2025-2026 United for Libraries Executive Board

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Deborah Doyle
2024-2026 PRESIDENT

Deborah Doyle is a writer, editor, and fundraiser as well as an active library advocate at local, state, and national levels. She played board and staff roles at Friends of the San Francisco Public Library and was actively involved in helping to create San Francisco’s well-funded modern library system. She has served as President of the California Library Association (CLA) and is the only person to receive CLA’s President’s Award twice – the highest honor given to an individual for significant contributions to libraries. She currently sits on the United for Libraries board, the ALA Committee on Legislation, and the CLA Advocacy and Legislative Committee, and chairs the Sonoma County Library Commission, and she is treasurer (and a past president) of California Public Library Advocates. She also chairs United for Libraries’ Public Policy & Advocacy Committee. Deborah holds a BA from University of Virginia (high honors) and an Executive MLIS from San Jose State University.

Lauren Trujillo
Lauren Trujillo
VICE PRESIDENT

Lauren Trujillo is the executive director of the Santa Barbara Library Foundation. Trujillo attended UCSB where she received a B.A. in History. She recently received her Masters in Library and Information Science from UCLA. She has worked with several nonprofits and organizations in Santa Barbara, including the Isla Vista Memorial Project, the Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library, the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation and the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. She sits on the board for the Santa Barbara Women’s Literary Festival and volunteers with the nonprofit Self Enquiry Life Fellowship in Montecito. As gift operations manager at SFMOMA she managed over 60,000 members and assisted with the re-opening campaign after a three-year closure. Her background in nonprofit fundraising is diverse and aligns with the needs of the Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation.

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Gordon Baker
PAST-PRESIDENT

United for Libraries mourns the loss of Dr. Gordon Baker, who passed on June 7, 2025. Gordon was first appointed to the position of Trustee at Large in 2018 and elected to a three-year Trustee at Large position in 2019. In 2021, he was elected president-elect and served as United’s first two-year term President from 2022-2024. He continued to serve United for Libraries in 2024-2025 as Friend at Large and Immediate Past President.

Dr. Gordon Baker was an adjunct instructor in the Department of Library and Information Studies at Valdosta State University. He served as president of the Georgia Association for Instructional Technology, the Georgia Library Association, and the Georgia Library Media Association. In addition, he served a two-year term as president of the Southeastern Library Association. Dr. Baker served as chair of the Henry County Public Library System’s Board of Trustees (McDonough, Ga.) for 14 years and served on the Board for 18 years.

He was been recognized by his peers with the Distinguished Service Award, William E. Patterson Award, and the Bob Richardson Award, among many others. In 2019, Georgia Public Library named Dr. Baker the Public Library Champion of the Year, which included a resolution by the Georgia House of Representatives and a Commendation by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. 

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Maura Deedy
SECRETARY

Maura Deedy is the founding principal of Local Librarian Consulting, a consultancy focused on supporting multi-type libraries and library-related organizations on evaluation, assessment, strategic planning, governance, advocacy, and director recruitment. Previously, she was the Library Advisory Specialist at the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and held management roles at Robbins Library (MA) and Weymouth Public Libraries (MA). Her vast experience in public libraries includes training library boards on governance and legal issues, including recruitment, intellectual freedom, and compliance with state laws and regulations.

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Andrea Lapsley
DIVISION COUNCILOR

Andrea Lapsley worked at the Houston Public Library for 20 years as Assistant Director of Marketing and Development. For 7 years she was Director of Development for the Colorado State University Library. She serves as the president of the board for the Texas Library and Archives Foundation.

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Charity Tyler
FISCAL OFFICER

Charity Tyler was named Executive Director for the Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation in 2015. She has led transition from capital to annual giving focus while creating policies and improving governance structures to support fundraising on behalf of the Cedar Rapids Public Library and to support Foundation-funded programs including Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.