Community Council

The Community Council is the representative body of MLA caucuses. It advises the Board of Directors, promotes interchange among caucuses, and is the caucus governing body.

The chair of the Community Council is an ex-officio voting member of the MLA Board of Directors, elected for a three-year term by caucus representatives on the council.

Resources for Caucus Leaders:

Jennifer

Accessibility and Disability Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Virginia Pannabecker

Technology in Education Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Rachel Whitney

Pharmacy and Drug Information Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Ivan Portillo

Pharmacy and Drug Information Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Lisa Marks

Leadership & Mgmt Caucus Past Chair; Comm Council Rep.

Heidi Reis

Leadership & Mgmt Caucus Chair; Comm Council Alternate

Jill Deaver

Leadership & Mgmt Caucus Chair; Comm Council Alternate

Mirian Ramirez

Latinx Caucus Chair; Comm Council Rep.

Alice Stokes

International Cooperation Caucus Chair; Comm Council Alternate

Tracy Soto

Hospital Library Caucus Chair; Community Council Rep.

Shannon Bohle

History of the Health Sciences Caucus Past Chair; Com Council Rep.

Ari Hilliard

History of the Health Sciences Caucus Chair; Com Council Alternate

Travis Schulz, AHIP

Health Association and Corporate Librarians Past Chair; Com Council Rep.

Cason Jones

Health Association and Corporate Librarians Chair; Com Council Alternate

Heidi Patterson

Federal Libraries Caucus Past Chair; Comm Council Rep.

Jennifer Joyce Jones

Federal Libraries Caucus Chair; Comm Council Alternate

Rachel Becker

Cancer Librarians Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Alternate

Vida M Vaughn

Dental Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Genevieve Milliken

Data Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Jaimi Christine McLean

Cancer Librarians Caucus Chair; Community Council Rep.

Taneya Y. Koonce

Artificial Intelligence Caucus Chair; Community Council Rep.

Mary Catherine Ellis

Accessibility and Disability Chair; Community Council Alternate

Katherine Smith

Data Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Blair Hollender, AHIP

Comp and Integrative Health Caucus Chair; Comm Council Alternate

Terry Selfe

Comp and Integrative Health Caucus Past Chair; Comm Council Rep.

Christiana Keinath

Health Humanities Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Renee Rau

Health Humanities Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Angela Spencer

Leadership & Mgmt Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Ana Corral

International Cooperation Caucus Past Chair; Comm Council Rep.

Alice Stokes

International Cooperation Caucus Chair; Comm Council Alternate

Michelle Zafron

Academic Librarians Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

CeCe Railey

Hospital Library Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Erin Ware

Academic Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Faith Steele, AHIP

African American Med Lib Alliance Caucus Past Chair; Comm Council Rep.

Robyn Gleasner

Collection Dev Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Karen Gau

Collection Dev Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Marlowe Bogino

Clinical Librarians and Evidence Based Practice Caucus Chair; Comm Council Alternate

Deborah A. Crooke

Clinical Librarians and Evidence Based Practice Caucus Past Chair; Comm Council Rep.

Shawn Steidinger

CAPHIS Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Angela Tucker

CAPHIS Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Andrea C. Kepsel, AHIP

AVIS Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Molly Crews

AVIS Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Heather Healy

Systematic Reviews Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Mary Katherine Haver

Systematic Reviews Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Lorin K. Jackson

Social Justice and Health Disparities Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Tyler Moses

Social Justice and Health Disparities Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Kelsey Sawyer

Science Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Sheila Green

Science Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Brandi Tuttle

Technology in Education Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Michele McGinnis

User Experience Caucus Chair; Community Council Alterrnate

Kate Saylor

User Experience Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Heather Edmonds, AHIP

Vision Science Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Caroline Allen

Vision Science Caucus Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Representative

Kimberly Powell

Scholarly Communications Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Yingting Zhang

Scholarly Communications Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Maud Mundava, AHIP

New Members Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Holly Hudson

New Members Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Pamela Hargwood

NAHRS Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Ann Dyer

NAHRS Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Danielle Maurici-Pollock

Medical Informatics Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Felix Chisoni

Medical Informatics Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Sarah Wade

Osteopathic Libraries Caucus Chair; Comm Council Alternate

Abbey Norris Griffith

Osteopathic Libraries Caucus Past Chair; Comm Council Rep.

Sara Westall

Pediatric Librarians Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Alyssa M. Portwood, AHIP

Pediatric Librarians Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Stephanie Helsher

Resource Sharing Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

A'Llyn Ettien

Resource Sharing Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Molly Montgomery

Research Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Talicia Tarver

Research Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Debra Loguda-Summers

Public Services Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

G.J. Corey Harmon

Public Services Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

James Gilbreath

PH/HA Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Courtney Pyche

PH/HA Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Rachel Roberts

Med. Lib. Educ. Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

Julie Schiavo

Med. Lib.. Educ. Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Rep.

Deidre (Dede) Rios

Chair

Tomi Gunn

Staff Liaison (Community Manager)