MLA Staff and Board

MLA Staff

Rachel Ash
Membership and Communications Director
(517) 881-6652
[email protected]

Lisa Buttigieg
Administrative Assistant
(517) 881-1683
[email protected]

Ryan Logan
Graphic Designer
(517) 394-2774
[email protected]

Elise Penhollow
Database Coordinator
(517) 881-0496
[email protected]

Amber Sheerin
Program and Event Director
(517) 881-3194
[email protected]

President:
Kelly Richards 
Library Director 
Muskegon Area District Library

Past-President/ALA Councilor: Jennifer L. Dean
Dean
University of Detroit Mercy Libraries 

President-elect:
Ryan Wieber 
Library Director 
Kalamazoo Public Library 

Treasurer/Secretary: 
Scott Duimstra 
Library Director  
Capital Area District Libraries

Mollie Freier  
Professor Emeritus
Northern Michigan University

Dillon Geshel 
Director
Portage Lake District Library

Tim Gleisner
Head of Special Collections
Library of Michigan

Anne Heidemann
Tribal Librarian
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan

Loretta Hunter
LRC Coordinator
Wayne County Community College District

Cat Kerns
Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME)

Jasmine Parker
Youth Services/Teen Librarian 
Ferndale Area District Library

Cathleen Russ 
Library Director
 West Bloomfield Township Public Library

Randy Riley
State Librarian
Library of Michigan

Kate Van Auken
Director
White Pine Library Cooperative