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
Deidre (Dede) Rios, AHIP University of Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry	Chair; Caucus Governance Committee Chair
Saori Wendy Herman, AHIP Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	MLAConnect column editor, Caucus News
Carrie D. Adams University of Florida	Complementary and Integrative Health Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Amy Allison Geisinger College of Health Sciences	Libraries in Health Sciences Curriculums Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Rep
Margaret Ansell, AHIP University of Florida	Consumer and Patient Health Information Services Caucus Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Rep
Brian L. Baker Valley Children's Hospital	Hospital Library Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Megan Benfield, AHIP Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences	Translational Sciences Collaboration Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Anna Biszaha The Ohio State University	Dental Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Shannon Denise Bohle, AHIP	History of the Health Sciences Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Keydi Boss O'Hagan, AHIP Jersey College	Nursing and Allied Health Resources and Services Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
John Bourgeois, AHIP Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University	Animal and Veterinary Information Specialist Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
DeAnn Brame	New Members Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Rebecca Carlson, AHIP University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	Research Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Lori B. Cisney, AHIP Penn State University	Technical Services Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Niki Cobb, AHIP University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Academic Librarians Caucus Chair; Comm Council Alternate; Caucus Governance Cmte.
Shannon Compton, PhD, AHIP Bay Path University	Basic Science Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Amy L Corder Tulane University	Liaison, Professional Recruitment & Retention Committee
Sandy De Groote, AHIP	Scholarly Communications Caucus Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Basia Delawska-Elliott, AHIP Providence	Hospital Library Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Irena G. Dryankova-Bond Massachusetts College of Pharmacy &	Pharmacy and Drug Information Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Amy Faltinek, AHIP	Medical Informatics Caucus Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Representative
David Farris, AHIP MD Anderson Cancer Center	Cancer Librarians Caucus Chair; Community Council Representative
Michael S. Fitts, Mr. University of Alabama at Birmingham	African American Medical Librarians Alliance Caucus Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Anna A. Fleming American Dental Association	Dental Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Melissa C. Funaro Yale University	Animal and Veterinary Information Specialist Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Rep
Leslie Gascon	Translational Sciences Collaboration Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Deborah Goss Massachusetts Eye and Ear	Vision Science Caucus Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Susan (Sue) L. Groshong Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Institute	Pediatric Librarians Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Tomi Gunn Medical Library Association	Staff Liaison
Dawn Ellen Hackman, AHIP San José State University	Technology in Education Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Adorée Hatton, AHIP Loma Linda University	User Experience Caucus Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Laura N. Haygood, AHIP	Accessibility and Disability Caucus Chair; Community Council Representative
Shanda Hunt University of Minnesota	Public Health/Health Administration Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Elizabeth Irish, AHIP Albany Medical College	Consumer and Patient Health Information Services Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Hilary M Jasmin University of Tennessee Health Science Center	Pharmacy & Drug Information Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Yumin Jiang University of Colorado	Complementary and Integrative Health Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Sloane G Kelley NYITCOM at A-State	Osteopathic Libraries Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate; Credentialing Cmte Liaision
Erika Kirsch, AHIP United BioSource LLC	Health Assoc. & Corp. Librarians Immediate Past-Chair; Comm Council Rep; Caucus Governance Cmte.
Lynn Kysh Children's Hospital Los Angeles	Pediatric Librarians Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Leila Ledbetter, AHIP Duke University	Systematic Reviews Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Laura M Lipke, AHIP Binghamton University	Basic Science Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Michele L. Mason-Coles Walter Reed National Military Medical Center	Federal Libraries Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Sarah McClung University of California, San Francisco	Collection Development Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Nina L. McHale, AHIP University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus	Leadership & Management Caucus Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Kelley Alan Minars UT Health San Antonio	Technology in Education Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Aida Miro-Herrans	Latinx Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Joanne Marie Muellenbach, AHIP California Health Sciences University	Osteopathic Libraries Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Beverly Murphy Duke University Med.Cntr.	African American Med Lib Alliance Caucus Chair; Comm Council Alternate; Caucus Governance Cmte.
Laura A. Murray, AHIP University of South Florida	LGBTQIA+ Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Soph Myers-Kelley, AHIP East Carolina University	LGBTQIA+ Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Ruby L Nugent National Jewish Health	Latinx Caucus Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Shenita Peterson Emory University	Public Health/Health Administration Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Jodi L. Philbrick, AHIP University of North Texas	Medical Library Education Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Ariel FitzGerald Pomputius, AHIP University of Florida	Health Humanities Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Laura Pontillo American Dental Association	Resource Sharing Caucus Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Katie Prentice, AHIP The TMC Library	Leadership and Management Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Jonathan Ratliff Samaritan Health Services	Resource Sharing Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Erin E. Reardon, AHIP Emory University	Libraries in Health Sciences Curriculums Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Robyn Reed Penn State College of Medicine	Medical Informatics Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Avril Reid The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus	International Cooperation Caucus Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Kaci Resau Mount Sinai Hospital System	User Experience Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Jane Ann Rish VAMC	Federal Libraries Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Marlena Rose, AHIP East Carolina University	Technical Services Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Merle Rosenzweig University of Michigan	Research Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Stephanie Clare Roth, AHIP Christiana Care	Systematic Reviews Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Jessica Saunders Thomas Jefferson University	New Members Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Michelle Schonken, AHIP University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus	Vision Science Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Travis Schulz, AHIP American College of Emergency Physicians	Health Association and Corporate Libraries Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Emily Elizabeth Shohfi, AHIP Vertex Pharmaceuticals	Clinical Librarians and Evidence Based Practice Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Repre
Katherine (Katy) E Smith	Data Caucus Chair; Community Council Representative
Traci Tosh Albany Medical College	Clinical Librarians and Evidence Based Practice Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Jennifer Ulrich Columbia University Medical Center	History of the Health Sciences Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Beatriz G. Varman, AHIP The Texas Medical Center Library	Public Services Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Cecelia Vetter, AHIP Indiana University School of Medicine	Medical Library Education Caucus Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Rep; Caucus Governance Cmte
Sarah Wade Campbell University	NAHRS Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Rep; Caucus Governance Cmte.
Randall Watts, AHIP University of Tennessee Health Science Center	Scholarly Communications Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate
Erin Wentz MCPHS University	Collection Development Caucus Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Representative; Mem Cmte Liais
Judith Ann Wiener The Ohio State University	Health Humanities Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Natasha Williams, AHIP University of Central Florida	Public Services Caucus Immediate Past Chair; Community Council Representative
Jamia Williams NNLM Training Office	Social Justice and Health Disparities Caucus Chair; Community Council Representative
Christine Willis, AHIP Children's Healthcare of Atlanta	MLAConnect Liaison
Alexandria Q Wilson, AHIP University of Tennessee	Academic Librarian Caucus Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Alessia Zanin-Yost, AHIP Slippery Rock University	International Cooperation Caucus Chair; Community Council Alternate

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