New Mexico Library Association

Supporting and promoting New Mexico libraries and librarians

October 2025 - October 2026 Executive Board

POSITION  NAME  TERM (November expiration)
 President   Sarah Jones  2025 (1 year term)
 Vice-President/President Elect   Natasha Carty   2025 (1 year term)
 Secretary  Sarah Obenauf  2026 (2 year term)
 Treasurer  Kelli Murphy  2025 (2 year term)
 Member at Large  Francine Binnert  2026 (2 year term)
 Member at Large Jason Shoup  2027 (2 year term)
 Member at Large  Valarie Bellson  2027 (2 year term)
 Member at Large  Ellen Bosman  2026 (2 year term)
 ALA Councilor
 Adrienne Warner  2025 (3 year term)

October 2025 - October 2026 Committee Chairs

COMMITTEE

NAMETERM
 Awards Committee Maria Tucker

 2028 (3 year term)

 Archivist Committee Joanna Paden

 2025 (3 year term)

 Bylaws Committee VACANT VACANT
 Conference Site Committee Melanie Templet

 2025 (acting chair)

 Communications Committee Robyn Gleasner 
 Education Committee Kevin Comerford

 2026 (3 year term)

 Fundraising Committee INACTIVE

 INACTIVE

 Intellectual Freedom Committee Deirdre Caparoso

 2025 (3 year term)

 Land of Enchantment Committee  
 Legislation Committee

 Cynthia Shetter

 Joe Sabatini

 
 Local Arrangements Committee Melanie Templet

 2024 (1 year term)

 Membership Committee April Kent

 2027 (3 year term)

 Nominations & Elections Committee Cassandra Osterloh

 2025 (1 year term)

 Program Committee Sarah Jones

 2025 (1 year term)

October 2025 - October 2026 Task Force Members

TASK FORCENAME
 Advocacy Task Force

Cassandra Osterloh

Francine Binnert

October 2025 - October 2026 Representatives & Delegates

 POSITION
 NAME TERM
 AASL Delegate
 Rachel Altobelli

 MPLA Representative  John Sandstrom 
 NMLF Chair
 Kat Gullahorn 
 State Librarian
 Eli Guinnee

October 2025 - October 2026 SIG Liaisons

 SIG  NAME TERM
 Academic Libraries/ACRL

 INACTIVE

 INACTIVE
 Archives & Archivists

 Abbie Weiser


 Assessment & Statistics
 INACTIVE  INACTIVE
 Battle of the Books  Francine Binnert  
 Bonds for Libraries  Omar Durant  
 Digital Collections

 INACTIVE

 INACTIVE
 Fundraising

 INACTIVE

 INACTIVE

 Government Information  Susanne Caro  
 Local & Regional History  Robin Moses  
 Native American Libraries  Cassandra Osterloh  
 New Mexico School Librarians  Natasha Carty   
 Open Access  Jennifer Jordan  
 Public Library Directors

Jason Shoup


 Rural Libraries  Melanie Ratliff  
 Technical Services  Sarah Obenauf

October 2025 - October 2026 Board Structure


October 2025 - October 2026 SIG Structure



"New Mexico Library  Association" is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. P.O. Box 26074, Albuquerque, NM 87125

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