Administration

RILA Executive Board 2021-2023

• President
• Vice President: Beatrice Pulliam, Providence Public Library
• Past President: Julie Holden, Cranston Public Library
• Treasurer: Sam Simas, Providence Public Library
• Secretary: Celeste Dyer, Cumberland Public Library
• ALA Councilor: Ed Garcia, Cranston Public Library
• Member-at-Large: Lisa Richter, Salve Regina University
• Member-at-Large: Megan Hamlin-Black, Rhode Island State Librarian
• Paraprofessional Representative: Position open
• New England Library Association (NELA) Representative: Meredith Bonds-Harmon, East Providence Public Library
• Cornucopia of Rhode Island (CORI) Section Chair: Dymond Bush, Bryant University Library
• School Librarians of Rhode Island (SLRI) Section Chair: Joan Mouradjian, Library Media Specialist

RILA Round tables

Financial Literacy Round Table (FLRT)

• Jen Linton, Warwick Public Library

Information Literacy Action Round Table (ILART)

• Position open

RILA Committees

Learn more about our committees and their work >

Communications Committee

• Chair: Kyera Shea, Rogers Free Library
• RILA Bulletin Submissions

Conference Committee

• Co-Chairs: Tina Ash, Riverside Middle School & Pam Schwieger, East Providence Public Library

Intellectual Freedom Committee

• Co-Chairs: Tayla Cardillo, Cranston Public Library & Amanda Izenstark, University of Rhode Island Libraries

Legislative Action Committee

• Chair: Ed Garcia, Cranston Public Library

Membership Committee

• Chair: Aaron Coutu, Warwick Public Library

Mentorship Committee

• Chair: Kieran Ayton, Rhode Island College

RILA Liaisons

Office of Library & Information Services (OLIS) Liaison

• Karen Mellor, OLIS

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

• Valerie Karno, URI GSLIS

Student ALA, URI GSLIS Liaison

• Position open