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Board of Trustees 2017-2018

Executive Board

President: Lisa Bakanas

Lisa Bakanas has been a School Library Media Specialist for 10 years at Cherokee High School in Marlton, NJ. She received her Master of Arts in School and Public Librarianship from Rowan University. She began volunteering with NJASL after receiving the NJASL Villy Gandhi award in 2011 and became an Executive Board Member of NJASL in 2012, serving as Corresponding Secretary. She then served for two years as NJASL Member-at-Large, co-chairing two NJASL Spring Meetings and last year's Annual Fall conference. Prior to becoming a librarian Lisa worked as a systems analyst, a project manager and enjoyed 9 years home raising her 3 sons. If she is not in the library, she is traveling or trying to find time to craft. Follow her on social media @lisabakanas.

President-Elect: Christina Cucci
Christina Cucci has been a School Library Media Specialist for 7 years, working with K-2 students in Upper Saddle River, NJ. She served as a classroom teacher for 11 years prior, educating students in grades K-3. Christina was selected as the 2015 ALA Emerging Leader and helped co-write a toolkit for AASL called Promoting School Library Programs. She is the former Co-President of the Bergen/ Passaic affiliate of NJASL. Christina lives in Morristown, and gardens every summer and snowboards in the winter.

Vice-President: Jill Mills

Recording Secretary: Michelle McGreivey

Michelle McGreivey has been a school library media specialist at Hoboken High School since 2002. Prior to that, she worked in a variety of public, academic and special libraries in New Jersey and other states. Past NJASL positions include the electronic discussion list and conference subcommittees. She has been serving as Secretary since August 2014. Michelle values her participation in NJASL and appreciates the many ways in which the organization provides value to our members. Michelle also serves on the board of directors of LibraryLinkNJ.

Treasurer: Jean Stock

Jean is the Library Media Specialist at Larchmont Elementary, a K-4 school in Mount Laurel. She began her position at Larchmont in 2012 after graduating from the Rutgers MLIS program. Jean has been NJASL’s Treasurer since August 2014 and before that served on the Website Committee. NJASL sponsored Jean as an ALA Emerging Leader in 2014.

Member-at-Large: Beth Thomas

Beth Thomas has been a school librarian at Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School in Summit, NJ since 2001. Prior to working in Summit, she taught Language Arts in West Orange. She has an MLIS from Rutgers University, a BA in English from Drew University, and a minor in Secondary Education from The College of St. Elizabeth. Beth has presented workshops at the district level and conference sessions for NJASL and NJECC. She has also volunteered for AASL and NJASL. Beth has gained much from her membership in NJASL and is honored to serve as a Member-at-Large.

Member-at-Large: Kim Zito

Committee Chairs

Finance: Jean Stock
Membership: Betsy Quinn
- Student Affiliate: Open
- Credentials: Mary Jane McNally
- New Member Orientation: Pat Slemmer
- County Affiliates: Stephanie Singer
- NJASL-R: Leslie Blatt and Susan Teitelbaum
Nominations/Elections: Janet Clark
Professional Development & Resources: Deb Schiano & Arielle Goldstein
- Standards: Amy Rominiecki
- Urban Libraries: Ellen Pozzi
- SLMS Evaluation: Amy Rominiecki
- Intellectual Freedom: Karla Ivarson
- Legislative: Angela (Ang) Crockett Coxen
Public Relations, Communication, ad Publications: Pat Massey
- Newsletter: Casey Schaffer
- Electronic Discussion List Sub-Committee: Kay Baggs
- Professional Outreach: Anastasia Hanneken
- Website: Elizabeth Ullrich
- Social Media: Anne Piascik
Scholarships and Awards: Karen Brill
- Enthusiastic Reader: Leslie Blatt and Karen Brill
- Battle of the Books: Elizabeth Ullrich
Standing Conference Committee: Leslie Blatt and Fran King
- Authors & Illustrators: Pam Gunter

Formal Affiliates

AASL Affiliate Assembly: LaDawna Harrington
AECT Liaison: Leslie Blatt
ISTE: Elissa Malespina
New Jersey Education Association: Angela (Ang) Crockett Coxen

Liaisons

LibraryLinkNJ: Michelle McGreivey
Library Services and Technology Act Advisory Committee of NJ: Mary Lewis
New Jersey Center for the Book: Phyllis Anker
New Jersey Library Association (NJLA): Carol Collins
New Jersey State Department of Education: Susan Akers
New Jersey State Library: Sharon Rawlins
Legislative Consultant: Mary Moyer Stubbs