Board Member Bios

Katherine M. B. Berger (Berryville, Virginia)
Katherine Berger is a Trustee of the Berger Collection Educational Trust, whose mission is to promote the scholarship of British Art and to connect kids with art through educational programs. She has worked as a marketing and communications consultant to the U.S. Department of Education on the Teacher to Teacher Initiative. Ms. Berger serves on the Advisory Counsel for the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. Since 1997 Ms. Berger has served on the Board of the Jane Goodall Institute and is currently on the Executive Committee. She has also served on the boards of the Smithsonian’s Conservation Research Center Foundation, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, and the planning committee for the Council on Foundations. Ms. Berger has worked as the Director of Marketing for Berger Funds. She is a graduate of the University of Colorado with a major in classics. (Term expires December 6, 2010)

 

Julia W. Bland (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Julia W. Bland has been the Executive Director of the Louisiana Children’s Museum since 1997. Nationally, she has presided over the museum collaborative MC2 and is a founding member of Quality Management to a Higher Level (Qm2)’s New Orleans Roundtable. She also serves on the international board of the Association of Children’s Museums as the association’s Secretary. Locally she has chaired the boards of organizations such as Trinity Episcopal School, the Tulane Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health’s Advisory Board, and America’s Promise Alliance New Orleans Kids Partnership. Ms. Bland serves on various state-wide advisory boards promoting child well-being and early childhood development. In 2004 she co-chaired the Association of Children’s Museum annual conference and served on the national program committee for the American Association of Museums annual conference. In 2001 and 2006 she was selected as a City Business Woman of the Year, and was a Young Leadership Council Role Model for 2007. She received her bachelor of arts in art history from Tulane University. (Term expires December 6, 2012)

 

Karen Brosius (Columbia, South Carolina)
Karen Brosius is Executive Director of the Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, South Carolina and was recently elected to the Association of Art Museum Directors . Previously, she worked at Altria Group for 21 years. During her time with the company, she was the Director of Media Relations, Director of Corporate Affairs, Director of Corporate Contributions and Public Affairs, and Manager of Cultural Programs. Mrs. Brosius has served on the boards of numerous arts organizations, as well as AIDS and hunger relief organizations. She received the 2006 "Woman of Distinction" Award from the Girl Scouts of the Congaree in South Carolina for community service. She has a bachelor of music degree from Butler University, Indiana; a master’s degree in music history from Hunter College, City University of New York; and has studied music at the Juilliard School and with teacher Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Before joining Altria Group, Mrs. Brosius was head of public affairs for the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. (Term expires December 6, 2011)

 

Jan Cellucci, Massachusetts
Since 2005, Jan Cellucci has served as a Commissioner on the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, a federal government agency established in 1970 and consolidated with the Institute of Museum and Library Services in 2008. During a varied professional library career, Cellucci has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Canadian Association of Research Libraries, a member of the University of British Columbia President’s Advisory Council on the University Library, a member of the Strategic Planning Committee of Friends of Library Archives Canada, an Associate University Librarian for Collection Services at Boston College, and as Preservation Manager for Boston College. Earlier in her career, she directed a K-12 school library, served as Assistant Director of the Hudson Public Library, created two new elementary school media centers, and was an elected public library trustee. Cellucci currently sits on the Board of the Massachusetts Children’s Trust Fund, an umbrella organization that leads statewide efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect, and on the Board of CAST, the Center for Applied Special Technologies dedicated to transforming education through Universal Design for Learning. She earned a master of library science and an honorary doctorate in public service from Simmons College in Boston. (Term expires December 6, 2012)

John Coppola (Miami, Florida)
John Coppola has consulted on strategic planning and professional training for museums throughout Latin America and the Middle East since 1996. Previously, he served as the director of the Office of Exhibits Central at the Smithsonian Institution; as chief of the Bureau of International Expositions and exhibitions program manager for Arts America, at the U.S. Information Agency; and as a foreign service officer. Coppola has organized and managed exhibitions for the Museum of Latin American Art, the Smithsonian Latino Center, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, St. Thomas University, and the Stonewall Library & Archives.  (Term expires December 6, 2013)

William J. Hagenah, (Chicago, Illinois)
William J. Hagenah has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Horticultural Society since 1989, and he has served as its Chairman since 2002. He is responsible for the growth and development of the institution, presiding over meetings of the Governing Members and the Board’s Executive Committee. Under his leadership, the Campaign for the Chicago Botanic Garden has raised more than $125 million toward the construction of new gardens, the renovation of existing gardens, infrastructure improvements, and the construction of new administrative, teaching, and research facilities. Throughout his career, Hagenah held many positions at the First National Bank of Chicago, beginning as a security analyst in 1968, vice president of pension management in 1979, and finally, senior vice president of personal investments in 1986. He retired from the company in 1999. Hagenah’s professional memberships include the Investment Analysts of Chicago, the Financial Analysts Federation, and the Institute of Charted Financial Analysts. He is also a Trustee of Rush University Medical Center. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Stanford University and master of business administration degree from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. (Term expires December 6, 2012)

Carla Hayden (Baltimore, Maryland)
Dr. Carla Hayden is a past president of the American Library Association and the current chief executive officer of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland. She previously served as deputy commissioner and chief librarian of the Chicago Public Library, assistant professor in the school of library and information science at the University of Pittsburgh, and library services coordinator for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Dr. Hayden began her career with the Chicago Public Library in 1973 as a library associate and children's librarian and then as a young adult services coordinator with the Chicago system. (Term expires December 6, 2014)

Mark Y. Herring (Rock Hill, South Carolina)
Mark Y. Herring has worked in librarianship for nearly three decades. Prior to serving in Rock Hill, Herring was Dean of Library Services at Oklahoma Baptist University, and Library Director at King College in East Tennessee. Herring’s most recent book, Fool’s Gold: Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library was released by McFarland in 2007. A poster from this book, "Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library" is now in more than 1,500 libraries in the U.S. and abroad. His articles have appeared in American Libraries, Library Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, College and Research Library News, The Weekly Standard, Policy Review, The Women’s Quarterly, Society, and many others. His bachelor and master of library science degrees are from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University and his doctorate degree is from East Tennessee State University. Herring has two grown daughters and lives in Rock Hill with his wife, Carol, a high school English IB teacher. (Term expires December 6, 2012)

Ioannis N. Miaoulis (Boston, Massachusetts)
Ioannis (Yannis) N. Miaoulis is President and Director of the Museum of Science, Boston, one of the world’s largest science centers. Originally from Greece, Dr. Miaoulis came to the museum after a distinguished association with Tufts University, where he was Dean of the School of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering. An innovative educator with a passion for science and engineering, Miaoulis championed the introduction of engineering into the Massachusetts science and technology public school curriculum. In 2001 this made the Commonwealth the first to develop statewide curricular frameworks and assessments for K-12 engineering. Dr. Miaoulis spearheaded creation of the National Center for Technological Literacy® at the Museum in 2004 to integrate engineering as a new discipline in schools nationwide and to inspire the next generation of engineers and innovators. He earned his bachelor’s and doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering and his master’s degree in economics at Tufts University. He also received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Miaoulis has published more than 100 research papers and holds two patents. He is a member of the Boards of Trustees of WGBH, the public broadcasting station of Boston, and of Tufts University. He has also served on the Massachusetts Math and Science Advisory Board for several years. (Term expires December 6, 2010)

Mary Minow (San Jose, California)
Mary Minow is an attorney, consultant, and a former librarian and library trustee. She has made presentations and consulted for libraries and library associations in over 25 states on free speech, privacy, and copyright issues. She manages the Stanford Copyright and Fair Use website, and founded the LibraryLaw blog. Minow teaches digital copyright as an adjunct at the San Jose State School of Library Science and at the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She serves on the board of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and she chairs the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the California Library Association. She is past chair of the Cupertino Library Commission and past president of the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners. She is coauthor with Tomas Lipinski of The Library’s Legal Answer Book. Minow earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University, her master of library science degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and her law degree from Stanford University. (Term expires December 6, 2013)

Douglas G. Myers (San Diego, California)
Since 1985, Douglas Myers has been the chief executive officer of the Zoological Society of San Diego. Previously, he was the deputy director of operations for both the San Diego Zoo and the Wild Animal Park in 1983, responsible for short- and long-range planning for both facilities, as well as management of the society’s education, merchandising, public relations, and marketing efforts. Myers is the President of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, board member of the American Association of Museums, a member of the California Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and the Conservation Breeding Specialists Group Steering Committee. He is also a fellow of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Myers has served as board member of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Advisory Council of the Museum Trustee Association. (Term expires December 6, 2011)

Christina Orr-Cahall (Seattle, Washington)
Christina Orr-Cahall was named CEO and Director of Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum in Seattle, Washington in July 2009. Ms. Orr-Cahall was the Director of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida. Under her leadership from 1990-2009, the Norton Museum expanded its facility twice, garnered significant gifts of art, and increased its endowments five-fold. The Norton Museum, currently the largest art museum in Florida, is known for its collections of European, American, Chinese, contemporary art and photography. Ms. Orr-Cahall was previously the CEO of the Corcoran Gallery and School of Art in Washington D.C., and prior to that position, she directed the Art Division of The Oakland Museum in California. In the 1980s she was a member of the faculty of art, teaching art history and museum studies, at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where she received the Distinguished Professor Award. Ms. Orr-Cahall has been active in the Association of Art Museum Directors and is a past president of the Florida Association of Museum Directors. She currently sits on the Board of the Florida Association of Museums, which represents approximately 300 museums statewide. She has been involved as a committee member with Strategic Planning for the Arts in Florida and has worked on the Governor’s Committee on Tourism related to Culture and Ecology, as the sole visual arts representative. Ms. Orr-Cahall is an American art scholar with a doctorate and master’s degree in philosophy, and a master’s degree in art history from Yale University (CT). She earned a Bachelor of Arts with highest honors from Mount Holyoke College (MA). In addition, she studied at Oxford University and the Ecole du Louvre where she read art and architectural history. (Term expires December 6, 2010)

Jeffrey H. Patchen (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Since 1999, Jeffrey Patchen has directed the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, the world’s largest children’s museum. It is one of the few museums in the United States with a free, full-service public library fully-integrated into the visitor experience. From 1996 to 1999, Patchen served as senior program officer for national programs for the Getty Education Institute for the Arts in Los Angeles. Previously, he served as the Lyndhurst Endowed Chair of Excellence in Arts Education at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he directed the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts, one of the nation’s largest professional development programs for K-12 teachers and administrators. He also served as a consultant and founding trustee for the Creative Discovery Museum in Chattanooga, TN. A champion of the role of the arts and humanities in general education, Patchen has held leadership positions in the Association of Children’s Museums, the National Network for Educational Renewal, the National Council for State Music Consultants, and the Music Educators National Conference. (Term expires December 6, 2011)

Lotsee Patterson, PhD (Norman, Oklahoma)
Lotsee Patterson, Ph.D., professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Oklahoma, was born and raised in rural southwestern Oklahoma. A member of the Comanche Nation, she credits her experience growing up in Indian country with developing her passion for libraries and library services for Native Americans. She is a recipient of the Oklahoma Library Association’s highest honor receiving their Distinguished Service Award and being designated by this association as a Library Legend. Patterson has also been honored for her work with tribal libraries and for recruiting and mentoring American Indian librarians by the American Library Association. Patterson’s research interests focus on library and information services to indigenous populations. In this context she has been an invited presenter at symposia and conferences throughout the United States and in Sweden, New Zealand, Ukraine and Canada. She has been a visiting scholar at the University of British Columbia and a visiting lecturer at the University of Maryland. She has served as consultant to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Studies, as well as many universities, publishers and organizations. Most recently she was a senior advisor to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. (Term expires December 6, 2011)

Sandra Pickett (Liberty, Texas)
Sandra Pickett is Commissioner and Chair of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. She is also President of the Atascosito Historical Society. From 1974 to 1998, Pickett served as Councilwoman and Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Liberty. She has served as Chairman of the Liberty County Historical Commission and is a Director and past President of Preservation Texas. Pickett served on the Board of Directors for the National League of Cities as well as the Texas Association of Regional Councils. She is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Chamber of Commerce 1981 Citizen of the Year, the 1993 John Ben Shepperd Leadership Award from the Texas Historical Commission, and the 1998 Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow. Pickett earned her bachelor of science degree from the University of Texas and her master of arts degree from the University of Houston. (Term expires December 6, 2010)

Lawrence J. Pijeaux, Jr., (Birmingham, Alabama)
Dr. Lawrence J. Pijeaux, Jr., is president and CEO of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, a multi-media facility housing exhibitions of historical events from post-World War I racial segregation to present-day racial progress. Dr. Pijeaux is a member of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra Board, the Alabama Tourism Department Advisory Board, the executive committee of the Greater Alabama Council Boy Scouts of America, the Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel Advisory Board, and the Rotary Club of Birmingham. He holds a Ed.D. in education from the University of Southern Mississippi, an M.A. in teaching from Tulane University, and a B.A. from Southern University. (Term expires December 6, 2014)

Harry Robinson, Jr. (Dallas, Texas)
Dr. Harry Robinson, Jr. has served as president/CEO of the African American Museum in Dallas, Texas, since 1974. He has held several administrative positions at Bishop College, including library director, associate dean of academic affairs, special assistant to the president, and vice president for development. Dr. Robinson has served in various capacities with the Society of Southwest Archivists, the American Library Association, and the African American Museums Association (as President). He also has been involved in numerous local civic and cultural activities, including the Dallas Theater Center, Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society, Inc., Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, and the Southwest Black Arts Festival. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Dallas Museum of Art and on the Board of Directors of the Friends of Dallas Public Library. He is editor of The Lives and Times of Black Dallas Women (2002). Dr. Robinson received a bachelor's degree from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a master's degree in library science from Atlanta University, and a doctorate from the University of Illinois- Champaign Urbana. He is also a 1984 graduate of the Getty Museum Management Institute. (Term expires December 6, 2008)

Katina Strauch (Charleston, South Carolina)
Katina Strauch is the Head Librarian, Collection Development at the College of Charleston (SC) Libraries. She is the founder of the internationally acclaimed Charleston Conference (1980) as well as founder and editor of Against the Grain (1989) and Chair of the Board of the Charleston Report (1996) and the Charleston Advisor (1999). She has won the UNC-Chapel Hill, School of Library and Information Science, Distinguished Alumnus Award (1992), South Carolina Outstanding Librarian Award (1996), and the ALA ALCTS Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award (1997). She is the mother of two children, Raymond, 31, and Ileana, 22, and has been married to her husband Bruce for more than 28 years. (Term expires December 6, 2009)

D. Winston Tabb (Baltimore, Maryland)
D. Winston Tabb is the Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums at the Johns Hopkins University where he leads and coordinates the university’s entire system of libraries, directs the Sheridan Libraries, and oversees the Homewood Museum and the Evergreen Museum & Library. Prior to joining Hopkins, Tabb served at the Library of Congress for more 30 years, ultimately holding the position of associate librarian of Congress. He holds an M.A. in library science from Simmons College, an M.A. in American literature from Harvard University, and a B.A. from Oklahoma Baptist University. (Term expires December 6, 2013)

Robert Wedgeworth (Chicago, Illinois)
Robert Wedgeworth was the founding president of ProLiteracy Worldwide, the largest non-governmental adult literacy training organization in the world, until his retirement in June 2007. He previously served as university librarian, professor of library administration, and professor of library and information science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also served as the dean of the school of library service at Columbia University, the executive director of the American Library Association, and as president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. He is a life member of the American Library Association and of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (Term expires December 6, 2013)