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Susan, Thanks for sharing! Ms. Hall looks to be an astonishing new addition to ALA's Exec team. Thank you for also serving on the search committee. I imagine that it takes lots of time and considerable thought. I appreciate your service to us all. All my best, *Sharon Kay Edwards, MSLS* Legislative Monitor, Tennessee Library Association Policy Corps Member, American Library Association (931) 619-7863, (931) 668-7010 ext. 2113 On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 9:39 AM Susan L. Jennings < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > *ALA’s new Executive Director!* > > > > *From:* Wanda Brown, ALA President <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 15, 2020 9:46 AM > *To:* Susan L. Jennings <[log in to unmask]> > *Subject:* Meet ALA's New Executive Director > > > > Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization. > > Allow sender > <https://mail-cloudstation-us-east-2.prod.hydra.sophos.com/mail/api/xgemail/smart-banner/6c5d9c7dff9c52abb8bc73bb561b5c3f> > | Block sender > <https://mail-cloudstation-us-east-2.prod.hydra.sophos.com/mail/api/xgemail/smart-banner/c863260f939b09208e2806790e9b82ae> > > sophospsmartbannerend > > Tracie D. Hall will lead the association! > > > > View this email *in your browser* > <http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT05MDYxNzM1JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0OTA2MDUmbGk9NzMwNjM4MTQ/index.html> > . > > > > [image: American Library Association] > > > > Dear members, > > > > > > [image: Tracie Hall][image: Tracie Hall] > > On behalf of the Executive Board, I’m delighted to announce that Tracie D. > Hall will become the American Library Association’s new executive director > on February 24, 2020. She’ll take the reins from the very capable hands of > Mary W. Ghikas, who has worked for ALA since 1995 and served as executive > director since January 2018. Mary will be on hand to aid the transition > through June. > > > > It’s a thrill to welcome Tracie back to the ALA family. As some of you may > know, she was among the first cohort of Spectrum Scholars in 1998 and > served as the Director of the Office for Diversity from 2003-2006. Her > unique combination of philanthropy and library know-how position her to be > the leader ALA needs today. She is optimistic, energizing, and innovative, > qualities that will serve the association well as it continues its > investments in advocacy, development, and information technology. > > > > Tracie’s background is impressive indeed. She comes to us most recently > from the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation, where, since 2016, she has been > developing new grant programs—such as the Spark Grant for artists with the > Chicago Artists Coalition and the Equity in the Arts Seed Grant initiative > with the South East Chicago Commission (SECC)—designed to catalyze and > scale neighborhood-based arts venues, cultural programming, and creative > entrepreneurship. She has also co-designed leadership and workforce > development initiatives such as the Arts Leaders of Color Fellowship with > Americans for the Arts (AFTA), Re-Tool 21, and the Creative Lab for > Cultural Leaders with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; she also > conceived of and helped launch the Black Dance Legacy Project uniting some > of Chicago’s premier dance companies in partnership with the Reva and David > Logan Center for the Arts. While at Joyce, Tracie has also served in > several national arts leadership capacities in board roles, on awards > panels, and as an advisor. Tracie was appointed to serve on the City of > Chicago’s Cultural Advisory Council at the beginning of 2020. > > > > Tracie started her career directing shelters and transitional housing for > homeless youth and then took a position in youth services at the Seattle > Public Library, where she notes she “fell deeply in love with libraries.” > In 1998 she became part of the first cohort of Spectrum Scholars, a > then-new program to diversify librarianship, completing her MLIS at the > University of Washington. After working at the New Haven Free and Hartford > Free Public Libraries, she would go on to become the second director of > ALA’s Office for Diversity in 2003, where she administered the Spectrum > program and became a visible and well-regarded leader, speaking nationally; > delivering diversity, equity and inclusion trainings; commissioning and > co-authoring *Diversity Count*s, ALA’s first comprehensive study of > gender, race, and age in the library profession; and, authoring three > successful IMLS grants to expand the Spectrum Scholarship Program. She left > ALA in 2006 to become Assistant Dean of Dominican’s Graduate School of > Library and Information Science. > > > > Tracie brings broad and varied experience to the ALA, having served in > numerous leadership positions inside and outside of the field, including > Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special > Events for the City of Chicago; Vice President of Strategy and > Organizational Development at Queens Library (NY); and Community Investment > Strategist and Chicago Community Investor in the Boeing Company’s Global > Corporate Citizenship Division. She has also been a visiting or adjunct > professor in Library and Information Science at Dominican and Catholic > Universities and in Women’s Studies and Swahili at Southern Connecticut > State and Wesleyan Universities, respectively. > > > > In addition to her MLIS from the Information School at the University of > Washington, Tracie holds an MA in International and Area studies with an > emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa from Yale University and dual bachelor’s > degrees in Law and Society and Black Studies from the University of > California, Santa Barbara. Tracie has also studied at the Universities of > Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in East Africa. > > > > Tracie’s work has earned her numerous leadership and service awards > including two from ALA, the 2006 ALA Staff Award and YALSA Excellence in > Youth Services Award in 1999 for creating Seattle Public Library’s Web > Travelers youth technology camp, a pioneering coding program designed to > prepare youth from low-income families for technology careers. Previously > designated as a Library Journal “Mover and Shaker,” Tracie is an active > writer and speaker on topics spanning service innovation and racial equity > in librarianship, arts administration and the creative economy, as well > social justice. > > > > Tracie becomes 10th executive director and 24th chief staff officer of the > 144-year-old association. > > > > Many thanks go to the members of the ALA Executive Director Search > Committee, including Chair Courtney L. Young, university librarian, Colgate > University, Hamilton, N.Y.; ALA Executive Board Rep., Tamika Barnes, > department head, Perimeter Library Services at Georgia State University, > Dunwoody, Ga.; ALA Executive Board Rep., Trevor Dawes, vice provost, > Libraries and Museums and May Morris University librarian, University of > Delaware, Newark, Del.; ALA Budget Analysis and Review Committee (BARC) > Rep., Carl A. Harvey II, assistant professor, School Librarianship, > Longwood University, Farmville, Va.; ALA At-Large Councilor Rep., Peter > Hepburn, head librarian, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, Calif.; > Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) Rep., Dora Ho, young adult > librarian, Los Angeles Public Library; ALA Staff Liaison Rep., Daniel > Hoppe, associate executive director, ALA Human Resources, Chicago; ALA > Chapter Councilors Rep., Susan Jennings, dean of library services, > Chattanooga (Tenn.) State Community College; ALA Round Tables Rep., Charles > Kratz, dean of library and information fluency, University of Scranton > (Pa.) Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Memorial Library; ALA Staff Rep., Barb > Macikas, executive director, Public Library Association, Chicago; ALA > Divisions Rep., James (Jim) Neal, university librarian emeritus, Columbia > University, New York; ALA Staff Rep., Sheila O'Donnell, director, ALA > Development Office, Chicago; ALA Emerging Leaders Rep., Melissa Stoner, > Native American studies librarian, Ethnic Studies Library, University of > California, Berkeley, Calif.; and ALA Divisions Rep., Steven Yates, > assistant director, University of Alabama College of Communication and > Information Science, Tuscaloosa, Ala. We are also grateful for the > assistance of the firm Isaacson, Miller on this successful search. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > [image: Wanda K. Brown] > > > > > > Wanda K. 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