2024-2025 United for Libraries Board Members
EXECUTIVE BOARD
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.
PRESIDENT
Deborah Doyle, Chair, Sonoma County (Calif.) Library Commission
Current term ends: 6/30/2026
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Lauren Trujillo, Executive Director, Santa Barbara Library Foundation
Current term ends: 6/30/2026
SECRETARY
Kathleen McEvoy, Communications Executive
Current term ends: 6/30/2025
DIVISION COUNCILOR
Andrea Lapsley, Board President, Texas Library and Archives Foundation
Current term ends: 6/30/2027
FISCAL OFFICER
Charity Tyler, Executive Director, Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Public Library Foundation
Current term ends: 6/30/2026
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TRUSTEE AT LARGE
- Chris Chanyasulkit, Trustee, Brookline (Mass.) Public Library
Current term ends: 6/30/2027 - Andrew J. M. Smith, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University
Current term ends: 6/30/2026 - Patricia A. Shlonsky, Trustee, Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Public Library
Current term ends: 6/30/2026 - Janet Segal, Chair, The Library Foundation (Charleston, S.C.)
Current term ends: 6/30/2026
FRIEND AT LARGE
- Sharon Amastae, Trustee, New Mexico Library Foundation
Current term ends: 6/30/2028 - Ari Brooks, Executive Director, Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, Maryland
Current term ends: 6/30/2026 - Ben Carter, Assistant State Librarian for Library Development, Georgia Public Library Service
Current term ends: 6/30/2026 - OPEN
FOUNDATION AT LARGE
- Kathy Selking, Director of Development, Affinity and Events, Toledo Lucas County (Ohio) Public Library
Current term ends: 6/30/2025 - Brenda Langstraat Bui, President and CEO, Chicago Public Library Foundation
Current term ends: 6/30/2026 - Selena Giovannelli, Vice Chair, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation
Current term ends: 6/30/2027 - OPEN
CORPORATE AT LARGE
- Gary Kirk, President, Tech Logic
Current term ends: 6/30/2025 - Steve Laird, President, Data Axle Reference Solutions
Current term ends: 6/30/2025 - Skip Dye, Senior Vice President, Library Sales and Digital Strategy; Senior Vice President, Sales Operations, Penguin Random House
Current term ends: 6/30/2026 - Amandeep Kochar, President & CEO, Baker & Taylor
Current term ends: 06/30/2026
BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE
- Marcellus Turner, Advocate and Retired Librarian
Current term ends: 6/30/2026 - Nicolle Davies, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Education, Colorado State Library
Current term ends: 6/30/2025 - Maura Deedy, Library Advisory Specialist, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Current term ends: 6/30/2025 - Kathy Kosinski, Member Services & Outreach Manager, Califa Group
Current term ends: 6/30/2027 - Madeline Jarvis, Director, Director, Two Harbors (Minn.) Public Library; Board Member, Minnesota Association of Library Friends
Current term ends: 6/30/2027 - OPEN
LIFETIME BOARD MEMBER
- Pat Schuman, Past President, American Library Association
