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Anne-Imelda
M. Radice, Ph.D.
Director
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On December 13, 2005, the President
of the United States appointed Anne-Imelda M. Radice,
Ph.D., a distinguished art and architecture historian,
museum professional, and administrator, to be Director
of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Radice’s nomination
on March 13, 2006. IMLS, an independent United States
government agency, is the primary source of federal
support for the nation’s 122,000 libraries
and 17,500 museums.
During her tenure, Radice created
and is providing leadership for Connecting to Collections:
A Call to Action (see www.imls.gov/collections),
a national conservation initiative designed to raise
public awareness, inspire action, and encourage
private sector support. The initiative includes
a National Conservation Summit, four forums on conservation
taking place across the country, the distribution
of 2,000 Conservation Bookshelves, and collaborative
planning grants that will advance every state’s
collective conservation goals. The initiative also
includes the development of a resource-laden Web
site and a conservation video that collecting institutions
can use to raise awareness and funds. Radice’s
enduring commitment to conservation and preservation
was recognized in April 2008 when she was honored
with the Forbes Medal for Distinguished Contribution
to the Field of Conservation from the American Institute
for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
(AIC) and received a resolution of appreciation
from the American Association of Museums (AAM).
As a member of the U.S. Mission to
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization), Radice has had the opportunity
to help shape international cultural policy. Under
her direction, IMLS began the International Strategic
Partnerships initiative to establish international
strategic partnerships and make connections around
the globe. In May 2008, she served on the faculty
of the Salzburg Global Seminar in Austria, sharing
her expertise on international exchanges of knowledge
and objects, and recommending ways to overcome circulation
obstacles.
Under Radice's direction, the agency
has established the Office of Policy, Research and
Communications to analyze trends, promote best practices,
and evaluate programs. In December 2007, the agency
published a study on effective youth programming
in libraries and museums followed by guides for
practitioners and policy makers on the best uses
of this data. She also launched the first study
of public funding for the nation's museums, which
will be released in summer 2008. In 2007, the agency
made its inaugural release of nationwide statistics
on state and public libraries.
In honor of the agency's tenth anniversary,
First Lady Laura Bush awarded the inaugural National
Medals for Library and Museum Service to ten outstanding
institutions at a White House ceremony in January
2007. Radice recommended elevating this honor from
an award to a medal and increased the number of
recipients from six to ten.
In 2007, Radice established The IMLS
Leadership Lecture, a national policy event established
to inform policy, inspire new leaders and new leadership
ideas, and spur innovation and action. Dr. Robert
Dilenschneider delivered the first address in October
2007, and participated in discussions with new and
emerging library and museum leaders.
Prior to joining the IMLS, Radice
was the Acting Assistant Chairman for Programs at
the National Endowment for the Humanities. She assisted
the Chairman in the overall program administration
of this federal agency dedicated to supporting research,
education, preservation, and public programs in
the humanities.
Before joining the National Endowment
for the Humanities, Radice was Chief of Staff to
the Secretary of the United States Department of
Education from 2003 to 2005. She was a member of
the Secretary’s executive team and worked
closely with the Secretary to fulfill the department's
mission to promote excellence in American education.
From 2001 to 2003, Dr. Radice served
as Executive Director of the Appeal of Conscience
Foundation in New York City. Begun more than 35
years ago by Rabbi Arthur Schneier, the foundation
promotes religious freedom, tolerance, and human
rights throughout the world.
From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Radice was
Executive Director of the Friends of Dresden, Inc.,
an organization devoted to the reconstruction, restoration,
and preservation of Dresden’s artistic and
architectural legacy. Her fund-raising responsibilities
included Friends of Dresden’s two largest
campaigns: restoration of the Dresden Synagogue
set ablaze during Kristallnacht in1938 and reconstruction
of the Frauenkirche (Our Lady of Sorrows Cathedral),
which dominated the city’s skyline from 1794
until 1945.
From 1993 to 1995, Radice consulted
for New River Media, World Affairs Television Production
in Montreal and Washington, DC, and Grey and Company
II.
Appointed by President George H.W.
Bush in May 1992 to serve as the Acting Chairman
of the National Endowment for the Arts, Dr. Radice
oversaw the development, congressional approval,
and management of a $175 million budget and 273
employees. Prior to her appointment, Radice was
Senior Deputy Chairman, the number two spot at the
agency, where she developed substantial private
funding opportunities and partnerships for a variety
of projects.
From 1989 to 1991, Dr. Radice was
Chief of the Creative Arts Division of the United
States Information Agency (USIA) where she supervised
the presidentially-appointed Cultural Property Advisory
Committee. The committee, formed in response to
the 1970 UNESCO Convention, promotes long-term measures
to safeguard cultural heritage artifacts. She also
managed the USIA’s international planning
of fine arts, museum technology, art conservation,
and cultural tourism.
As the first Director of the National
Museum of Women in the Arts (1983-1989), the only
museum in the world dedicated exclusively to displaying
works by women artists of all periods and nationalities,
Radice participated in the renovation of a 78,810-square-foot
historic Washington landmark. Redesigned with the
highest museum and security standards, the former
Masonic Temple near the White House reopened as
the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA)
in 1987 and has won numerous architectural awards.
By the end of her directorship, the NMWA’s
annual budget had grown to $4 million and its membership
had reached 100,000.
From 1976 to 1985, Radice worked
in the Office of the Architect of the U.S. Capitol,
first as Architectural Historian (1976 to 1981),
then as Curator. While there, Radice developed an
information and conservation system for the 55,000
historic drawings in the collection. She initiated
art restoration and conservation programs for the
U.S. Capitol and other buildings under its jurisdiction.
She also supervised the Research, Archives, Records
Management, and Architectural History Divisions.
Radice began her career in arts administration
in 1971 at the National Gallery of Art as Assistant
Curator and Staff Lecturer. Until 1976, Radice wrote
educational materials for such blockbuster exhibitions
as King Tutenkamen and Treasures from China. She
also initiated the first-ever foreign language lecture
and tour service and was cited by the Wall Street
Journal for introducing the National Gallery to
a wider audience.
Radice has authored numerous publications on art
and architecture including The Original Library
of Congress: the history (1800-1814) of the Library
of Congress in the United States Capitol (1981),
a seminal architectural study of the West Front
of the U.S. Capitol that resolved a controversy
during the restoration of the façade and
led to its successful completion.
Radice has a Ph.D. in Art and Architectural
History from the University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill (1976), an MBA from American University (1985),
and a BA in Art History from Wheaton College, Norton,
MA (1969). Radice also has an MA from the Villa
Schifanoia in Florence, Italy (1971), and did graduate
coursework in northern Italian architecture at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Radice succeeded Dr. Robert S. Martin, a library
professional, as Director of the Institute and will
serve for a four-year term ending in 2009. Deputy
Director for Libraries Mary L. Chute served as Acting
Director since the end of Dr. Martin’s term
in July 2005. The IMLS directorship alternates between
individuals from the museum and library communities.
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Mary L. Chute
Deputy Director for Libraries
Mary L. Chute brings more than 20
years of professional library experience to IMLS.
She comes to IMLS from the Delaware Division of
Libraries/State Library, where she held the position
of Director and State Librarian. As Director and
State Librarian, Mary promoted the extension and
improvement of statewide library services through
community outreach, library automation, new technologies,
and resource sharing. Mary oversaw programming throughout
the state's public libraries, including DelAWARE:
The Digital Library of the First State, and the
Delaware Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
Mary served as the state's advocate for libraries
with the legislature and the public.
With the staff at the Delaware Division
of Libraries, Mary assisted in adapting the Library
Associate Training Institute from Maryland for Delaware's
libraries. In accord with Mary’s vision of
superb customer service in libraries, the program
will focus on strengthening the communication skills
of all library staff. Mary and the Delaware Council
on Libraries have laid the groundwork for an ambitious
statewide technology plan for Delaware's libraries,
the goal of which is to design a single patron database
and a single statewide catalog supported by the
state library. Under Mary's leadership a statewide
reading program for all ages, "Delaware Reads
about the American Dream," was initiated as
a collaborative effort between Delaware's public
libraries and the state Department of Education.
Mary was the Public Library Consultant
for the Maryland State Department of Education,
Division of Library Development. While working for
Maryland her responsibilities included marketing
and public relations for Maryland libraries, monitoring
community based strategic planning initiatives,
and providing assistance to the county and regional
systems and “Sailor,” Maryland's award-winning
online public information network.
Mary began her library career with
the Massachusetts library system where she worked
for 16 years, eight of which she spent as a public
library director. She has a Master of Arts in art
history from Boston University and a Master of Library
Science from Simmons College. She earned a Bachelor
of Arts in art history from the University of Michigan.
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Marsha L. Semmel
Deputy Director for Museums and Director
for Strategic Partnerships
As Deputy Director for Museums, Marsha
L. Semmel manages the Institute of Museum and Library
Services’ portfolio of grantmaking programs
that support capacity-building and leadership projects
for all types of museums, including art, history,
science, historic houses, children’s museums,
aquaria, arboreta, botanical gardens, and zoos.
As Director for Strategic Partnerships,
Ms. Semmel maintains oversight of federal-state
partnership activities, initiates and implements
collaborations with other federal agencies and organizations,
and manages special projects and initiatives.
From 1998 to 2002, Ms. Semmel was
President and CEO of the Women of the West Museum,
in Denver, Colorado. Prior to that, she was President
and CEO of Conner Prairie, a living history museum
in Indianapolis, Indiana.
From 1984 to 1996, Ms. Semmel worked at the National
Endowment for the Humanities, in Washington, DC,
serving as program officer; Assistant Director for
Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations;
and Director, Division of Public Programs. She began
her museum career as curator and educator at the
Taft Museum in Cincinnati, was deputy director of
the B’nai B’rith National Jewish Museum
in Washington, DC, and Program Coordinator for the
Resident Associates Program at the Smithsonian Institution.
In 1979, Semmel was a Fellow in the Museums Program
of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Mamie Bittner
Deputy Director for Policy, Planning, Research, and
Communications
Having held the position of Director
of Public and Legislative Affairs since the agency’s
inception in 1997, and prior to that held similar
positions at the agency’s predecessor, the Institute
of Museum Services, Mamie Bittner took on responsibility
for the agency’s research and evaluation functions
as well in November 2006. She holds a master’s
degree in education from the George Washington University
and a bachelor’s degree in political science
from Fairfield University in Connecticut.
Mamie is a senior advisor to the Director
of IMLS and is responsible for helping to build positive
relationships between the agency and its key stakeholders
including Congress, the Administration, the agency’s
board and the museum and library communities. She
is the primary media spokesperson for IMLS and works
closely with the Institute’s directors to develop
and implement legislative strategy for Congressional
reauthorization and appropriations.
She leads the public and legislative
affairs team in the creation and implementation of
a communications strategy that underscores the agency’s
goals and highlights the role of libraries and museums
in American society. She played a key role in launching
and developing the National Awards for Museum and
Library Service, the nation’s highest honor
for the public service role of libraries and museums.
The award has been presented by the First Lady of
the United States nearly every year since its inception
in 1994.
She provided strategic advice in shaping
new directions for several of the agency’s core
grantmaking programs including Museums for America,
Librarians for the 21st Century and National Leadership
Grants. Under Mamie’s direction the agency has
produced award winning publications including Sustaining
Our Heritage: The IMLS Achievement and Perspectives
on Outcome Based Evaluation for Libraries and Museums.
She launched the agency’s monthly newsletter,
Primary Source, an electronic publication with over
10,000 subscribers that profiles promising practices
and connects people with IMLS resources.
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Kate
Fernstrom
Chief of Staff
Kate Fernstrom became Chief of Staff
at IMLS in April 2006, having previously worked
for five other federal agencies. She is the Director’s
second-in-command, overseeing all of the Institute’s
operations.
Immediately prior to coming to IMLS,
Kate worked at the U.S. Department of Education,
beginning as the Confidential Assistant to the Chief
of Staff before being promoted to Deputy Chief of
Staff for Operations. Her last position at Education
was Chief of Staff for the Office of Communications
and Outreach, an organization of 142 people across
the country who are responsible for the internal
and external message of the department.
Kate’s previous federal government
experience includes stints with Health and Human
Services, Commerce, Labor, and Interior. She has
also worked for three members of Congress.
Kate has a degree in Italian Studies
with a minor in Art History from Wells College in
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Ann Marie Pedersen
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
Ann Marie Pedersen serves IMLS as its Deputy
Chief of Staff for Operations. Ann Marie joined
IMLS after nearly four years at the Department of
Education. Her first position was in the Office
of Congressional and Legislative Affairs as a Regional
Representative responsible for communicating with
and being responsive to members of the House and
Senate. In 2004 Ann Marie moved to the Secretary’s
office as the Special Assistant to the Chief of
Staff and in 2005 she moved to the Office for Civil
Rights first as a the Special Assistant to the Assistant
Secretary then in March 2006 she was promoted to
Chief of Staff . Prior to entering government service,
she spent ten years fundraising for various political
and non-profit organizations.
Ann Marie is a graduate of the Catholic University
of America’s Columbus School of Law and received
a Bachelor of Arts degree from The George Washington
University. She is originally from New York, currently
resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Nancy Weiss
General Counsel
Nancy E. Weiss serves as General Counsel
of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. In
this capacity, she advises the Director, the National
Museum and Library Services Board, and agency officials
on the legal aspects of cultural activity, public-private
partnerships, grant-making, and the full range of
legal issues involved in managing a federal agency.
Nancy has represented the United States Government
on delegations to the United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the
United Nations World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS), the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO), the Organization of American States (OAS),
and international conferences relating to Holocaust-Era
Assets.
Prior to joining IMLS, Nancy served
as Deputy General Counsel of the National Endowment
for the Humanities, where she also provided counsel
to the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program and represented
the agency on the National Archives Trust Fund Board.
Nancy earlier practiced litigation and media law at
Williams and Connelly in Washington D.C., held a legal
research fellowship in New Delhi, India, and completed
a federal judicial clerkship with the Hon. William
W Schwarzer (N.D. California and Director of the Federal
Judicial Center).
Nancy graduated with honors from the
University of Michigan Law School, and phi beta
kappa with a degree in Economics from the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to
attending law school, Nancy directed a student retention
program at the University of Pennsylvania and managed
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Alice Y. Macklin
Human Resources Director
Alice Y. Macklin, a native of Martinsville,
Virginia, became the Human Resources Director in
April of 2007. Before joining the Federal Government,
Alice has spent most of her professional career
in the private sector with AT&T.
Prior to joining IMLS, Alice worked as the Employment
Officer for the Agriculture Research Service (ARS),
where she developed employment related policies
and worked on legislation for the Agriculture Farm
Bill. Alice started her federal career with the
Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census in
Suitland, Maryland.
Alice has more than 30 years of experience in human
resources, operations, events management, public
relations, research and lobbying while employed
at AT&T. She has facilitated events such as
the National Republican in and Democratic conventions
in Philadelphia, Pa., and the Presidential Inaugural
events in Washington, DC. While working at AT&T
she supported the White House Office of Telecommunications
and managed the day-to-day operations for the office
of Law and Government Affairs. She has also advocated
members of Congress on a myriad of education and
telecommunications programs.
Alice holds a Master’s Degree in Strategic
Human Resources Management from American University.
She mentors and facilitates training in the area
of diversity, conflict management and employment
issues.
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Wayne
Morlier
Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining IMLS, Wayne Morlier worked for
two years as a financial consultant providing expert
financial management advice and guidance to federal
agencies. He has 24 years of federal service, including
17 years as a financial manager. His experience
includes appointments with the Internal Revenue
Service, the USDA Office of the Chief Financial
Officer and the U.S. Forest Service. He was a key
contributor at the USDA and the U.S. Forest Service
in achieving unqualified audit opinions for fiscal
years 2002 through 2005.
He has comprehensive federal government knowledge
and experience in auditing, financial analysis,
reconciliation of financial data, and preparation
of financial statements and reports. He is an expert
in problem solving and recommending system and operational
policies and procedures.
Wayne C. Morlier has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting
from the University of New Orleans. He is a Certified
Public Accountant and Certified Government Financial
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Schroeder
Cherry, Ed.D.
Counselor to the Director
Schroeder Cherry's thirty-plus years
in the museum field span a broad range of areas
with primary focus on making museum resources accessible
to the public. As Counselor to the Director, he
is cultivating relationships with entities that
have previously had little contact with IMLS. He
is liaison to community, museum, and library groups;
provides advice on agency communications; and is
integral to helping shape future directions for
the agency. Prior to his appointment as Counselor,
Dr. Cherry served a as IMLS Deputy Director, heading
up the Office of Museum Services.
Dr. Cherry came to IMLS with experience
in a wide variety of settings, most recently as
Deputy Director for Education and Public Programs
at the Maryland Historical Society. Prior to his
position at MdHS he was a program officer at the
Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds, where he helped develop
and administer the Funds' initiative to increase
the audiences for visual arts, folk arts, and arts
education. His other museum experience includes
positions at the Anacostia Museum, the Studio Museum
in Harlem, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Baltimore
Museum of Art. He is active in professional service
organizations, and has a substantial record of publications.
As Deputy Director for Education and
Public Programs at the Maryland Historical Society
from 2000 until 2002, Schroeder managed onsite and
outreach education programs to an annual audience
of 94,000. He collaborated with museum curators
and designers on exhibitions including the powerful
and popular, What's It To You? Black History
is American History (February 2002 - June 2003).
As a Program Officer for the Wallace-Reader's
Digest Funds from1996 until 2000, Schroeder assisted
in the expansion of community grants, researched
potential grantees, and recommended awards. During
his tenure with the Funds, he oversaw 170 grants
totaling over $52 million.
Schroeder was Director of Education
and Community from 1990 until 1996 at the Baltimore
Museum of Art, developing education programs related
to American and European painting, sculpture, and
prints; decorative arts; and African, Asian, and
Oceanic art. While there he managed over six full-time
and 120 part-time staff. He also served as an advocate
to the BMA's local, regional, and national constituencies.
He coordinated the Joshua Johnson Council, the oldest
African-American support group established by a
major museum.
From 1988 until 1990, Schroeder served
as Museum Educator at The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Before that he was Chief of Education at the New
York City Transit Exhibit, Director of Education
at The Studio Museum in Harlem, and Museum Educator
at the Anacostia Museum, which is part of the Smithsonian
Institution.
Schroeder has a Doctor of Education
in Museum Education from Columbia University in
New York (1988), a Master of Teaching in Museum
Education from George Washington University (1978),
and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University
of Michigan where he graduated summa cum laude in
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Derek
Scarbrough
Chief Information Officer
A native of Chicago Illinois, Derek Scarbrough became
CIO at IMLS in May 2007, having previously worked
for four other federal agencies.
Immediately prior to coming to IMLS, Derek worked
at the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), beginning
as their first CIO in 2003, before assuming broader
responsibilities as the Deputy Director for the Office
of Administration and CIO in 2004. His last position
involved the complete reinvention of the entire network
operation and infrastructure, implementation of an
Information Security Program, and redesigning all
of the major application systems, while playing a
key role in improving numerous areas throughout the
administrative operational areas of HR, Budget and
Finance, Facilities and IT.
Derek’s federal government experience includes
stints with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Selective Service System, and the Department of Labor.
He also worked on detail assignment at the Social
Security Administration’s Office of the CIO.
He has over 30 years of total government experience
in the areas of Information Technology and Administrative
Management.
Derek has an AAS degree in Systems Analysis Specialization
and is pursuing a degree in Biblical Studies.
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Mary Estelle Kennelly
Associate Deputy Director for Museum
Services
As the Associate Deputy Director for
Museum Services, Mary Estelle Kennelly oversees the
agency’s museum grant programs, supervises the
museum program staff, develops grant guidelines for
new programs, represents agency programs to the public,
and works with senior staff on program and policy
matters.
Mary Estelle has been with IMLS since
February 1993, coming from a background that included
work in both museums and grant administration. Prior
to her arrival at IMLS, she developed the Conservation
Assessment Program (CAP) at Heritage Preservation,
Inc. After administering the program for two years,
she spent her final year and a half at Heritage Preservation
as Director for Collections Care Programs, which included
CAP, a project examining the conservation needs of
natural science collections, and the development of
a program to teach institutions to raise funds for
conservation and collections care.
From 1984 to1989, Mary Estelle was the
director/curator of the 18th century Stanley-Whitman
House in Farmington, CT. In that position, she oversaw
the restoration of the historic house, raising the
necessary funds, working with the architectural historians
and construction crew, and maintaining museum programs
and activities while the work was underway.
Mary Estelle graduated from the College
of William and Mary with a B.A. double major in history
and art history. She received her M.A. from the George
Washington University in museum studies while working
full-time as a program specialist in the Smithsonian’s
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Joyce Ray, Ph.D.
Associate Deputy Director for Library Services
Joyce Ray has directed the agency’s
discretionary library programs since 1997. An archivist
by training, Joyce also has responsibility for agency-wide
digital initiatives. Prior to joining IMLS, she held
positions as Assistant Program Director for Technological
Evaluation and Acting Program Director, National Historical
Publications and Records Commission; Special Assistant
to the Archivist, National Archives and Records Administration;
and Head of Special Collections, the University of
Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
She currently serves as a member of
the program committee of the Joint Conference on Digital
Libraries, is the U.S. organizer of the International
Digital Cultural Content Forum, and is the principal
organizer of the annual IMLS Web-Wise Conference on
Libraries and Museums in the Digital World.
She helped to organize and was one of
the first members of the Joint Committee on Libraries,
Archives and Museums sponsored jointly by the American
Library Association, the American Association of Museums,
and the Society of American Archivists.
She is a certified archivist and holds
a Master of Library Science from the University of
Texas at Austin. In addition, she holds a PhD in American
history, with a specialty in the social history of
women and medicine in the U.S., and has taught women's
history at Georgetown University. She has presented
at numerous professional meetings about IMLS and its
programs, and about trends in libraries, archives
and museums relating to technology, professional education,
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Laurie C. Brooks
Associate Deputy Director for State Programs
From 2003 to 2008, Brooks worked
as a senior library grant program officer in the
state programs division. Prior to joining IMLS,
Brooks spent nearly 30 years working in the library
field throughout New England and New York. She held
administrative positions as director of the Orono
(ME) Public Library and the Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga
BOCES School Library System.
Brooks also was actively involved
in New York’s statewide database and technology
planning committees. She served as president of
the School Library Systems Association of New York,
as a member of the board of trustees for the Tompkins
County Public Library and the South Central Regional
Library Council both located in Ithaca, NY, and
as a member of New York’s Online Computer
Library Center (OCLC) network council known as NYLINK.
Brooks earned her Master of Science
in Library Science from Simmons College in Boston,
and received her Certificate of Advanced Study in
School Administration and Supervision from the State
University of New York, Cortland College. She is
an alumna of the University of New Hampshire, where
she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Early Childhood Education.
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Carlos A.
Manjarrez
Associate Deputy Director for Research
and Statistics
Manjarrez joined IMLS from the Urban
Institute where he was the principal investigator
for a national study of public libraries and local
economic development for the Urban Libraries Council
and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2003,
he co-published a report on the role that partnerships
play in expanding access to public libraries, museums,
and public broadcasters. During his tenure at the
Institute, he worked on more than 25 major research
projects ranging from neighborhood studies in single
cities to congressionally-mandated studies of federal
programs. Prior to working at the Urban Institute,
Manjarrez worked for the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation, the American Bar Foundation,
and was a graduate fellow at the Joint Center for
Poverty Research in Chicago.
In his role at IMLS, he identifies
program-related issues of interest to the agency,
and develops and implements short, intermediate,
and long-range research, program evaluation, and
statistics plans. These efforts take into account
agency policies and program directions and the needs
of libraries and museums in the United States. |
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Elizabeth Lyons
Special Events and Board Liaison
Elizabeth Lyons has been the Special
Assistant to the Director since 1998. She is one of
the principle liaisons to the 20 members of the presidentially
appointed and Senate-confirmed National Museum and
Library Service Board. Elizabeth also works closely
with the Director of Public and Legislative Affairs,
the Director of Strategic Partnerships and the Deputy
Directors to coordinate agency-wide events, like the
National Award for Museum and Library Service, the
Web-Wise conference, and other high profile events.
Prior to joining IMLS, Elizabeth worked as a legal
specialist at a trade association and a litigation
assistant at a non-profit, public interest law firm.
She has also been a volunteer at the National Zoo
for six years and is currently president of the zoo’s
volunteer association. She has a bachelor’s
degree in history from the University of Massachusetts
and is currently working toward a master’s in
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