VLA Leadership Directory
OFFICERS, SECTION REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE CHAIRS, ORGANIZATION REPRESENTIVES, NEWSLETTER EDITOR
OFFICERS
(voting members of the board; elected by the membership; schedules and minutes of board meetings)
President
Barbara Doyle-Wilch
Middlebury College Library
110 Storrs Ave.
Middlebury, VT 05753
802-443-5490
bdoylewi@middlebury.edu
Vice President/President-Elect
Judah S. Hamer
1571 Route 30
Cornwall, VT 05753
802-773-1860
jshamer@gmail.com
Past President
Lisa von Kann
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
1171 Main Street
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
802- 748-8291
Secretary
Brenda Ellis
Middlebury College Library
110 Storrs Ave.
Middlebury, VT 05753
802-443-5497
bellis@middlebury.edu
Treasurer
Donna Edwards
Samuel Read Hall Library
Lyndon State College
PO Box 919
Lyndonville, VT 05851
802-626-6447 FAX 802-626-6331
SECTION REPRESENTATIVES
(voting members of the board; selected by sections)
Children and Young Adult Librarians President
Gizelle Guyette
Burnham Memorial Library
898 Main Street, Colchester, VT 05446
802-878-0313-ext.109
gguyette@burnham.lib.vt.us
Vice President, Jill Coffrin, Dorothy Alling Memorial Library
College and Special Libraries President
Richard Ambelang
Eliot Pratt Library
Goddard College
123 Pictkin Rd.
Plainfield, VT 05667
802-454-9311 x 273
richard.ambelang@goddard.edu
Public Libraries President
Peter Blodgett
Latham Memorial Library
P.O. Box 240
Thetford, VT 05074
802-785-4361
thetford@vals.state.vt.us
Vermont Library Trustees Association Convenor (non-voting - representative)
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
David E.L. Brown
98 Stokes Lane
Shelburne, VT 05482
802-985-5871
david2brown@verizon.net
COMMITTEE CHAIRS and OTHER APPOINTED POSITIONS
(welcome to attend board meetings; non-voting; appointed by president or board)
Advocacy Committee Co-Chairs
Selene Colburn
Bailey Howe Library
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
802-656-9980
selene.colburn@uvm.edu
Barbara Shatara
Fletcher Free Library
235 College St.
Burlington VT 05401
802-865-7211
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
Martin Hahn
Kellogg-Hubbard Library
133 Main St.
Montpelier, VT 05602
802-223-3338
mhahn@kelloghubbard.org
Intellectual Freedom Committee Chair
Trina Magi
Bailey-Howe Library
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
802-656-5723
FAX 802-656-4038
Trina.Magi@uvm.edu
Membership Committee Chair
Sharon Thayer
Bailey/Howe Library
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
802-656-5746 FAX 802-656-4038
Sharon.Thayer@uvm.edu
Personnel Committee Chair
Amy Grasmick
Kimball Library
67 Main Street
Randolph, Vermont 05060
802-728-5073
kimball_acg@hotmail.com
Public Relations Committee Chair
Barbara Shatara
Fletcher Free Library
235 College St.
Burlington, VT 05401
802-865-7211
bshatara@ci.Burlington.vt.us
Vermont Library Conference Co-Chair
Jessica Allard
Burlington College
95 North Ave.
Burlington, VT 05401
802-862-9616
vlcvlachair@hotmail.com
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@adelphia.net
New England Library Association Representative
Marie McAndrew-Taylor
Blake Memorial Library
676 Village Rd.
PO Box D
East Corinth, VT 05040
802-439-5338
jerry@brooks.lib.vt.us
VERMONT LIBRARY CONFERENCE COORDINATOR
(contract position)
Anne Blake
anneblake1@yahoo.com
VLA WEBMASTER
(non-voting member of the board; appointed by the board)
Jessamyn West
jessamyn+vla@gmail.com
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