OFFICERS | SECTION REPRESENTATIVES | COMMITTEE CHAIRS | ROUNDTABLE CHAIRS | ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES | COMMUNICATIONS
OFFICERS / EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers are voting members of the board, elected by the membership during the annual meeting held each spring. The vice president/president-elect position is the first year of a three-year cycle as vice president, president, and immediate past president. Secretary and treasurer are two-year terms, staggered with each other. See the Board Position Descriptions page for complete details.
President
Mary Danko (she/her)
Director, Fletcher Free Library
235 College Street
Burlington, VT 05401
802-863-3403
president [at] vermontlibraries.org
Term ends: June 30, 2026
Vice President
Daisy Benson (she/her)
UVM Library
vicepresident@vermontlibraries.org
Term ends: June 30, 2025
Past President
Oceana Wilson (she/her)
Dean of the Library
Bennington College
One College Drive
Bennington, Vermont 05201
Term ends: June 30, 2025
Secretary
Loren Polk (she/her)
Director, Stowe Free Library
90 Pond Street
Stowe, VT 05672
802-253-6145
secretary@vermontlibraries.org
Term ends: June 30, 2025
Treasurer
Barbara Ball (she/they)
Director, Windsor Public Library
43 State Street
Windsor, VT 05089
802-674-2556
treasurer@vermontlibraries.org
Term ends:
SECTION REPRESENTATIVES
Presidents are voting members of the board; selected by sections.
College and Special Libraries President
Emma Parks (she/her)
David W. Howe Memorial Library
University of Vermont
538 Main St, Burlington, VT 05405
802-656-4404
emma.parks@uvm.edu
Term ends:
College and Special Libraries Vice-President
VACANT
Friends & Trustees Section President
Howard Burrows
Trustee, Brooks Memorial Library
224 Main St
Brattleboro, VT 05301
ghburrows@comcast.net
Friends & Trustees Section Vice President
VACANT
Public Libraries Section President
Josh Worman
Director, Haston Library
5167 Main Street
PO Box 83
Franklin, VT 05457
802-285-6505
librarian@franklinhastonlibraryvt.org
Public Libraries Section Vice-President
Traci Joy
Director, Hartland Public Library
153 U.S. Route 5
Hartland, Vermont 05048
802-436-2473
director@hartlandlibraryvt.org
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Government Relations & Advocacy Committee Chair
Margaret Woodruff
Director, Charlotte Library
115 Ferry Road
Charlotte, VT 05445
802-425-3864
margaret@charlottepubliclibrary.org
Membership & Outreach Committee Chair
Erica Shott
Director, Dorset Village Library
Route 30 and Church Street
PO Box 38
Dorset, VT 05251
802-867-4085
members@vermontlibraries.org
Term ends:
Scholarships & Awards Committee Chair
Pamela Cartier, CLIC Coordinator
Vermont Law School Library
164 Chelsea Street, P.O. Box 96
South Royalton, VT 05068
802-831-1440
clic@vermontlaw.edu
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Committee Chair
Asher Myers
asher.michael.myers@gmail.com
Vermont Library Conference Co-Chairs
conference@vermontlibraries.org
Maria Avery, Co-Chair (she/her)
Community Outreach Manager, University of Vermont Libraries
Maria.Avery@uvm.edu
Erin Davison, Co-Chair (she/her)
Youth Services Librarian, Norwich Public Library
edavisonys@gmail.com
Intellectual Freedom Committee Chair
Randal Smathers (he/him)
Director, Rutland Free Library
10 Court Street
Rutland, VT 05701
802-773-1860
ifc@vermontlibraries.org
ROUNDTABLE CHAIRS and OTHER APPOINTED POSITIONS
Non-voting members of the board unless otherwise noted; appointed by president or board.
Archivist
Paul Carnahan
Librarian, Vermont Historical Society
60 Washington Street
Barre, VT 05641
802-479-8500
paul.carnahan@vermonthistory.org
ROUNDTABLE CHAIRS
Personnel Roundtable Chair
VACANT
Technical Services Roundtable Chair
Erik van Eck (they/them)
circulation@hartlandlibraryvt.
Technical Services Roundtable Vice-Chair
VACANT
Vermont Library Substitute Pool Coordinator
Christy Liddy
subs@vermontlibraries.org or christydliddy@gmail.com
VLA News Editor
Janet Clapp
Adult Services Librarian, Rutland Free Library
10 Court Street
Rutland Vermont
802-773-1860
vermontlibrariesnews@gmail.com
Youth Services Roundtable Chair
Erin Davison (she/her)
Youth Services Librarian, Norwich Public Library
368 Main Street
Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1184
erin.davison@norwichlibrary.org
Youth Services Roundtable Vice-Chair
VACANT
ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES
American Library Association Chapter Councilor
Catharine Hays
Bixby Memorial Free Library
catharine.hays@bixbylibrary.org
New England Library Association Representative
Lucinda H. Walker (she/her)
Norwich Public Library
vt@nelib.org
Department of Libraries Representative to the Board
Catherine Delneo
Vermont State Librarian & Commissioner of Libraries
Vermont Department of Libraries
60 Washington Street, Suite 2
Barre VT 05641
802-636-0031
Catherine.Delneo@vermont.gov
DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
Tessa Johnson
vermontlibrarieswebmaster@gmail.com
Susan Larson (she/they)
(Contact with information for website and social media posts.)
susanularson@gmail.com
Jessamyn West
Vermont Mutual Aid Society
PO Box 345
Randolph, VT 05060
jessamyn@gmail.com
Sarah Scully
Electronic Resources and Technology Librarian
Julien and Virginia Cornell Library
Vermont Law School
164 Chelsea St, PO Box 96
South Royalton, VT 05068
802-831-1445
SScully@vermontlaw.edu
Last update March 4, 2025. (sl)