MAR Announces Our New Committee Members
MAR is pleased to announce that we have set-up our new advisory structure that will consist of a Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) and four Special Advisory Groups (SAGs). The committees and their members are listed below:
Regional Advisory Committee (consisting of 4 Special Advisory Group Chairs, 4 MLA Chapter representatives and 2 At-Large representatives)
- Marie Ascher, Associate Director, User Support, Education & Research, New York Medical College
- Donna Berryman, Assistant Director, Education and Information, University of Rochester Medical Center
- Aileen McCrillis, Research Librarian, New York University Health Sciences Libraries, NYU Langone Medical Center
- Micki McIntyre, Healthy NJ Coordinator, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Health Science Library
- Joanne Muellenbach, Director, Medical Library, The Commonwealth Medical College
- Jenny Pierce, Public Services Librarian, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Health Science Library
- Neil Rambo, Director, Health Sciences Libraries and Knowledge Informatics; Library Director of the Ehrman Medical Library, New York University Langone Medical Center
- Melissa Ratajeski, Reference Librarian, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh
- Maura Sostack, Manager, Medical Librarian, Virtua Health
- Patricia Ulmer, Community Health Librarian, Geisinger Health System
Ex Officio
- Barbara Epstein, Director, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh
- Renae Barger, Executive Director, NN/LM MAR
Special Advisory Groups
Outreach to Health Professionals and Public Health Workers
- Chair: Micki McIntyre, Healthy NJ Coordinator, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Health Science Library
- Traci Bolander, Practice Director, Mid-Atlantic Behavioral Health
- Janet Caruso, Director, Community Education, Mental Health America of Dutchess County, NY
- Barbara Folb, Public Health Informationist / Reference Librarian, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh
- Jeff Garvey, Director of Library Services, Hunter-Rice Health Sciences Library, Samaritan Medical Center
- Maggie Potter, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice; Director, Center for Public Health Practice; and Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
- Christine Schuyler, Commissioner of Human Services, Chautauqua County, NY
- Shelly Warwick, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Health Outcomes and Director of Library and Information Services, Touro-Harlem Medical Library
Ex Officio
- Kate Flewelling, Outreach Coordinator, NN/LM MAR
- Chair: Patricia Ulmer, Community Health Librarian, Geisinger Health System
- Bonnie Anton, Project Manager, eRecord/Patient Educator, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)—St. Margaret Hospital
- Joy Conti, Manager and Parish/Congregational Nurse, UPMC Mercy Hospital and Hill Top Health Ministry Consortium
- Debby Emerson, Executive Director, Central NY Library Resources Council
- Marilyn Jenkins, Executive Director, Allegheny County Library Association
- Deborah Magnan, Associate Librarian, Samuel and Sandra Hekemian Medical Library, Hackensack University Medical Center
- Ophelia Morey, Coordinator of Community Outreach Service, University at Buffalo Health Sciences Library
- Robert Stewart, Director, Asbury Park Public Library, Asbury Park, NJ
Ex Officio
- Lydia Collins, Consumer Health Coordinator, NN/LM MAR
- Chair: Maura Sostack, Manager, Medical Librarian, Virtua Health
- Helen Ann Brown Epstein, Head, Education and Outreach, Weill Cornell Medical Library Weill Cornell Medical College
- Tami Hartzell, Clinical and Translational Science Librarian, Rochester General Hospital
- Barbara Henry, Community Health Librarian, Christiana Care Health System
- Claire Joseph, Director, Redish Medical Library, South Nassau Communities Hospital
- Joan Napolitano, Manager, Hospital Library Services Program, Metropolitan New York Library Council
- Priscilla Stephenson, Chief, Library Service/Medical Media, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
- Angela Thor, Medical Circuit Librarian, Central New York Library Resources Council
Ex Officio
- Michelle Burda, Network and Advocacy Coordinator, NN/LM MAR
Resource and Academic Libraries
- Chair: Marie Ascher, Associate Director, User Support, Education & Research, New York Medical College
- Barbara Cavanaugh, Director, Biomedical Library; Associate Director, Health Sciences Libraries, University of Pennsylvania
- David Nolfi, Health Sciences Librarian, Duquesne University
- Debra Rand, Assistant Dean and Director for Health Sciences Libraries, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, North Shore-LIJ Health System
- Cynthia Robinson, Director, George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine
- Neil Romanosky, Assistant Director for Administration, NYU Health Sciences Libraries
- Julia Sollenberger, Associate Vice President and Director, Medical Center Libraries and Technologies, University of Rochester
- Gloria Wilson, Reference/Health Sciences Librarian, Library Learning Center, Long Island University—Brooklyn
Ex Officio
- Missy Harvey, Technology & Communication Coordinator, NN/LM MAR
