VLA Leadership Directory
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
Marti Fiske
Dorothy Alling Memorial Library
21 Library Lane
Williston, VT 05495
802-878-4918
marti@williston.lib.vt.us
Vice President/President-Elect
Joseph Farara
Johnson State College
Johnson, VT 05656
802-635-1272
Joseph.Farara@jsc.edu
Past President
John K. Payne
Saint Michael’s College
1 Winooski Park, Box L
Colchester, VT 05439
802-654-2401
jpayne@smcvt.edu
Secretary
David Sturges
Hartness Library System
Community College of Vermont
1 Main Street
Randolph Center, VT 05061
802-728-1231
dsturges@vtc.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)
Jane Napier
Kellogg-Hubbard Library
135 Main Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
802-223-4665
jnapier@kellogghubbard.org
College and Special Libraries President
Charlotte Gerstein
Castleton State College
178 Alumni Drive
Castleton, VT 05735
802-468-6409
charlotte.gerstein@castleton.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@mail.dol.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@mail.dol.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 VT Department of Libraries Pavilion Office Building 109 State St. Montpelier, VT05609 802-828-2714 christine.friese@state.vt.us
Editorial Committee
Helen Linda
Goddard College
123 Pitkin Road
Plainfield, VT 05677
802-322-1602
Helen.R.Linda@gmail.com
Government Relations Committee Co-Chairs
Lisa von Kann
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
St. Johnsbury, VT
802- 748-8291
lvkann@stjathenaeum.org
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
Rubi Simon
Burnham Memorial Library
898 Main Street (Rte. 2A)
Colchester, VT 05446
802-879-7576
rsimon@burnham.lib.vt.us
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 WEBMASTER
(non-voting member of the board; appointed by the board)
Jessamyn West
P.O. Box 345
Randolph, VT 05060
jessamyn@gmail.com
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