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FLS Board and Officers

2022-2023 Executive Board of the Friends of Libraries Section

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FLS Officers and Members At Large

President
2023 NYLA Council Representative

Kerstin Cruger 
Poughkeepsie, NY
Term Expires: November 2024

Vice President/President-Elect
2023 NYLA Annual Conference Curator

Carol Fortier
LaGrangeville, NY
Term Ending: November 2025

2nd Vice President (Membership) 
2023 NYLA Membership Committee Representative

Amy Discenza
Rochester, NY
Term Expires: November 2024

Secretary
Lynne Madden
Forestport, NY
Term Expires: November 2023

Treasurer
FLS Newsletter Editor and Web Editor
Terry Mulee
Rochester, NY
FLS.NYLA@yahoo.com
Term Expires: November 2024

Immediate Past President
Chair, FLS Nominating Committee

Karen Sperrazza
Sauquoit, NY
Term Expires: November 2023

President Emeritus
Randy Enos
Middletown, NY
Term does not expire: Lifetime Honor

Board Member At Large
Anne Andrianos
Syracuse, NY
Term Expires: November 2024

Board Member At Large
Marie Bindeman
Lockport, NY
Term Expires: November 2023

Board Member At Large
Erica Freudenberger
Catskill, NY
Term Expires: November 2023

Board Member At Large
Mary Giardini
Olean, NY
Term Expires: November 2023

Board Member At Large
Jerrie Grantham
Corona, NY
Term Expires: November 2024

Board Member At Large
Christopher Lund
Cortland, NY
Term Expires: November 2023

Board Member At Large
Ristiina Wigg
Corning, NY
Term Expires: November 2024


FLS Representatives to NYLA Committees

2022 NYLA Awards Committee
Joyce Laiosa
Slingerlands, NY

2022 NYLA Communications Committee Representative
Danielle Krause
Holbrook NY 

2022 NYLA Continuing Education Committee Interim Representative
Lisa C. Wemett
Macedon, NY

2022 NYLA Intellectual Freedom Committee Representative 
Christopher Lund
Cortland, NY

2022 NYLA Legislative Committee Representative 
Jean Sheviak
East Greenbush, NY

2022 NYLA Sustainability Committee Representative 
Marie Bindeman
Lockport, NY


FLS Auxiliary Volunteers

Assistant to the NYLA Conference Curator
vacant

FLS Marketing Coordinator 
Meg Sgombick 
Florida, NY

FLS Coordinator for Professional Development
Lisa C. Wemett
Macedon, NY

FLS Trainers
Joyce Laiosa
Slingerlands, NY
Lisa C. Wemett
Macedon, NY


FLS Awards and Scholarships

FLS Daniel W. Casey Library Advocacy Award Coordinator
Helen Rados
Monticello, NY 12701

FLS Daniel W. Casey Library Advocacy Award Readers
Joyce Laiosa
Leslie Riley

FLS Scholarships Coordinator
Marie Bindeman
Lockport, NY

FLS Randall Enos Conference Scholarship Readers 
Rebecca Fuss
Mary Ann Marrero


FLS Task Forces and Ad Hoc Committees

FLS Task Force on Friends Councils
Jim Foster

FLSTask Force on Long Range Plan
Lisa C. Wemett


The Executive Board may be contacted at FLS.NYLA@yahoo.com

Updated January 23, 2023