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Standing Committee term lengths: "Members of standing committees shall be appointed for a three year term and are eligible for reappointment. A member of each committee shall be appointed by the Vice President/President Elect to serve as chair for a term of one year, to begin July 1."
For descriptions and more information on standing committees, see Article X of the IACRL Bylaws.
Committee Member | Library/Organization | Email address |
Term ends |
Awards
Daniel Matthews (Chair) |
Moraine Valley Community College | matthewsd29@morainevalley.edu |
6/30/2024 |
Melanie Emerson | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | memerson@saic.edu | 6/30/2025 |
Michelle Nielsen Ott | Bradley University | mnielsenott@bradley.edu |
6/30/2025 |
Joshua Newport | Illinois State University | jcnewpo@ilstu.edu | 6/30/2024 |
Joshua Sopiarz | Governors State University | jsopiarz@govst.edu | 6/30/2025 |
Mary Thill | Northeastern Illinois University | m-thill@neiu.edu | 6/30/2024 |
Nessa Vahedian Khezerlou | nessavahedian@gmail.com | 6/30/2026 |
Communications
Kim Tipton (Chair) | McHenry County College | ktipton@mchenry.edu |
6/30/2024 |
Robin Harris | Northeastern Illinois University | r-harris14@neiu.edu | 6/30/2025 |
Lori Noe | Frontier Community College | noel@iecc.edu |
6/30/2025 |
Janis Shearer | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | jshearer@illinois.edu |
6/30/2025 |
Dee Anna Phares | Northern Illinois University | dphares@niu.edu |
6/30/2026 |
Conference and Continuing Education
Shannon Pohrte (Chair) |
Elgin Community College | spohrte@elgin.edu |
6/30/2024 |
Juliet Gray | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | jkerico@siue.edu | 6/30/2024 |
Tish Hayes | Moraine Valley Community College | hayesl45@morainevalley.edu | 6/30/2026 |
Valerie Moore | Prairie State College | vmoore@prairiestate.edu |
6/30/2025 |
Christina Norton | Bradley University | cnorton@fsmail.bradley.edu | 6/30/2026 |
Amy Odwarka | Eastern Illinois University | aodwarka@eiu.edu | 6/30/2026 |
Sanga Sung | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | ssung@illinois.edu | 6/30/2025 |
Olia Sweiss | Midwestern Career College | Oliasweiss@gmail.com | 6/30/2026 |
Mary Thill | Northeastern Illinois University | m-thill@neiu.edu | 6/30/2024 |
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Laura Barnes (Co-Chair) | Illinois Sustainable Technology Center |
l-barnes@illinois.edu |
6/30/2026 |
Jacqueline (Jackie) Zook (Co-Chair) | Northeastern Illinois University | jjzook2@neiu.edu |
6/30/2025 |
Jeannette Bruno | City Colleges of Chicago | jbruno7@ccc.edu |
6/30/2026 |
Erik Chapman | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | echapma4@illinois.edu |
6/30/2024 |
Patricia Chavez | Rush University Medical Center | prchavez610@gmail.com |
6/30/2026 |
Donna Goodwyn | Elmhurst University | donnamg@elmhurst.edu |
6/30/2025 |
Blanca Hernandez (he/him/his) | Erikson Institute |
bhernandez@erikson.edu | 6/30/2025 |
Jade Kastel | Western Illinois University | jm-kastel@wiu.edu | 6/30/2025 |
Rob Morrison | National Louis University | rob.morrison@nl.edu |
6/30/2026 |
Membership
Wendell Johnson (Chair) | Northern Illinois University | wjohnso1@niu.edu |
6/30/2026 |
Melanie Emerson | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | memerson@saic.edu |
6/30/2025 |
Gwen Gregory | Northern Illinois University Libraries | ggregory@niu.edu |
6/30/2025 |
Blanca Hernandez (he/him/his) | Erikson Institute | bhernandez@erikson.edu |
6/30/2025 |
Melissa Merlos | Harper College | mmerlos@harpercollege.edu |
6/30/2025 |
Amy Odwarka | Eastern Illinois University | aodwarka@eiu.edu | 6/30/2026 |
Jacqueline (Jackie) Zook | Northeastern Illinois University | jjzook2@neiu.edu | 6/30/2025 |
Nominations
Daniel Matthews (Chair) |
Moraine Valley Community College | matthewsd29@morainevalley.edu | 6/30/2024 |
Eric Edwards | Illinois State Library | eedwards@ilsos.gov |
6/30/2025 |
Wendell Johnson | Northern Illinois University | wjohnson1@niu.edu | 6/30/2026 |
Michele McDaniel | Eastern Illinois University | mkmcdaniel@eiu.edu |
6/30/2025 |