Executive Board / Current Officers 2025-26
Voting Members President April Witteveen, Oregon State University, Cascades Campus (email)
Vice-President/ President-Elect Bryan Miyagishma, Lincoln County Library District (email)
Past President Ayn Frazee, Franklin High School, Portland Public Schools, (email)
Treasurer Jordan Popoff, Curry Public Library (email) Term (two years: 2025 - 20257
Secretary Roxanne Renteria, Deschutes Public Library (email)
Member-At-Large (Vacantj)
ALA Representative Jerianne Thompson, Tualatin Public Library (email) Term (three years: 2025-28)
Divisions - Current Chairs
Academic/ ACRL-Oregon Kate Thornhill, Chair, University of Oregon (email)
Children's Services (CSD) Anna Bruce, Chair, Happy Valley Library, (email)
Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL) Amy Page, President, Eugene 4J District (email)
Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN) Brianna Sowinski, Co-chair, North Plains Library (email) Ruth Headley, Co-chair, Newberg Public Library
Public Library (PLD) Kathy Street, Oregon Trail Library District (email)
REFORMA Oregon (REFORMA) Rachel Diego Leon-Kalnins, Chair, Newport Public Library (email)
Support Staff (SSD) Rinny Lakin, Multnomah County Library (email)
NON-VOTING MEMBERS State Librarian (ex-officio) Wendy Cornelisen, State Librarian, State Library of Oregon (email)
Parliamentarian Buzzy Nielsen, State Library of Oregon (email)
OLA Association Manager Shirley Roberts (email)
OLA Board 2023-2024 Focus Areas & Presidential Priorities
OLA Board Resources Leadership tutorials (orientation to OLA website, memberclicks, etc.), OLA Logos, Graphic Usage Guide, OLA official letterhead, Just Say Yes List........
OLA Board Meetings 2023-24
OLA Board Meetings are open to the public. Although we follow the agenda and timeline closely, the agenda is subject to change and items are sometimes moved to accommodate day-of scheduling needs. If a portion of the meeting is closed to the public, we will note that on the agenda.
September 3, 2025 (Wednesday) - Informational Meeting- Virtual (4 - 6 pm) October 1 , 2025 (Wednesday)- Business Meeting - Virtual (4 - 6 pm) November 5, 2025 (Wednesday) - Informational Meeting, Virtual (4 - 6 pm) December 3, 2025 (Wednesday) - Business Meeting, Virtual (4 - 6 pm) January 7, 2026 (Wednesday) - Informational Meeting, Virtual (4 - 6 pm) February 4, 2026 (Wednesday) - Business Meeting, Virtual (4 - 6 pm) March 4, 2026 (Wednesday) - Informational Meeting, Virtual (4 - 6 pm) April 1, 2026 (Wednesday) - Business Meeting - Virtual (4-6 pm) May 6, 2026 (Wednesday) - Informational Meeting - Virtual (4 - 6 pm) June 3, 2026 (Wednesday) - Business Meeting - Virtual (4 - 6 pm) July 1, 2026 (Wednesday) - Informational Meeting - Virtual (4 - 6 pm) August 13, 2026 - OLA Leadership Retreat - TBD August 14, 2026 - OLA Board Meeting, TBD
Business meetings include: Review of action items from previous meeting, officer/committee/unit reports, old/new business, review of strategic plan, action item summary.
Informational meetings include: Informal information sharing, general discussion topics - TBD.
**All voting members of the board should plan to attend business meetings; drop in meetings are optional
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