KLA COUNCIL

Executive Committee (Voting Members)

• KLA President | Melany Wilks
• 1st Vice President & KLA Conference Committee Chair | Jessica Pierpoint
• 2nd Vice President | Pauline Stacchini
• Past President | Sean Bird
• Secretary | Crystal Hutchinson
• Treasurer | Hannah Reidell
• Executive Secretary *Non-voting | VACANT
• Parliamentarian *Non-voting | Dan Ireton

Elected Representative Positions (Voting Members)

• ALA Councilor (2023-2026) | Eric Norris
• MPLA Representative (2023-2026) | Maribeth Shafer

Standing Committee (*Voting Members)

• Bylaws and Organizational Manual
  • Chair* | Sean Bird 
  • Charge: To revise the bylaws as needed and create a KLA Conference Manual that can be used as a guide for future conferences. 
• Governmental Affairs
  • Chair* | Katherine Williams
  • Charge: To chair the Governmental Affairs Committee and coordinate library advocacy efforts
• Intellectual Freedom Committee
  • Co-Chair* | Tammie Benham
  • Co-Chair* | Lacie Griffin
  • Charge: To advocate for  intellectual freedom as a fundamental right for all Kansans, to educate whole communities about the roles of libraries in a free society, to support library workers and boards experiencing challenges, and to monitor censorship and threats to intellectual freedom in Kansas
• Membership
  • Chair* | Sara Koehn
  • Charge: To improve KLA membership numbers
• Nominating
  • Chair* | Sean Bird
  • Charge: To present awards to KLA members deserving of recognition
• Communications
  • Chair* | William Ottens
  • Charge: To strengthen KLA's communication with its members and promote and publicize the KLA Conference
• Webmaster
  • Chair* | Larissa Ester
  • Charge: To update and keep current the KLA webpage
• Strategic Planning Committee
  • Chair* | Sean Bird
  • Charge: To drive the KLA Strategic Plan and make it work for the organization
• Presidential Awards
  • Chair* | Sean Bird
  • Charge: To determine Presidential Award and the Best Small Public Library in Kansas Award winners
• Annual Conference
  • Chair* | Jessica Pierpoint
• Site Selection
  • Chair* | VACANT

Appointed Council & Affiliated Members

• Archivist / Historian (Voting Member) | VACANT

KLA Sections, Affiliated Organizations, & Communities of Practice (*Voting)

• College of University Libraries Section (CULS)
  • President*, Amanda Hovious

• Kansas Association of School Librarians (KASL)
  • President*, Karen Wilson
  • Representative, Billie Esser

• Public Libraries Section (PLS)
  • President*, Jennifer McCulley

• Friends of Kansas Libraries (FoKL)
  • President, Judy Burgess

• State Library of Kansas
  • State Librarian, Ray Walling

• KLA Educational Foundation
  • President, Samantha Gravens

• Info Network of Kansas
  • Representative, Sara Moesel

• School of Library and Information Management (SLIM)
  
  • Representative, Bobbie Long