RILA Executive Board 2021-2023
President: Rachael Juskuv, president(at)rilibraries.org
Vice President: Beatrice Pulliam, Providence Public Library - 401-455-8101
Past President: Julie Holden, Cranston Public Library - 401-943-9080 x101
Treasurer: Sam Simas, Providence Public Library - 401-455-8101
Secretary: Celeste Dyer, Cumberland Public Library - 401-333-2552
ALA Councilor: Ed Garcia, Cranston Public Library - 401-943-9080 x100
Member-at-Large: Lisa Richter, Salve Regina University - 401-341-2284
Member-at-Large: Megan Hamlin-Black, Rhode Island State Librarian - 401-330-3184
Paraprofessional Representative: Kristin Amaral, Tiverton Public Library - 401-625-6796
New England Library Association (NELA) Representative: Meredith Bonds-Harmon, East Providence Public Library - 401-434-2453
Cornucopia of Rhode Island (CORI) Section Chair: Dymond Bush, Bryant University Library - 401-232-6299
School Librarians of Rhode Island (SLRI) Section Chair: Joan Mouradjian Library Media Specialist - 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)
Position open
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
Intellectual Freedom Committee
Tayla Cardillo, Cranston Public Library
Legislative Action Committee
Ed Garcia, Cranston Public Library - 401-943-9080
Membership Committee
(Membership Questions)
Aaron Coutu, Warwick Public Library - 401-739-5440 x9759
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
Olivia Phillips
University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Library & Information Studies (URI GSLIS) Liaison
Valerie Karno - URI GSLIS