Leaders

Board of Directors

The MLA Board of Directors is elected by MLA members. The Executive Director is an ex officio nonvoting member of the board.

Past leaders (Presidents, Board of Directors, and Nominating Committee members) are found here.

Members may connect directly with MLA leadership via email: president@mail.mlahq.org.

Name	Position
Amy Blevins Indiana University School of Medicine	President
Brenda M. Linares, AHIP UMKC Libraries	President-Elect
Shannon D Jones, AHIP, FMLA Medical Univ. of South Carolina	Immediate Past President
Tony Nguyen, AHIP Network of the National Library of Medicine	Treasurer
Tara Douglas-Williams, AHIP Emory University	Member
Emily J. Hurst Virginia Commonwealth University	Member
Andy Hickner Weill Cornell Medicine	Member
Janna C. Lawrence, AHIP, FMLA University of Iowa Libraries	Member
Irene (Rena) Machowa Lubker, AHIP Medical University of South Carolina	Member
Tamara M. Nelson, AHIP University of Tennessee Health Science Center	Secretary
Keith Pickett Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences, Tulane University School of Medicine	Chapter Council Chair
Deidre (Dede) Rios, AHIP University of Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry	Community Council Chair
Kevin Baliozian Medical Library Association	Executive Director

Name	Position
Amy Blevins Indiana University School of Medicine	President
Brenda M. Linares, AHIP UMKC Libraries	President-Elect
Shannon D Jones, AHIP, FMLA Medical Univ. of South Carolina	Immediate Past President
Tony Nguyen, AHIP Network of the National Library of Medicine	Treasurer
Kevin Baliozian Medical Library Association	Executive Director

The MLA Board of Directors appoints members to support the work of the association.

Name	Position
Kevin Baliozian Medical Library Association	Executive Director
Linné Girouard, AHIP, FMLA Houston Methodist	Sergeant at Arms
Chris Shaffer, AHIP University of California, San Francisco	Parliamentarian
Jill Boruff, AHIP McGill University	JMLA Co-editor-in-Chief
Michelle Kraft, AHIP, FMLA Cleveland Clinic Foundation	JMLA Co-editor-in-Chief
Christine Willis, AHIP Children's Healthcare of Atlanta	Editor, MLAConnect