NYLA Section Elections 2016
The 2016 NYLA Section Election will take place from June 15 - July 15. All voting will take place via NYLA's online membership center.
Details on individual candidates are available on most on the respective Section web pages.
ASLS Election
VP/Conference Planner/President Elect (unopposed)
Jessica Clemons, Interim Director, SUNY ESF Moon Library
Secretary (select one)
Jennifer Kegler, Librarian, SUNY Brockport Library
Regina Vertone, Librarian, The Sage College Library
Directors (select one)
Matthew Kopel, Research & Development Librarian at Central New York Library Resources Council
James Teliha, Library Director, Utica College
Dana Haugh, Web Services Librarian, Stonybrook
FLS Election
Vice President/President-Elect (select one)
Rebecca Fuss
Second Vice President (unopposed)
Terry Mulee
Treasurer (unopposed)
Jennifer Little Kegler
Members At Large (select three)
Vicki N. Kosovac
Leslie S.W. Riley
Ristiina Wigg
LAMS Election
Vice President/President Elect (unopposed)
AnnLee Girlado
PLS Election
First Vice-President / President-Elect (select one)
Deanna DiCarlo - Upper Hudson Library System
Kacper Jarecki - Queens Library
Treasurer (unopposed)
Margo Gustina - Southern Tier Library System
1st Year Director (select one)
Patricia Uttaro - Rochester Public Library & Monroe County Library System
Katie Hayduke - White Branch Library in the Onondaga County Public Library System
RASS Election
Vice President / President-Elect (unopposed)
Julia Schult, Baldwinsville Public Library
Treasurer (unopposed)
Heather Highfield
Secretary (unopposed)
Lisa Hewel
SMART Election
Vice President/ President Elect (unopposed)
Laura Osterhout, Rochester Regional Library Council
Treasurer (unopposed)
Mary Lindner, College of Saint Rose
Director-at-Large (select two)
Jaclyn McKewan, Western New York Library Resources Council
Tessa Killian, Southeastern NY Library Resources Council
SSL Election
President - Elect (unopposed)
Penny Sweeney
Secretary (unopposed)
Gail Brisson
VP-Communications (unopposed)
Katharine St. Laurent
Regional Coordinators (even numbered Regions in even numbered years):
Region II (unopposed)
Ellen Frank Bayer
Rgion IV (unopposed)
Beth Davis
Region VI (unopposed)
Molly clark
Region VIII (unopposed)
Annarose Foley
YSS Election
1st Vice President/President Elect (unopposed)
Laura Panter, Sachem Public Library
Secretary (select one)
Valle Blair, Chautauqua—Cattaraugus Library System
Kim Hazen, Guernsey Memorial Library (Norwich)
First Year Director (select one)
Liz Anastasi, Greenburgh Public Library
Jackie Narkiewicz of Copiague Memorial Public Library
Round Table Elections
BIRT
President (unopposed)
Kate Erwin
Vice-President/President-Elect (unopposed)
Clare O’Dowd
Secretary (unopposed)
Julia Melton
Treasurer (unopposed)
Amy Handfield
Member-At-Large (unopposed)
Jessica Bechard
IFRT
Vice-President/President Elect (unopposed)
Frank McKenna, Director, Seaford Public Library
Treasurer (unopposed)
Suzanne Johnson, Youth Services Librarian, George F. Johnson Memorial Library
Secretary (unopposed)
Laura Giunta, Garden City Public Library, Head of Young Adult Services
LAR (formerly RLSP)
Presdient (unopposed)
Tom Vitale
Treasurer (unopposed)
Hannah Ralston
Change Agent (unopposed)
Elena Falcone
PCRT
President (unopposed)
Valerie Acklin (Bellmore Memorial Library/Bellmore, NY)
Vice-President (unopposed)
John Torres (Ossining Public Library/Ossining, NY)
Treasurer (unopposed)
Trevor Oakley (Saratoga Springs Public Library/Saratoga Springs, NY)
RLRT
President (unopposed)
Margo Gustina
Vice-President (select one)
Leona Chereshnoski
Tom Vitale
Treasurer (select one)
Carole Kupelian
Phillip Trautman
Secretary (unopposed)
Sarah Crevelling