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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

John K. Payne
Saint Michael’s College
1 Winooski Park, Box L
Colchester, VT 05439
802-654-2401
jpayne@smcvt.edu

Vice President/President-Elect

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

Past President

Judah S. Hamer
Rutland Free Library
1571 Route 30
Cornwall, VT 05753
802-462-2096
jshamer@gmail.com

Secretary

David Sturges
Hartness Library System
Community College of Vermont
1 Main Street
Randolph Center, VT 05061
802-738-1231
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

Barry Rotman
P.O. Box 1235
Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-2046
bsrotman@aol.com

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

Advocacy Committee Co-Chairs

Helen Linda
Goddard College
123 Pitkin Road
Plainfield, VT 05677
802-322-1602
Helen.R.Linda@gmail.com

Barbara Shatara
Fletcher Free Library
235 College St.
Burlington VT 05401
802-865-7211
bshatara@ci.burlington.vt.us

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

Amy Howlett
VT Department of Libraries
1 Hospital Court
Bellows Falls, VT 05101
802-463-0142
amy.howlett@mail.dol.state.vt.us

Government Relations Committee Co-Chairs

Lisa von Kann
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
1171 Main Street
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
802- 748-8291
lvkann@stjathenaeum.org

Hilari Farrington
Kellogg-Hubbard Library
133 Main St.
Montpelier, VT 05602
802-223-3338
hfarrington@kelloghubbard.org

Intellectual Freedom Committee Chair

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

Membership Committee Chair

Sharon Thayer
Bailey Howe Library
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
802-656-5746
Sharon.Thayer@uvm.edu

Personnel Committee Chair

Amy Grasmick
Kimball Library
67 Main Street
Randolph, Vermont 05060
802-728-5073
kimball_acg@hotmail.com

Vermont Library Conference Co-Chair

Vacant

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 81
177 Church Street
Bethel, VT 05032
jessamyn@gmail.com