Staff

Mary Lee Kennedy

Executive Director

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As executive director, Mary Lee Kennedy leads the development of and implements ARL’s strategic direction. She builds on ARL’s strengths as a leader and partner in the research and learning...

Jessica Aiwuyor

Senior Director of Communications

jaiwuyor@arl.org

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Jessica Aiwuyor is the senior director of Communications for the Association of Research Libraries. She is responsible for leading a narrative strategy to deepen and expand the understanding of research...
Sue Baughman

Deputy Executive Director

sue@arl.org

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Sue Baughman is the deputy executive director of ARL. Her responsibilities include promoting and facilitating the strategic development of ARL policies and programs. In addition, she engages in issue analysis and...
Ryan Brennan

Accountant

ryan@arl.org

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Ryan Brennan joined the ARL staff in October 2015. He is the part-time accountant responsible for day-to-day accounting and financial oversight of the organization. Ryan is well versed in not-for-profit...
Amy Bulgrien

Assistant Director for Program Coordination

amyb@arl.org

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Amy Bulgrien joined the ARL staff in December 2013. She provides assistance for the Executive Office as well as supervises administration for the Association's programs. Amy has experience in communications, marketing,...
Ryan Clough

Senior Director of Public Policy and General Counsel

rclough@arl.org

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Ryan Clough is the senior director of Public Policy and general counsel of the Association of Research Libraries. He leads the Association's Advocacy and Public Policy agenda, which is focused...
Henry Gross

Senior Applications Developer

henry@arl.org

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Henry Gross is the applications developer in the Statistics and Assessment Program. He writes the code that powers the StatsQUAL platform, including the LibQUAL+ and ARL Statistics websites. Prior to...
Kaylyn Groves

Senior Writer and Editor

kaylyn@arl.org

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Kaylyn Groves is responsible for developing clear, compelling, effective communications to tell ARL’s stories across multiple media. She helps maintain the ARL “voice,” consistent messages, and high editorial standards in...
Pat Kent

Accounting Coordinator

pat@arl.org

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Pat Kent joined ARL in September 1987 as the Assistant Secretary. Her passion was working with numbers, so in 1992 she started helping the Accountant by filing invoices and Xeroxing....
Katie Monroe

Program Coordinator, Special Projects

katie@arl.org

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Katie Monroe began her tenure as program coordinator for special projects for the Association of Research Libraries in February of 2017. Katie received her MA in the history of decorative...
Shaneka Morris

Survey Coordinator and Data Analyst

shaneka@arl.org

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Shaneka Morris began her tenure as statistics editorial assistant for the Association of Research Libraries in September of 2010. Her responsibilities include managing the data collection data verification, content creation,...