Executive Board / Current Officers 2025-26

Voting Members
 
President   
April Witteveen, Oregon State University, Cascades Campus   (email)

Vice-President/ President-Elect
Bryan Miyagishma, Lincoln County Library District (email)

Past President
Ayn Frazee, Franklin High School, Portland Public Schools,  (email)

Treasurer
Jordan Popoff, Curry Public Library (email)
Term (two years:  2025 - 20257

Secretary
Roxanne Renteria, Deschutes Public Library  (email)

Member-At-Large
(Vacantj)

ALA Representative
Jerianne Thompson, Tualatin Public Library (email)
Term (three years: 2025-28)

Divisions - Current Chairs

Academic/ ACRL-Oregon
Kate Thornhill, Chair, University of Oregon (email)

Children's Services (CSD)
Anna Bruce, Chair, Happy Valley Library, (email)

Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL)
Amy Page, President, Eugene 4J District (email)

Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN)
Brianna Sowinski, Co-chair, North Plains Library (email)
Ruth Headley, Co-chair, Newberg Public Library

Public Library (PLD)
Kathy Street, Oregon Trail Library District (email)

REFORMA Oregon (REFORMA)
Rachel Diego Leon-Kalnins, Chair,  Newport Public Library (email)

Support Staff (SSD)
Rinny Lakin, Multnomah County Library (email)

NON-VOTING MEMBERS
State Librarian (ex-officio)
Wendy Cornelisen, State Librarian, State Library of Oregon (email)

Parliamentarian
Buzzy Nielsen, State Library of Oregon  (email)

OLA Association Manager 
Shirley Roberts (email)

OLA Board 2023-2024 Focus Areas & Presidential Priorities

OLA Board Resources
Leadership tutorials (orientation to OLA website, memberclicks, etc.), OLA Logos, Graphic Usage Guide, OLA official letterhead, Just Say Yes List........

OLA Board Meetings  2023-24

OLA Board Meetings are open to the public. Although we follow the agenda and timeline closely, the agenda is subject to change and items are sometimes moved to accommodate day-of scheduling needs. If a portion of the meeting is closed to the public, we will note that on the agenda. 

September 3, 2025 (Wednesday) - Informational Meeting-  Virtual (4 - 6 pm)
October 1 , 2025 (Wednesday)- Business Meeting - Virtual (4 - 6 pm)
November 5, 2025 (Wednesday) - Informational Meeting, Virtual (4 - 6 pm) 
December 3, 2025 (Wednesday) - Business Meeting, Virtual (4 - 6 pm)
January 7, 2026 (Wednesday) - Informational Meeting, Virtual (4 - 6 pm) 
February 4, 2026 (Wednesday) - Business Meeting, Virtual (4 - 6 pm)
March 4, 2026 (Wednesday) - Informational Meeting, Virtual (4 - 6 pm) 
April 1, 2026 (Wednesday) -  Business Meeting - Virtual (4-6 pm)
May 6, 2026 (Wednesday) - Informational Meeting - Virtual (4 - 6 pm)
June 3, 2026 (Wednesday)  -  Business Meeting - Virtual (4 - 6 pm)
July 1, 2026 (Wednesday) - Informational Meeting - Virtual  (4 - 6 pm) 
August 13, 2026 - OLA Leadership Retreat -  TBD
August 14, 2026  - OLA Board Meeting, TBD

Business meetings include:
Review of action items from previous meeting, officer/committee/unit reports, old/new business, review of strategic plan, action item summary.

Informational meetings include:
Informal information sharing, general discussion topics - TBD.

**All voting members of the board should plan to attend business meetings; drop in meetings are optional