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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

NamePosition
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
Tamara M. Nelson, AHIP
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Secretary
Tara Douglas-Williams, AHIP
Emory University
Member
Emily J. Hurst
University of Maryland Baltimore
Member
Andy Hickner
Weill Cornell Medicine
Member
Janna C. Lawrence, AHIP, FMLA
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
Member
Irene (Rena) Machowa Lubker, AHIP
Medical University of South Carolina
Member
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

Executive Committee

NamePosition
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

Appointed Officials

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

NamePosition
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