two Harbors (Minn.) Public Library; Board Member, Minnesota Association of Library Friends
    Current term ends: 6/30/2027

LIFETIME BOARD MEMBER

  • Pat Schuman, Past President, American Library Association