Board of Trustees 2012 - 2013:

Executive Board:

• President: Amy Rominiecki   president@njasl.org
  
• President-Elect: Pam Gunter 
  
• Vice-President: Arlen Kimmelmann   
• Immediate Past President: Fran King
  
• Recording Secretary: Kay Baggs
• Corresponding Secretary:  Lisa Bakanas
  
• Treasurer: Michelle Marhefka 
  
• Member-at-Large: Janice Cooper
• Member-at-Large: Marci Zane

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Committee Chairs:

• Archives/ Association Manager:  Elizabeth McArthur.  Responsible for keeping all records that pertain to the history of the Corporation, all official books and records and a file of programs, newspaper clippings and publications of the Corporation.
• Communications: Pat Massey. Oversees the newsletter, listservs, PR, and website committees.
• Conference: Judy Everitt.  Plans and organizes the annual Conferences of NJASL.
• Credentials:  Mary Jane McNally
• Finance: Michelle Marhefka.  Annually reviews the operating budget for the purpose of making investment recommendations to the Board. Reviews investments and investment strategies.
• Intellectual Freedom:  Dee Venuto.  Serves as a liaison between the Corporation and the Intellectual Freedom Committees of other groups(e.g. NJLA, ALA, etc.) Advises the Corporation on matters before such groups and prepares materials that will advise media personnel of available services and support in matters concerning intellectual freedom.
• Legislative: Mary Moyer. Keeps members informed about relevant state and national judicial and regulatory legislation within the limits imposed on 501(c)3 organizations.
• ListServ:  Michelle McGreivey.  Responsible for maintaining listservs for the general membership and the Board of Trustees.
• Membership: Jackie Gould.  Promotes membership in the Corporation. Keeps the official list of all members and maintains a membership database. Send out membership dues notices and acknowledgements to members each year.
• NJASL-R: Pam Chesky.  Promotes continued membership among retired professionals, assists in planning workshops/programs and may provide representation at official functions.
• New Member Orientation: Pat Slemmer.  Coordinates with the Membership Committee and the State Department of Education and the County to provide orientation and mentoring programs for new library media specialists.
• Newsletter/Bookmark: Janet Clark, Kim Laskey.  Prepares a monthly publication for the Corporations to include meeting notices, timely data for members, communications from the Board,bylaw changes, election reports, etc.
• Nominations/Elections: Fran King.  Provides nominations of two active members for each office of VP, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer and for each Member-at-Large to be elected. Also nominates an AASL Affiliate Assembly representative.Prepares ballots for mailing or posting online to the NJASL web site. Counts returns and receives final count from the Webmaster. Notifies candidates.
• Professional Development: Susan Heinis.  Proposes, initiates and implements programs designed to increase the capacity of NJASL members.
• Professional Outreach: Stacey DeCaro. Establishes and maintains contact with New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, the National School Boards Association, New Jersey School Boards Association, New Jersey Parent Teachers Association, New Jersey Educational Association, and other educational groups..
• Scholarships and Awards: Jennifer Jamison. Oversees the selection of recipients for awards and scholarships and initiates communications with other organizations and companies to arrange for additional awards.
• Standards: Nina Kemps. Maintains communications with the Information Power II Implementation committee of AASL. It will promote and provide training for the implementation of the Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning and the integration of these nationals standards with state and local curriculum standards.
• Urban Libraries: Investigates problems unique to urban schools. Develops programs to assist urban school library media specialists.
• Website:  Bruce DuBoff, Jean Stock. Maintains the NJASL web page. 

LIAISONS:

• AASL Affiliate Assembly: Hilda Weisburg.  Serves as a liaison and official NJASL representative to the AASL Affiliate Assembly for educational purposes.
• AECT Liaison:  Leslie Blatt.  Serves as a liaison and official NJASL representative to the Association for Educational Communications and Technology for educational purposes.
• Charter/Independent Schools: Laura Doughty. Liaison will establish connections between NJASL and library media specialists employed in Charter, Private and Independent Schools.
• County Liaison: Debbie Gottslebn-Delaney.  Assists in the development of local associations, promotes membership in the state organizations, informs local associations on a regular basis regarding NJASL actions, assists local associations in planning programs and workshops and forwards county news to the Newsletter editor.
  
• Government Relations consultant. Peg Lawlor.
• New Jersey Center for the Book: Phyllis Anker.
• New Jersey Education Association. Janice Cooper.  Provides information about NEA and its programs and serves as an advocate of NJASL to NJEA.  Also works to provide NJASL programs and joint NJASL/NJEA programs for NJEA conferences/workshops.
• New Jersey Library Association (NJLA)  Eileen Palmer.  Provides information about NJLA and its programs and suggests ways in which NJLA and NJASL can collaborate. Also works to provide NJASL and joint programs at NJLA and NJASL conferences.
• New Jersey Library Network:  Cheryl O'Connor.  Attends meeting of the Library Network Review Board and other related committee meetings. Reports to the Board on matters of interest and value to educational media specialist. Maintains contacts with State Library and LibraryLinkNJ.
• New Jersey Reading Association (NJRA)  N/A  Provides information about NJRA and its programs.
• NJ State Department of Education.  Luann Amodeo.  Serves as a source of information about the State Department of Education and as an advocate of school libraries and school librarians in the State Department of Education.
• NJ State Library.  Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Consultant. srawlins AT njstate DOT org. Provides information about NJSL and its programs and suggests ways in which NJSL and NJASL can collaborate. Also works to provide programs at NJASL conferences.
• Vendors:  Leslie Blatt.   Works with vendors to develop exhibit policies and procedures for NJASL in preparation for workshops, programs and the annual conference.