2026 MLA ELECTION RESULTS
The 2025-2026 Nominating Committee is pleased to share the results of the 2026 election. This year’s slate featured an impressive group of candidates, and MLA showed strong member engagement, with 30% of eligible members casting their votes.
The individuals elected below will officially assume their roles at the close of the MLA Annual Conference in Milwaukee, WI. All candidates have been notified, and MLA extends its sincere thanks to everyone who participated in the election and to those who put their names forward for consideration.
2025-2026 Nominating Committee
- Brenda M. Linares, AHIP, Chair
- Ellen M. Aaronson, AHIP
- Margaret Henderson, AHIP
- Adela Justice, AHIP
- Gail Kouame
- Barnaby Nicolas
- Gabriel R. Rios
- Faith Steele, AHIP
- Brandi Tuttle
- Sola Whitehead
2026 MLA ELECTION RESULTS
President-Elect
- Marie T. Ascher, Lillian Hetrick Huber Endowed Director, Phillip Capozzi, MD Library, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Board of Directors
- Lisa A. Marks, AHIP, Director, Library Services, Mayo Clinic in Arizona, and Associate Professor, Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science
- Joey Nicholson, Department Chair and Director, NYU Health Sciences Library, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
- Aidy Weeks, Director, School of Medicine Library, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Nominating Committee
Heather N. Holmes, AHIP, MLA’s 2026-2027 immediate past president, will chair the 2026-2027 Nominating Committee.
- Virginia Pannabecker, AHIP
- Katie Prentice, AHIP
- Emily Brennan
- April Wright
- Margaret Ansell, AHIP
- Christine Willis, AHIP
- Gurpreet K. Rana
- Basia Delawska-Elliott, AHIP
- Elizabeth R. Lorbeer, AHIP
Caucus Elections
Caucuses without election results will hold elections at a later date.
| Caucus | Elected Leader(s) |
| Academic Librarians | Chair-Elect: Renee Rau Potential 2027 MLA Nominating Committee Candidate: Maria Deptula |
| Accessibility & Disability | Chair-Elect: Ken Sullivan |
| African American Medical Librarians Alliance | Chair-Elect: Catisha Benjamin Potential 2027 MLA Nominating Committee Candidate: Amanda Wilson |
| Animal and Veterinary Information Specialist Caucus | Chair-Elect: Jennifer Brady Potential 2027 MLA Nominating Committee Candidate: Pam Lough |
| Clinical Librarians and Evidence Based Practice | Chair-Elect: Rachel Walden |
| Collection Development | Chair-Elect: Megan Jaskowiak Secretary: J. Michael Lindsay |
| Complementary and Integrative Health Caucus | Chair-Elect: Lori Micho |
| Consumer and Patient Health Information Services | Chair-Elect: Karin Bennedsen Potential 2027 MLA Nominating Committee Candidate: Dana Ladd |
| Dental | Chair-Elect: Hannah Schilperoort |
| Hospital Library | Chair-Elect: Michelle Bass Potential 2027 MLA Nominating Committee Candidate: CeCe Railey |
| International Cooperation Caucus | Chair-Elect: Courtney Pyche Potential 2027 MLA Nominating Committee Candidate: Dominic Agyei Dankwah |
| Latinx | Chair-Elect: Gloria Wilson |
| Leadership and Management | Chair-Elect: Margaret Ansell |
| Libraries in Health Sciences Curriculums | Chair-Elect: Tara Brigham |
| Medical Library Education | Chair-Elect: Brandon Kennedy |
| New Members | Chair-Elect: Maria Deptula |
| Osteopathic Libraries | Chair-Elect: Katie Hoskins Potential 2027 MLA Nominating Committee Candidate: Abbey Griffith |
| Pediatric Librarians | Chair-Elect: Lynn Kysh |
| Public Health/Health Administration | Chair-Elect: Elaine Hicks Secretary: Kim Whalen Potential 2027 MLA Nominating Committee Candidate: Jill Whitfill |
| Public Services | Chair-Elect: Jessica Richardson |
| Research | Chair-Elect: Danielle Masursky |
| Resource Sharing | Chair: Laurenda Peters Chair-Elect: Heather Brown |
| Scholarly Communications | Chair-Elect: Will White |
| Science | Chair-Elect: Kaylie Vermillion |
| Social Justice and Health Disparities | Chair-Elect: Jane Morgan-Daniel |
| Systematic Reviews | Chair-Elect: Lorraine Porcello Secretary: Mina Ghajar Potential 2027 MLA Nominating Committee Candidate: Stephanie Roth |
| Technical Services | Chair-Elect: Richard Wisneski |
| Technology in Education | Chair-Elect: Kate Silfen |
| User Experience | Chair-Elect: Hilary Kraus |
| Vision Science | Chair-Elect: RUNOFF TO BE SCHEDULED |