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]

Keeley Briggs
Database Coordinator
(517) 881-0496
[email protected]

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

Riz Hatton
Social Media Strategist Intern
Fall Semester 2021

Sophie Techentin
Social Media Strategist Intern
Winter Semester 2022

Kara MacKenzie
Social Media Strategist Intern
Spring Semester 2022

President:
Ryan Wieber 
Library Director 
Kalamazoo Public Library 

Past-President/ALA Councilor: 
Jennifer L. Dean 
Library Director
University of Michigan Flint Thompson Library

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

Mollie Freier  
Professor Emeritus, Retired
Northern Michigan University

Dillon Geshel 
Director 
Superiorland Library Cooperative

Anne Heidemann
Tribal Librarian 
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan

Loretta Hunter
LRC Coordinator
Wayne County Community College District

Jessica Keyser
Director
Grosse Pointe Public Library

Deborah E. Mikula 
Executive Director 
Michigan Library Association

Cathleen Russ 
Library Director
 West Bloomfield Township Public Library

Randy Riley 
State Librarian 
Library of Michigan

Kristin Shelley 
Director  
East Lansing Public Library

Shannon Torres
Past President
Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME)

Kate Van Auken
Director
White Pine Library Cooperative

Lisa Waskin
Director
Superior District Library

Angela Badke 
Tribal Librarian 
Ojibwa Community Library 

Tashia Miller 
Reference and Outreach Librarian  
Washtenaw Community College Library

Christine Peele 
Branch Manager  
Detroit Public Library

Sophia Ward Brewer  
Serials and Collection Librarian
Grand Rapids Community College Library and Learning Commons