IACRL Committees

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

Shannon Pohrte (Chair)
 Elgin Community College spohrte@elgin.edu 6/30/2026
Nessa Vahedian Khezerlou   nessavahedian@gmail.com  6/30/2026
Gwen Gregory Northern Illinois University Libraries gregory@niu.edu 6/30/2028
Ellen Corrigan Eastern Illinois University ekcorrigan@eiu.edu
 6/30/2028

Communications

Dee Anna Phares (Chair) Northern Illinois University dphares@niu.edu 6/30/2028
Susan Franzen Illinois State University srfranz@ilstu.edu 6/30/2027
Kaitlyn Weger Illinois Eastern Community Colleges wegerk@iecc.edu 6/30/2027
Gwendolyn Gemmel   gwendolyngemmell@gmail.com 6/30/2028

Conference and Continuing Education

Nestor L. Osorio (Chair)
 Northern Illinois University Libraries nosorio@niu.edu 
 6/30/2026
Tish Hayes Moraine Valley Community College hayesl45@morainevalley.edu 6/30/2026
Christina Norton Bradley University cnorton@fsmail.bradley.edu  6/30/2026
Amy Odwarka Eastern Illinois University aodwarka@eiu.edu  6/30/2026
Olia Sweiss Midwestern Career College Oliasweiss@gmail.com  6/30/2026
Jittapim Yamprai (Nan) Northern Illinois University jyamprai@niu.edu  6/30/2027
Erika Quintana Concordia University Erika.Quintana@cuchicago.edu 6/30/2028

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

Jittapim Yamprai (Nan) (Chair) Northern Illinois University Libraries jyamprai@niu.edu
 6/30/2028
Jeannette Bruno City Colleges of Chicago  jbruno7@ccc.edu  6/30/2026
Jeremy McAninch Blackburn College jeremy.mcaninch@blackburn.edu
 6/30/2027

Membership

Wendell Johnson (Chair) Northern Illinois University wjohnso1@niu.edu 
 6/30/2026
Melaine Emerson (Co-Chair) School of the Art Institute of Chicago memerson@saic.edu 6/30/2028
Joshua Altshuler  Illinois State University jaaltsh@ilstu.edu 6/30/2028

Nominations

Shannon Pohrte (Chair)
 Elgin Community College
 spohrte@elgin.edu
 6/30/2026
Wendell Johnson Northern Illinois University wjohnson1@niu.edu  6/30/2026
Donna Goodwyn Elmhurst University donnamg@elmhurst.edu  6/30/2027



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