President & Chair Programs

Moderator: Vincci Kwong, n/a – Indiana University South Bend

Presenter: Annie Pho (she/her/hers) – APALA

Presenter: Nichelle Hayes – BCALA

Presenter: Richenda Hawkins – American Indian Library Association

Presenter: Dr. Romelia Salinas (she/her/hers) – REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking

Presenter: Raymond Pun, MLS, Ed.D (he/him/his) – Chinese American Librarians Association

Presenter: Robin Brenner – GNCRT

Moderator: Brigid Alverson

Presenter: Jeff Smith – Scholastic / Graphix

Presenter: Kazu Kibuishi – Scholastic / Graphix

Presenter: Harmony Becker

Presenter: Lamar Giles (he/him/his)

Presenter: Becky Calzada (she/her/hers) – Leander ISD

Presenter: Sonja Cherry-Paul (she/her/hers) – Red Clay Educators

Presenter: Amanda Jones, MEd (she/her/hers) – Louisiana Association of School Librarians

Presenter: Kelly Yang

Moderator: Kathy Lester (she/her/hers) – American Association of School Librarians

Presenter: Annie Pho (she/her/hers) – APALA

Presenter: Elaine Tai

Presenter: Charles Kim (he/him/his) – Third State Books

Presenter: Stephanie Lim

Presenter: Michelle Li (she/her/hers) – The Very Asian Foundation

Presenter: Cindy Fesemyer, MLIS (she/her/hers) – Fesemyer Consulting, LLC

Moderator: Dr. Romelia Salinas (she/her/hers) – REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking

Presenter: Edwin Rodarte – Los Angeles Public Library

Presenter: Paola Vilaxa (she/her/hers) – Jefferson County Public Library

Presenter: Kathryn Blackmer Reyes – San José State University

Presenter: Steven Adams – Northwestern University

Presenter: Kawanna M. Bright (she/her/hers) – East Carolina University

Presenter: dela Dos, n/a – ARL

Moderator: Kate Laughlin (she/her/hers) – Association for Rural & Small Libraries

Presenter: Jennie Garner (she/her/hers) – Association for Rural & Small Libraries

Presenter: Kathy Zappitello (she/her/hers) – Conneaut Public Library & The Association for Rural & Small Libraries

Presenter: Tyler J. Hahn, n/a (he/him/his) – Cherokee Public Library

Presenter: Heather D. Hutto (she/her/hers) – M&ABJ Bristow Public Library

Moderator: Ewa E. Barczyk, n/a (she/her/hers) – Polish American Librarians Association

Presenter: Ewa E. Barczyk, n/a (she/her/hers) – Polish American Librarians Association

Presenter: Claire Gene Esker, Polish Genealogy Society of America member, Register of Qualified Genalogists & Assoc. of Professional Genealogists (she/her/hers) – Polish Genealogical Society of America

Presenter: Cynthia A. Johnson – UC Irvine

Presenter: Loriene Roy, PhD (she/her/hers) – School of Info UT-Austin

Presenter: Joe Sanchez (he/him/his) – City University of New York - Queens College

Presenter: Erin Anderson (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Austin

Presenter: Tatiana Swancy (she/her/hers) – Oak Park Public Library

Moderator: Dontaná McPherson-Joseph, n/a (she/her/hers) – Rainbow Round Table

Presenter: Rose Barnes (she/her/hers) – Oak Park Public Library

Presenter: Stephanie Sendaula (she/her/hers) – LibraryLinkNJ

Presenter: Gabby Womack (she/her/hers) – Tufts University

Presenter: Rebecca Oxley (She/they) – Prince George's County Memorial Library System

Moderator: Julie N. Hornick, M.A., M.L.I.S. (she/her/hers) – Florida Southern College

Moderator: Brad Sietz (he/him/his) – LOEX

Moderator: Alicia G. Vaandering (she/her/hers) – University of Rhode Island

Presenter: Carrie S. Banks (she/they) – Brooklyn Public Library

Presenter: Emily Porter (she/her/hers) – Chicago Public Schools

Presenter: Cristina Colquhoun (she/her/hers) – Oklahoma State University

Moderator: Annice Sevett – NMRT

Presenter: Frank Sweis – Northwestern University

Presenter: Jennifer Teper (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Presenter: Amanda Y. Focke (she/her/hers) – Rice University, Fondren Library

Presenter: Aaron LaFromboise, MLIS (she/her/hers) – American Indian Library Association

Moderator: Andrea Jamison – EMIERT Chair

Presenter: K.C. Boyd – Jefferson Academy - District of Columbia Public Schools

Presenter: Amy Hermon, MLIS (she/her/hers) – School Librarians United Podcast

Presenter: Emma K. McNamara (she/her/hers) – Adjunct Professor, University of the District of Columbia

Presenter: Caitlin Stewart (she/her/hers) – Illinois State University

Moderator: Al Kagan – University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign

Presenter: Trita Parsi

Presenter: Brittany D. Peacock (she/her/hers) – Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services

Presenter: Cathy Zimmerman, n/a (she/her/hers) – Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services

Presenter: Jenn Koetz (she/her/hers) – Association of Bookmobile & Outreach Services

Moderator: Margaret Heller – Loyola University Chicago

Presenter: Angela Saini

Presenter: Caroline Kravitz (she/her/hers) – Brooklyn Public Library

Presenter: Sophie McGrath (she/her/hers) – Brooklyn Public Library

Presenter: Avigail Najjar (they/them/theirs) – Brooklyn Public Library

Presenter: Freddie Rivera (he/him/his) – Brooklyn Public Library

Presenter: Danielle Costello (she/her/hers) – Games & Gaming Round Table

Presenter: Russell Brandon (he/him/his) – Misssissippi University for Women

Presenter: Rebecca Strang (she/they) – ALA Games & Gaming Round Table

Presenter: Rebecca Romney – Type Punch Matrix

Moderator: Gordon N. Baker (he/him/his) – Clayton State University

Presenter: Emily Amick (she/her/hers)

Moderator: Kian Flynn (he/him/his) – GODORT

Presenter: Elizabeth Lynch (she/her/hers) – Addison Public Library

Presenter: Julie Milavec – Downers Grove Public Library

Presenter: John Chrastka – EveryLibrary

Presenter: Michael Monahan – Elmwood Park Public Library

Presenter: Andrea Friederici Ross (she/her/hers)

Moderator: Clara M. Chu, n/a (she/her/hers) – Mortenson Center for International Library Programs

Presenter: Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – OCLC

Presenter: Ixchel M. Faniel, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – OCLC

Presenter: Andiswa Mfengu, Ph.D (she/her/hers) – University of Cape Town

Presenter: Tan Huism – Qatar National Library

Presenter: Sara Ulloa (she/her/hers) – San Silvestre School

Moderator: Brenda Pruitt-Annisette, MLS, Ed.D. – Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table

Presenter: Daniel D. Liou (he/him/his) – Arizona State University

Presenter: Kelly Deits Cutler (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University

Moderator: Karen F. Kaufmann – Professor, Research & Instruction Librarian, Seminole State College of Florida

Moderator: Devin Savage – Dean of Libraries, Illinois Institute of Technology

Moderator: Tiffany Hudson (she/her/hers) – FMRT

Presenter: Adrian Prawica (he/him/his) – Filmadria

Presenter: Rosemary Feurer (she/her/hers) – Northern Illinois University

Presenter: Sami Aaron (she/her/hers) – The Resilient Activist

Presenter: Ellen Oh (she/her/hers) – We Need Diverse Books

Presenter: Linda Sue Park (she/her/hers) – Allida Books imprint of Harper Collins, kiBooka website

Presenter: Dr. Ling Hwey Jeng – Texas Woman's University, School of Library and Information Studies

Moderator: Kathryn G. Shaughnessy, n/a (she/her/hers) – Catholic Library Association

Presenter: Kathryn G. Shaughnessy, n/a (she/her/hers) – Catholic Library Association

Presenter: Jean McManus