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: Celeste Dyer, Cumberland Public Library - 401-333-2552
ALA Councilor: Jack Martin (2019-2022), Providence Public Library - 401-455-8100
Member-at-Large: Bohyun Kim, University of Rhode Island - 401-874-4607
Member-at-Large: Megan Hamlin-Black, Rhode Island State Librarian - 401-330-3184
Paraprofessional Representative: Kristin Amaral, Rogers Free Library - 401-253-9648
New England Library Association (NELA) Representative Kelly Parlin, Providence Community Library - 401-272-3780
RI Coalition of Library Advocates (COLA) Section Chair Robin Nyzio
Cornucopia of Rhode Island (CORI) Section Chair Bohyun Kim, University of Rhode Island - 401-874-4607
School Librarians of Rhode Island (SLRI) Section Chair Deanna Brooks George J. Peters Elementary School Library - 401-270-8199
RILA Round tables
Financial Literacy Round table (FLRT)
Jen Linton, Warwick Public Library - 401-739-5440
Information Literacy Action Round table (ILART)
Mary MacDonald, University of Rhode Island - 401-874-4635
Maura Keating, Hope Academy - 401-533-9192
RILA Committees
Communications Committee
(RILA Bulletin Submissions) Deb Estrella, Tiverton Public Library - 401-625-6796
Conference Committee
(Conference Contact)
Nicolette Baffoni, Office of Library & Information Services - 401-574-9316
Joseph Morra, Providence Community Library Olneyville Library - 401-421-4084
Intellectual Freedom Committee
Position open
Legislative Action Committee
Ed Garcia, Cranston Public Library - 401-943-9080
Membership Committee
(Membership Questions)
Aaron Coutu, Cumberland Public Library - 401-333-2552 x128
Mentorship Committee
(Mentorship Contact)
Kieran Ayton, Rhode Island College Library - 401-456-9604
Dorothy Swain, Greenville Public Library
RILA Liaisons
Office of Library & Information Services (OLIS) Liaison
Karen Mellor, Office of Library & Information Services - 401-574-9304
Student ALA, URI GSLIS Liaison
Karen Mueller
University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Library & Information Studies (URI GSLIS) Liaison
Lauren Mandel - URI GSLIS