The committee focuses on implementation of the legislative agenda as recommended by the Public Policy Committee (PPC) and approved by the ILA Executive Board; develops annual advocacy plan in conjunction with PPC and the Executive Board; identifies advocacy best practices and implements them as appropriate; builds partnerships with organizations that have similar views; is responsible for advocacy education of ILA members; develops educational materials and programs to improve ILA members advocacy skills.  Committee consists of twelve voting members, representing all types of libraries and public library trustees, serving three-year, staggered terms including one member serving a one-year term.  Each incoming ILA president shall appoint four members, including his/her designated Advocacy Committee chair.  Nonvoting ex officio members are the ILA executive director, the director of the Illinois State Library, ILA president, ILA vice president/president-elect, and the chair of PPC.  A vacancy shall be declared for any member who is absent without cause from three regular meetings in the period of one year.

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2011-2012 Chair
Betsy Adamowski (term on committee 2011–2014)
Itasca Community Library
500 W. Irving Park Rd.
Itasca, IL  60143-2093
phone:  (630) 773-1699
fax:  (630) 773-1707
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Members
Lori Craft 2010–2012
Janet Lynch Forde 2009–2012
Carol Vaughan Kissane 2010–2013
Kathleen McSwain 2009–2012
Frances E. Roehm 2011-2012
Charm Ruhnke 2011-2014
Donna Schaal 2010–2012
Lisa Marie Smith 2010–2013
Denise Zielinski 2010–2012

Ex Officio
M. Katherine Berggren, ILA Public Policy Committee
Gail Bush, Immediate Past President
Anne Craig, Illinois State Library
Robert P. Doyle, ILA Executive Director
Lynn Elam, ILA President
Lawren Tucker, Illinois State Library
Pamela Van Kirk, ILA Vice President/President-Elect

Board Liaison
Sheree Kozel-La Ha