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

Emily Gilbert (Chair)
University of Illinois at Chicago emilygil@uic.edu
6/30/2023
Rebecca Eaton Oakton Community College reaton@oakton.edu
6/30/2023
Melanie Emerson School of the Art Institute of Chicago memerson@saic.edu  6/30/2025
Michelle Nielsen Ott Bradley University mnielsenott@bradley.edu
6/30/2022
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

Communications

Christina Norton (Chair) Bradley University cnorton@fsmail.bradley.edu 6/30/2023
Krista Bowers Sharpe 
Western Illinois University ka-bowers-sharpe@wiu.edu 6/30/2023
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
Kim Tipton McHenry County College ktipton@mchenry.edu 6/30/2024

Conference and Continuing Education

Sarah McHone-Chase (Chair)
Aurora University smchone-chase@aurora.edu 6/30/2023
Juliet Gray Southern Illinois University Edwardsville jkerico@siue.edu 6/30/2024
Valerie Moore Prairie State College vmoore@prairiestate.edu
6/30/2025
Ariel Orlov Adler University aorlov@adler.edu 6/30/2023
Dee Anna Phares Northern Illinois University dphares@niu.edu 6/30/2023
Sanga Sung University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ssung@illinois.edu  6/30/2025
Mary Thill Northeastern Illinois University m-thill@neiu.edu 6/30/2024

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

Rob Morrison (Co-Chair) National Louis University rob.morrison@nl.edu 6/30/2023
Jacqueline (Jackie) Zook (Co-Chair) Northeastern Illinois University jjzook2@neiu.edu
6/30/2025
Laura Barnes (ILA DEI Committee liaison, ex-officio) Illinois Sustainable Technology Center l-barnes@illinois.edu 6/30/2023
Elena Carrillo University of Illinois Chicago elena48@uic.edu 6/30/2023
Erik Chapman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign echapma4@illinois.edu 6/30/2024
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
Sarah McHone-Chase Aurora University smchone-chase@aurora.edu
6/30/2024
Dee Anna Phares Northern Illinois University dphares@niu.edu 6/30/2023
Firouzeh Rismiller DePaul University frismill@depaul.edu 6/30/2023
Ailyn Trujillo Harper College ta22842@harpercollege.edu
6/30/2025

Membership

Jacqueline (Jackie) Zook, (Chair) Northeastern Illinois University jjzook2@neiu.edu
6/30/2023
Debra Lee Chan Waubonsee Community College dchan@waubonsee.edu
6/30/2025
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

Nominations

Emily Gilbert (Chair)
University of Illinois at Chicago
emilygil@uic.edu 6/30/2023
Eric Edwards Illinois State Library eedwards@ilsos.gov
6/30/2025
Jennifer Lau-Bond Harper College jlaubond@harpercollege.edu
6/30/2023
Michele McDaniel Eastern Illinois University mkmcdaniel@eiu.edu
6/30/2025

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