VLA Board Positions

OFFICERS, SECTION REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE CHAIRS, ORGANIZATION REPRESENTIVES, VLA WEBMASTER

OFFICERS
(voting members of the board; elected by the membership; schedules and minutes of board meetings)

President

Joseph Farara
Johnson State College
Johnson, VT 05656
802-635-1272
Joseph.Farara@jsc.edu

Vice President/President-Elect

Deborah Gadwah-Lambert
Alice M. Ward Memorial Library
PO Box 134
Canaan, VT 05903
802-266-7135
deborahlle@yahoo.com

Past President

Marti Fiske
Dorothy Alling Memorial Library
21 Library Lane
Williston, VT 05495
802-878-4918
marti@williston.lib.vt.us

Secretary

Heidi Steiner
Kreitzberg Library
Norwich University
158 Harmon Drive
Northfield, VT 05663
802-485-2171
hsteiner@norwich.edu

Treasurer

Wynne Browne
Downs Rachlin Martin
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819-0099
802-473-4216
wbrowne@drm.com

SECTION REPRESENTATIVES
(voting members of the board; selected by sections)

Youth Librarians President (formerly Children & Young Adult Librarians/CAYAL)

Kat Redniss
Brownell Library
6 Lincoln St.
Essex Jct., VT 05452
878-6956
kat@brownelllibrary.org

College and Special Libraries President

Andy Burkhardt
Miller Information Commons- Box 37
Champlain College
163 South Willard St.
Burlington, VT 05401
802-383-6697
aburkhardt@champlain.edu

Public Libraries President

Lucinda Walker
Norwich Public Library
P.O. Box 290, 368 Main Street
Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1184
lucinda.walker@norwichlibrary.org

Vermont Library Trustees Association Convenor from DOL (non-voting)

Michael Roche
Northeast Regional Library
23 Tilton Road St Johnsbury, VT 05819
802-748-3428
michael.roche@state.vt.us

Vermont Library Trustees Association representative to the Board

Laurel Stanley
PO Box 364
Danville, VT  05828
802-684-3659
crawdadls@msn.com

COMMITTEE CHAIRS and OTHER APPOINTED POSITIONS
(welcome to attend board meetings; non-voting; appointed by president or board)

Awards Committee Chair

Grace Greene
Vermont Department of Libraries
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05609
802-828-6954
grace.greene@state.vt.us

Archivist

Paul Carnahan
Vermont Historical Society
60 Washington Street
Barre, VT 05641-4209
802-479-8500
FAX 802-479-8510
pcarnahan@vhs.state.vt.us

Department of Libraries Representative to the Board

Christine Friese
Vermont Department of Libraries
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05609
802-828-2714
christine.friese@state.vt.us

Editorial Committee

Helen Linda
Goddard College
123 Pitkin Road
Plainfield, VT 05677
vermontlibrariesnews@gmail.com

Government Relations Committee Co-Chairs

Debra Bullock Spackman
Norman Williams Library
Woodstock, VT
deb@lib.state.vt.us

Intellectual Freedom Committee Chair

Gail Weymouth
Sherburne Memorial Library
2998 River Road
Killington, VT 05751
802-422-9765
gail@sherburnelibrary.org

Membership Committee Chair

Cindy Weber
Technical Services Librarian
Dorothy Alling Memorial Library
21 Library Lane
Williston, VT 05495
(802) 878-4918
cindy@williston.lib.vt.us

Personnel Committee Chair

Shara McCaffery
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
1171 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
802-748-8191 x302
smccaffrey@stjathenaeum.org

2010 Vermont Library Conference Chair

Jane Napier
Kellogg-Hubbard Library
135 Main Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
802-223-4665
jnapier@kellogghubbard.org

ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES
(non-voting members of the board; elected by the membership)

American Library Association Councilor

Nancy Wilson
Lawrence Memorial Library
40 North St.
Bristol, VT 05443
802-453-2366
readmorenow@comcast.net

New England Library Association Representative

Kip Roberson
Pierson Library
5376 Shelburne Road
Shelburne, VT 05482-6904
802-264-5017
kroberson@shelburnevt.org

VLA WEBMASTERS 
(non-voting member of the board; appointed by the board)

Jessamyn West
P.O. Box 345
Randolph, VT 05060
jessamyn@gmail.com

Helen Linda
Goddard College
123 Pitkin Road
Plainfield, VT 05677
vermontlibrarieswebmaster@gmail.com