Rhode Island Library Association

RILA Executive Board 2019-2021

President: Julie Holden, Cranston Public Library - 401-943-9080 x101
Vice President: Rachael Juskuv, Bryant University - 401-232-6299
Past President: Kieran Ayton, Rhode Island College - 401-456-9604
Treasurer: Beatrice Pulliam, Providence Public Library - 401-455-8101
Secretary: Chelsea Watts, Naval Undersea Warfare Center - 401-832-7708
ALA Councilor: Jack Martin (2019-2022), Providence Public Library - 401-455-8100
Member-at-Large: Sandie Gauthier, Cranston Public Library - 401-781-2450
Member-at-Large: Megan Hamlin-Black, Rhode Island State Librarian - 401-330-3184
New England Library Association (NELA) Liaison Jessica D'Avanza, Barrington Public Library - 401-247-1920 x312
RI Coalition of Library Advocates (COLA) Section Chair Sharon Lux
Cornucopia of Rhode Island (CORI) Section Chair Julie Cerrito, Librarian, URI Providence Campus - 401-277-5130
School Librarians of Rhode Island (SLRI) Section Chair Lisa Girard, School Librarian, Gallagher Middle School - 401-949-2056

RILA Roundtables

Financial Literacy Roundtable (FLRT)
Cassie Patterson, Greenville Public Library - 401-949-3630
Ann Poulos, Providence Public Library - 401-456-8000

Information Literacy Action Roundtable (ILART)
Mary MacDonald, University of Rhode Island - 401-874-4635
Maura Keating, Bryant University - 401-232-6299

RILA Committees

Communications Committee
(RILA Bulletin Submissions) Deb Estrella, Tiverton Public Library - 401-625-6796

Conference Committee
(Conference Contact)
Mackenzie Dunn, Bryant University - 401-232-6000 x20177

Intellectual Freedom Committee
Carla Weiss, Retired
Jim Kinnie, University of Rhode Island - 401-874-9240

Legislative Action Committee
Ed Garcia, Cranston Public Library - 401-943-9080

Membership Committee
(Membership Questions)
Aaron Coutu, Cumberland Public Library - 401-333-2552 x128

RILA Liaisons

Office of Library & Information Services (OLIS) Liaison
Karen Mellor, Office of Library & Information Services - 401-574-9304

Student ALA, URI GSLIS Liaison

Joseph Sullivan, President of the URI chapter of SALA

University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Library & Information Studies (URI GSLIS) Liaison
Lauren Mandel, - URI GSLIS