Community Council

Community Council serves in an advisory capacity to the board of directors of the Medical Library Association, promotes interchange between caucuses, and receives recommendations from individual caucuses.

The Community Council community is available to council members (caucus chairs and immediate past chairs). Other communities for caucus leaders include:

Caucus Community Managers (includes webmasters and email list managers)
Caucus Leaders Site: each caucus leaders group has its own website, forum and file storage available only to current leaders of the caucus. File storage includes a weekly forum subscriber list and a monthly caucus roster.

If you do not have access to one of the above communities and believe you should, please contact MLA headquarters.

Additional Resources

Caucus and Domain Hub Resources (here's where you'll find info on requesting a Zoom meeting, funding for a project and more!)
Policies Governing Caucuses, Domain Hubs, and Community Council PDF (352KB) HTML
Communities Leaders Manual

Community Council Members

Name	Position
Adela V. Justice, AHIP UT MD Anderson Cancer Center	Community Council Chair; Caucus Governance Committee Chair
JJ Pionke University of Illinois Urbana Champaign	Accessibility and Disability Caucus Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Seema Bhakta, AHIP	Asian Diaspora Coalition of Medical Librarians Caucus Chair; Community Council Representative
Stacey E Wahl, AHIP Virginia Commonwealth University	Basic Science Caucus Past Chair: Community Council Representative
Matthew Nicholas Noe Harvard Medical School	Community Council Global Health & Health Equity Hub Liaison
Aidy Weeks, AHIP UNLV	Latinx Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Kevin O'Brien University of Illinois at Chicago	Resource Sharing Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative; Info Management Domain Hub Lia
Karen Gutzman Northwestern University	Scholarly Communications Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Misti Kane University of Pittsburgh	Technical Services Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Deidre (Dede) Rios, AHIP University of Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry	Vision Science Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative; Caucus Governance Committee Memb
Saori Wendy Herman, AHIP Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	MLAConnect column editor, Caucus News
Ellen M. Aaronson, AHIP Mayo Clinic	Hospital Library Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Abby L. Adamczyk, AHIP Thomas Jefferson University	Research Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Amy Allison, AHIP Geisinger College of Health Sciences	Libraries in Health Sciences Curriculums Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Margaret Ansell, AHIP University of Florida	Consumer and Patient Health Information Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Brian L. Baker Valley Children's Hospital	Hospital Library Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Lindsay E Blake, AHIP University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences	Clinical Librarians and Evidence-Based Healthcare Leaders Past Chair: Community Council Representati
Emily Brennan Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)	Pediatric Librarians Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Tara Brigham, AHIP Mayo Clinic	Technology in Education Past Caucus Chair; Community Council Representative
Harold S Bright, IV, AHIP A.T. Still University of Health Sciences	Osteopathic Libraries Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Erica Brody	Dental Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Lori B. Cisney, AHIP Penn State University	Technical Services Caucus Chair; Community Council Representative
Sarah Clarke, AHIP Walter Reed National Military Medical Center	Federal Libraries Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Shannon Compton, PhD, AHIP Bay Path University	Basic Science Caucus Chair: Community Council Alternate
Amy L Corder Tulane University	New Members Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative; Community Council Liaison to PRRC
Sandy De Groote, AHIP	Scholarly Communications Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Amy Faltinek, AHIP	Medical Informatics Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
David Farris, AHIP MD Anderson Cancer Center	Cancer Librarians Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Michael S. Fitts, Mr. University of Alabama at Birmingham	AAMLA Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Anna A. Fleming American Dental Association	Dental Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Suzanne Fricke, AHIP Washington State University	Animal and Veterinary Information Specialist Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Melissa C. Funaro Yale University	Animal and Veterinary Information Specialist Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Leslie Gascon, AHIP	Translational Sciences Collaboration Caucus Chair; Community Council Representative
Alison Gehred Nationwide Children's Hospital	Medical Informatics Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Shalu Gillum, AHIP University of Central Florida College of Medicine	Public Services Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Deborah Goss, AHIP Massachusetts Eye and Ear	Vision Science Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Tomi Gunn Medical Library Association	Staff Liaison
Dawn Ellen Hackman, AHIP San José State University	Technology in Education Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Adorée Hatton, AHIP Loma Linda University	User Experience Caucus Chair: Community Council Alternate
Laura N. Haygood	Accessibility and Disability Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Shanda Hunt University of Minnesota	Public Health/Health Administration Chair; Community Council Alternate
Hilary M Jasmin University of Tennessee Health Science Center	Pharmacy & Drug Information Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Yumin Jiang University of Colorado	Complementary and Integrative Health Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Claire B. Joseph, AHIP Mount Sinai South Nassau	Consumer and Patient Health Information Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Erika Kirsch, AHIP United BioSource LLC	Health Association and Corporate Librarians Chair; Community Council Alternate
Lynn Kysh Children's Hospital Los Angeles	Pediatric Librarians Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Hope Lappen New York University	International Cooperation Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Carl Leak George Mason University	African American Medical Librarians Alliance Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Bradley A. Long, AHIP Penn State College of Medicine	Liaison to the MLA Membership Committee
Jean McClelland University of Arizona Health Sciences Library	Public Health/Health Administration Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Nina L. McHale, AHIP University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus	Leadership & Management Caucus Chair; Community Council Representative
Jaimi Christine McLean University of Rochester
Andrea E McLellan, AHIP McMaster University	User Experience Caucus Past Chair: Community Council Representative
Sarah Meyer University of Florida	Complementary and Integrative Health Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Joanne Marie Muellenbach, AHIP California Health Sciences University	Osteopathic Libraries Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Laura A. Murray, AHIP University of South Florida	LGBTQIA+ Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Ruby L Nugent National Jewish Health	Latinx Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Robin O'Hanlon Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	Cancer Librarians Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative; Clinical Support Domain Hub L
Laura Pontillo American Dental Association	Resource Sharing Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Avril Reid The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus	International Cooperation Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Kearin Reid, AHIP College of American Pathologists	Health Association and Corporate Caucus Past Chair: Community Council Representative
Jane Ann Rish VAMC	Federal Libraries Chair; Community Council Alternate
Merle Rosenzweig University of Michigan	Research Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Stephanie Clare Roth, AHIP Christiana Care	Systematic Reviews Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Jessica Saunders Thomas Jefferson University	New Members Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Hannah Schilperoort University of Southern California	LGBTQIA+ Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Jessica Sender, AHIP Michigan State University	Nursing and Allied Health Resources and Services Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representativ
Emily Elizabeth Shohfi, AHIP Vertex Pharmaceuticals	Clinical Librarians and Evidence-Based Health Care Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Catherine H Smith, AHIP UAB retired	Systematic Reviews Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative; Caucus Governance Committee
Misti Renea Thornton	History of the Health Sciences Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Jennifer Ulrich Columbia University Medical Center	History of the Health Sciences Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Emily Vardell, AHIP Emporia State University	Medical Library Education Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Cecelia Vetter, AHIP Indiana University School of Medicine	Medical Library Education Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate; Caucus Governance Committee Mem
Sarah Wade Campbell University	Nursing and Allied Health Resources and Services Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Erin Wentz MCPHS University	Collection Development Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Sola Whitehead, AHIP VA Portland Health Care System	Health Humanities Caucus Past Chair; Comm Council Rep; Prof & Leadership Domain Hub Liaison
Judith Ann Wiener The Ohio State University	Health Humanities Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
C. Erik Wilkinson Library of the Health Sciences	Interprofessional Education Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Jamia Williams NNLM Training Office	Social Justice and Health Disparities Caucus Chair; Community Council Representative
Natasha Williams, AHIP University of Central Florida	Public Services Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Christine Willis, AHIP Children's Healthcare of Atlanta	MLAConnect Liaison
Alexandria Q Wilson, AHIP University of Tennessee	Academic Librarian Caucus Chair; Community Council Representative
Michael A. Wood Weill Cornell Medicine	Collection Development Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative; Caucus Governance Cmte
Toni Yancey Saint Elizabeths Hospital	Pharmacy & Drug Information Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Hao Ye	Data Caucus Chair; Community Council Representative
Laura Zeigen, AHIP Oregon Health & Science University	Libraries in Health Sciences Curriculums Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative

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