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ACRL Board Manual 2024-2025

Board Manual for the ACRL Board of Directors.

3.0 About the Board

ACRL Board of Directors 2024-25 (l to r): (back) Joe Mocnik, Kara M. Whatley, Rebecca Miller Waltz, Walter Butler, Tarida Anantachai, Yasmeen L. Shorish (front) Beth McNeil, Leo Lo, Brad Warren, Allison Payne. Not pictured: Amy Dye-Reeves, Carrie Forbes, Mary Mallery, Rachel M. Minkin

 Individual photos can be found on the Meet the Board page.

The Board of Directors of ACRL is the governing body of the Association. It is the job of the Board of Directors to:

  • determine desirable outcomes
  • establish association policy
  • monitor ACRL’s programs, services and finances
  • guide the Association toward the future by making sure its core purpose, core values, and Plan for Excellence are being implemented.

ACRL’s Board of Directors carries out the mission of the association through the work of sections, committees, chapters, editorial boards, award juries, and discussion groups. Current rosters of ACRL committee members are on the ACRL Directory of Leadership.

ACRL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 2024–2025

President 
Dr. Leo S. Lo

(President, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025) - leo.saiho.lo@gmail.com
The University of New Mexico
10024 Michelle Loop NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111-1748

President-elect
Brad L. Warren

(Vice President, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025)
Email: bradwarren@augusta.edu
Augusta University
Greenblatt Library Administration
1439 Laney Walker Blvd., Ab2100
Augusta, GA 30912

Past-president
Dr. Beth McNeil

(Past-President, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025) - memcneil@Purdue.edu
Work Phone: (765) 494-2902
Purdue University
STEW 271, Libraries Admin
504 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907

 

Budget & Finance Committee Chair
Dr. Joe Mocnik

(Budget and Finance Chair, July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2026) - mocnik@ksu.edu
Work Phone: (785) 532-7400
Kansas State University
Hale Library, KSU
1117 Mid Campus Drive N
Manhattan, KS 66506

ACRL Division Councilor
Kara M. Whatley

(ACRL Division Councilor, July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2025) - kwhatley@caltech.edu
Work Phone: (626) 395-3805
California Institute of Technology
1200 E California Blvd
MC2-32
Pasadena, CA 911251

Executive Director (Interim)
Allison Payne

(Ex-Officio Member, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025) - apayne@ala.org
Work Phone: (312) 280-2519
Fax: (312) 280-2520
American Library Association
225 N Michigan Ave Ste 1300
Chicago, IL 60601-7616

ACRL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2024–2025

The ACRL Board of Directors includes the following directors-at-large and the executive committee members listed above.

Tarida Anantachai(Director-at-Large, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2027) - tananta@ncsu.edu
Work Phone: (919) 515-8590
North Carolina State University Libraries
D.H. Hill Jr. Library
2 Broughton Drive, Campus Box 7111
Raleigh, NC 27695
 
Walter Butler(Director-at-Large, July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2026) - walter.butler@outlook.com
Pasadena City College
1900 Pico Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90405
 
Mrs. Amy Dye-Reeves(Director-at-Large, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2027) - add0076@auburn.edu
Work Phone: (334) 844-1755
Auburn University
University Libraries
362 Duggar Concourse
Auburn, AL 36849
 

Dr. Carrie Forbes (Director-at-Large, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2028)
Email: forbesc@sou.edu
Work Phone: (541) 552-6833
Fax: (303) 871-2290
Southern Oregon University
1250 Siskiyou Blvd
Ashland, OR 97520

 
Mary Mallery
(Director-at-Large, July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2025)
Email: mary.mallery@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Work Phone: (718) 951-5342
Fax: (718) 951-4557
Brooklyn College CUNY
2900 Bedford Ave
Brooklyn College Library
Brooklyn, NY 11210
 

Rachel M. Minkin (Director-at-Large, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2028)
Email: minkinr@msu.edu
Work Phone: (517) 884-0874
Michigan State University Libraries
366 W Circle Dr
East Lansing, MI 48824-3700 United States

Yasmeen Shorish
(Director-at-Large, July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2025)
Email: shorisyl@jmu.edu
Work Phone: (540) 568-4288
James Madison University
Rose Library, Msc 4601
1251 Carrier Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22807-0001
 
Rebecca Miller Waltz(Director-at-Large, July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2026) - rebeccakate.miller@gmail.com
Pennsylvania State University Libraries
University Libraries
216 Pattee Library
University Park, PA 16802-1803