Board Committees and Task Forces
Executive Committee, 2024 (charge)
- Trevor A. Dawes, ARL President (Delaware)
- Rhea Ballard-Thrower, ARL Vice President/President-Elect (Illinois Chicago)
- Susan Parker, ARL Past President (British Columbia)
- Bob Fox, ARL Treasurer (Louisville)
- Andrew K. Pace, ex officio, non-voting (incoming ARL Executive Director)
Audit Committee (charge)
- Lorelei Tanji, Chair (UC Irvine)
2021–2024 - Melissa Just (USC)
2023–2024 - Sara Lowman (Rice)
2023–2024 - Staff Lead:
Code of Conduct Committee (charge)
- Talia Chung (Ottawa)
2024 - Shali Zhang (Auburn)
2024 - Susan Parker (British Columbia)
2024 - Kornelia Tancheva (Pittsburgh)
2024
Finance Committee (charge)
- Bob Fox, ARL Treasurer (Louisville)
2018–2024 - Sara Lowman (Rice)
2023–2024 - Joe Salem (Duke)
2023–2025 - Lorelei Tanji (UC Irvine)
2021–2024 - Staff Lead:
Governance Committee (charge)
- Melissa Just, Chair (USC)
2021–2024 - Sara Lowman (Rice)
2024 - Lorelei Tanji (UC Irvine)
2021–2024 - Evviva Weinraub Lajoie (Buffalo)
2024–2026 - Staff Lead:
Membership Committee (charge)
- Lisa O’Hara, Chair (Manitoba)
2021–2024 - Trevor A. Dawes (Delaware)
2020–2025 - Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty (Smithsonian)
2023–2025 - Robert McDonald (Boulder) member-at-large
2024–2026 - Susan Parker (British Columbia)
2020–2024 - Judy Russell (Florida) member-at-large
2024–2026 - Staff Lead:
Membership Task Force (charge)
- Lisa O’Hara, Co-Chair (Manitoba)
- Bob Fox, Co-Chair (Louisville)
- Melissa Just (USC)
- Robert McDonald (Boulder)
- Erik Mitchell (UC San Diego)
- Kornelia Tancheva (Pittsburgh)
- Staff Lead:
Nominating Committee (charge)
- Susan Parker (British Columbia), Chair
- Greg Eow (CRL)
- Sheila Johnson (Oklahoma State)
- Jim O’Donnell (Arizona State)
- Jon Shaw (Vanderbilt)
- Staff Lead:
Statements of Action Task Force (charge)
- Trevor A. Dawes, Chair (Delaware)
- Rhea Ballard-Thrower (Illinois Chicago)
- Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty (Smithsonian)
- Joe Salem (Duke)
- Evviva Weinraub Lajoie (Buffalo)
- Staff Lead:
Association Committees
Advisory Groups, Task Forces, and Working Groups associated with a particular Association Committee are listed below it. Task Forces have a specific charge for a defined period of time. Advisory Groups and Working Groups have a specific charge and may be ongoing.
Advocacy and Public Policy Committee (charge)
- Adriene Lim, Chair (Maryland)
2021–2024 - Doug Way, Vice-Chair (Kentucky)
2021–2024 - Mimi Calter (Washington U. in St. Louis)
2023–2024 - Lindsay Cronk (Tulane)
2023–2024 - Maria Estorino (North Carolina)
2024–2025 - Emily Gore (Georgia)
2024–2025 - Annie Johnson (Delaware)
2023–2024 - Erik Mitchell (UC San Diego)
2024–2025 - Chris Prom (Illinois)
2024–2025 - Torsten Reimer (Chicago)
2023–2024 - Jamie Wittenberg (Colorado)
2024–2025 - Kevin Yanowski (North Texas)
2024–2025 - Susan Haigh, ex officio (CARL)
- Board Liaison:
- Rhea Ballard-Thrower (Illinois Chicago)
- Staff Leads:
ARL/CARL Joint Task Force on Marrakesh Treaty Implementation
(charge)
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- Victoria Owen, Chair (Toronto)
- Pascal Calarco (Windsor)
- Greg Cram (New York Public)
- Susan Haigh (CARL)
- Katherine McColgan (CARL)
- Lisa O’Hara (Manitoba)
- Christine Oliver (Ottawa)
- Judith Russell (Florida)
- Judy Ruttenberg (ARL)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (charge)
- Talia Chung, Chair (Ottawa)
2020–2024 - Faye A. Chadwell, Vice-Chair (Pennsylvania State)
2023–2025 - Mark Asberg (Queen’s)
2024–2025 - Jody Gray (Minnesota)
2023–2024 - Jin Xiu Guo (NAL)
2024–2025 - Bohyun Kim (Michigan)
2023–2024 - Vivian Lewis (McMaster)
2023–2024 - Ebony Magnus (Simon Fraser)
2024–2025 - Nandita Mani (Massachusetts)
2024–2025 - Jenn Riley (McGill)
2024–2025 - Denise Stephens (Oklahoma)
2023–2024 - Board Liaison:
- Hilary Seo (Iowa State)
- Staff Lead:
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Institute Task Force (charge)
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- Karen Estlund, Chair (Colorado State)
- Danica E. White, Vice-chair (Howard)
- Selinda Berg (Windsor)
- Cinthya Ippoliti (Auraria)
- Alisha Keig (ARL)
- Donna Langille (British Columbia Okanagan)
- Kevin Strowder (ALA—ODLOS)
- Melissa Wisner (Boston College)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Liaison:
- Ebony Magnus (Simon Fraser)
- Staff Lead:
IDEAL Conference 2024 Planning Task Force (charge)
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- Jennifer Garrett, Co-Chair (NC State)
- Shali Zhang, Co-Chair (Auburn)
- Meshia Anderson (Cincinnati)
- Sojourna Cunningham (NC State)
- DeLa Dos (ARL)
- Mai Lu (Toronto)
- Sajni Lacey (British Columbia Okanagan)
- Lisa Shin (Toronto)
- Mindy Thurna (Toronto)
- Naz Torabi (Toronto)
- Jade Winn (Southern California)
- Staff Leads:
IDEAL Concurrent Sessions Working Group
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IDEAL Local Coordination Working Group
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IDEAL Participant Experience Working Group
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IDEAL Plenary Sessions Working Group
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IDEAL Poster Sessions Working Group
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IDEAL Production Working Group
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IDEAL Sponsorships Working Group
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Kaleidoscope Program Task Force (charge)
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- Saira Raza, Chair (Emory)
- Diana Park, Vice-Chair (Oregon State)
- Alisha Keig (ARL)
- Hana Kim (Toronto)
- Harvey Long (North Carolina A&T)
- Ted Quiballo (Northwestern)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Liaison:
- Jody Gray (Minnesota)
- Learning Network Committee Liaison:
- Paul Wester (NAL)
- Staff Lead:
Kaleidoscope Program Selection Working Group (charge)
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- Alisha Keig, Chair (ARL)
Roster forthcoming
Leadership and Career Development Program Task Force (charge)
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- Tarida Anantachai, Chair (NC State)
- Maha Kumaran, Vice-Chair (Saskatchewan)
- Afra Bolefski (Manitoba)
- Billie Walker (Pennsylvania State)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Liaison:
- Nandita Mani (UMass Amherst)
- Learning Network Committee Liaison:
- Emily Morton-Owens (Pennsylvania)
- Staff Lead:
- Alisha Keig (ARL)
Leadership and Career Development Program Selection Working Group (charge)
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- DeLa Dos, Chair (ARL)
- Roster forthcoming.
Learning Network Committee (charge)
- Consuella Askew, Chair (Rutgers)
2021–2024 - Lisa Carter, Vice-Chair (Michigan)
2021–2025 - Laurie Alexander (Michigan)
2023–2024 - Leland Deeds (WUSTL)
2023–2024 - Kelly Miller (Miami)
2023–2024
- Emily Morton-Owens (Pennsylvania)
2023–2024 - Julie Mosbo Ballestro (Texas A&M)
2024–2025 - Loretta Parham (Atlanta University Center)
2024–2025 - Paul Wester (NAL)
2023–2024 - Board Liaison:
- Lorelei Tanji (UC Irvine)
- Staff Leads:
Intensive Learning Program Task Force (charge)
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- Lisa German, Chair (Minnesota)
- Mary-Jo Romaniuk, Vice-Chair (Calgary)
- Neelam Bharti (Florida State)
- Sian Brannon (North Texas)
- Kerry Creelman (Houston)
- Elaina Norlin (ASERL)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Liaison:
- Bohyun Kim (Michigan)
- Learning Network Committee Liaison:
- Leland Deeds (WUSTL)
- Staff Lead:
Intensive Learning Program Selection Working Group (charge)
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- Audrey Grace, Chair (ARL)
Roster Forthcoming
Leadership Fellows Task Force (charge)
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- Holly Jeffcoat, Chair (Southern Methodist)
- Doug Way, Vice-Chair (Kentucky)
- Erin Ellis (Indiana)
- Clem Guthro (Hawaii)
- Julie Hannaford (Toronto)
- Jim O’Donnell (Arizona State)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Liaison:
- Vivian Lewis (McMaster)
- Learning Network Committee Liaison:
- Laurie Alexander (Michigan)
- Staff Lead:
Leadership Fellows Selection Working Group (charge)
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- DeLa Dos, Chair (ARL)
Roster forthcoming.
ARL President’s Institute 2024 Program Planning Task Force (charge)
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- Nicole Capdarest-Arest (UC Davis)
- Maisha Carey (Delaware)
- Dani Cook (UC San Diego)
- Jessica Davila (Oklahoma)
- Trevor A. Dawes (Delaware)
- Karen Estlund (Colorado State)
- Jennifer Garrett (North Carolina State)
- Sheril Hook (York)
- Helen Kula (McMaster)
- Angie Ohler (Minnesota)
- Staff Leads:
Member Engagement and Outreach Committee (charge)
- Shali Zhang, Chair (Auburn)
2020–2024 - Ken Burhanna, Vice-Chair (Kent State)
2023–2025 - Michael Arthur (Alabama)
2023–2024 - Jen Bartlett (Kentucky)
2024–2025 - Sian Brannon (North Texas)
2024–2025 - Kristyn Caragher (Illinois, Chicago)
2023–2024 - Elizabeth Cowell (Santa Cruz)
2021–2024 - Lisa German (Minnesota)
2023–2024 - Neil Romanosky (Michigan State)
2024–2025 - Board Liaison:
- Trevor A. Dawes (Delaware)
- Staff Lead:
Association Meeting 2024 Program Planning Task Force (charge)
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- Diane Bruxvoort (North Texas)
- Mimi Calter (Washington U.)
- Beth Namachchivaya (Waterloo)
- Mark Newton (Boston)
- Carol Smith (Kansas)
- Xuemao Wang (Northwestern)
- Staff Lead:
Consultative Group to Association Meeting 2024 Program Planning Task Force
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- Ken Burhanna (Kent State)
- Lisa Carter (Michigan)
- Lindsay Cronk (Tulane)
- Vivian Lewis (McMaster)
- Joseph Meisel (Brown)
- Jon Shaw (Vanderbilt)
Program Strategy Committee (charge)
- Andrew K. Pace, Chair (ARL)
- Adriene Lim, Advocacy and Public Policy (Maryland)
- Talia Chung, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Ottawa)
- Consuella Askew, Learning Network (Rutgers)
- Shali Zhang, Member Engagement and Outreach (Auburn)
- Kornelia Tancheva, Research and Analytics (Pittsburgh)
- Tyler Walters, Scholars and Scholarship (Virginia Tech)
Research and Analytics Committee (charge)
- Kornelia Tancheva, Chair (Pittsburgh)
2023–2024 - Jon Shaw, Vice-Chair (Vanderbilt)
2023–2024 - Allison Benedetti (UCLA)
2024–2025 - Jenny Hirst (Waterloo)
2024–2025 - Martin Kalfatovic (Smithsonian)
2023–2024 - Elizabeth Kiscaden (Cincinnati)
2024–2025 - Debra Hanken Kurtz (Florida State)
2024–2025 - Denise LaFitte (Alberta)
2024–2025 - Brent Reidy (NYPL)
2024–2025 - Board Liaison:
- Melissa Just (USC)
- Staff Lead:
ARL Statistics Survey Revision Task Force (charge)
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- Athena Jackson, Chair (UCLA)
- Don Gilstrap (Alabama)
- Kat King (Michigan)
- Steve Mandeville-Gamble (UC Riverside)
- Beth Namachchivaya (Waterloo)
- Carisa Polischuk (Saskatchewan)
- Maurini Strub (Rochester)
- Cherie Turner (Houston)
- Staff Lead:
Scholars and Scholarship Committee (charge)
- Tyler Walters, Chair (Virginia Tech)
2021–2024 - Beth Namachchivaya, Vice-Chair (Waterloo)
2023–2024 - David Banush (South Carolina)
2024–2025 - Jake Carlson (Buffalo)
2024–2025 - Caroline Hyslop (Ottawa)
2023–2024 - Liz Lorang (Nebraska–Lincoln)
2021–2024 - Beth McNeil (Purdue)
2023-2024 - Joseph Meisel (Brown)
2023–2024 - Simon Neame (Washington)
2024–2025 - Hannah Sommers (LC)
2024–2025 - Shan Sutton (Arizona)
2023–2024 - Lauren Topper (NLM)
2024–2025 - Board Liaison:
- Lisa O’Hara (Manitoba)
- Staff Leads:
ARL/CNI Task Force on Scenario Planning for AI & ML Futures (charge)
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- Dianne Babski (National Library of Medicine)
- Karen Estlund (Colorado State University)
- Salwa Ismail (University of California, Berkeley)
- Bohyun Kim (University of Michigan)
- James Lee (Northwestern University)
- Leo Lo (University of New Mexico)
- Christy Long (University of Oregon)
- Elisabeth Long (Johns Hopkins University)
- Rosalyn Metz (Emory University)
- Devin Savage (Illinois Institute of Technology)
- Catherine Steeves (Western University)
- Keith Webster (Carnegie Mellon)
- Kate Zwaard (Library of Congress)
- Staff Lead:
Joint Initiatives
Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Steering Committee
(See more information about the Steering Committee.)
- Lisa Carter (Michigan), representing ARL
2022–2025 - Daniel Cohen (Northeastern), at large
2023–2024 - Clifford A. Lynch (CNI) ex officio
- Nandita Mani (Amherst), representing ARL
2024–2027 - John O’Brien (EDUCAUSE) ex officio
- Andrew K. Pace (ARL) ex officio
- Sarah Shreeves (Utah), representing ARL
2023–2026 - Jenn Stringer (J. Paul Getty Trust), representing EDUCAUSE
2023–2026 - Cheryl Washington (UC Davis), representing EDUCAUSE
2022–2025 - Keith Webster (Carnegie Mellon), at large
2023–2024
AAU/ARL/AUPresses TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) Initiative Advisory Board
(See more information about this initiative.)
- Damon Jaggars (Ohio State)
- Mark Kamlet (Carnegie Mellon)
- Garrett P. Kiely (University of Chicago Press)
- Barbara Kline Pope (Johns Hopkins University Press)
- Erich van Rijn (University of California)
- Ginny Steel (UCLA)
- Charles Watkinson (Michigan)
- Staff Liaisons:
- Meredith Asbury (AAU)
- Peter Berkery (AUPresses)
- Brenna McLaughlin (AUPresses)
- Judy Ruttenberg (ARL)
ACRL/ALA/ARL Joint Advisory Task Force on IPEDS Academic Libraries Component Definitions, 2019–2022 (charge)
- Robert Dugan, Co-Chair (West Florida)
- Erik Mitchell, Co-Chair (UC San Diego)
- Christopher Cody (Academic Libraries Survey, NCES)
- Adrian K. Ho (ACRL Academic Library Trends & Statistics Survey Editorial Board; Chicago)
- Tabatha Pursley (Florida)
- Peggy Seiden (Swarthmore, retired)
- Matthew C. Shaw (ALA Research and Statistics Committee; Ball State)
- Cynthia K. Steinhoff (Anne Arundel Community College)
- Staff Liaisons:
- Kevin Borden (ARL)
- Mary Jane Petrowski (ACRL)
IARLA: International Working Group to Explore the Collaborative Potential of Virtual Reading Rooms (VRRs) and Virtual Teaching Spaces (VTSs)
- Seth Anderson (Yale University), representing ARL
- Esmé Cowles (Princeton University Library), representing ARL
- Victoria Rose Raish (Pennsylvania State University), representing ARL
- Lynn Benson (University of Otago), representing CAUL
- Lisa O’Sullivan (University of Melbourne), representing CAUL
- Mala Scorse (University of Newcastle, Australia), representing CAUL
- Kim Williams (University of Sydney), representing CAUL
- Joanne Fitton (University of Leeds Libraries), representing RLUK
- John Hodgson (The University of Manchester Library), representing RLUK
- Ian Johnson (Newcastle University), representing RLUK
- Karen Robson (University of Southampton), representing RLUK
- Liz Waller (Durham University), representing RLUK
- Deirdre Wildy (Queen’s University Belfast), representing RLUK
- Paola Marchionni, representing Jisc
- Becca Mylton, representing The British Library, UK
- Tina Horton, representing The National Archives, UK
- Anne Blacksmith (The Huntington Library), representing OCLC, Research Library Partnership
- Working group secretariat support:
- Christina Kamposiori, (RLUK Executive)
- Matt Greenhall, (RLUK Executive)