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The Spectrum Advisory Committee has compiled this list of Spectrum Scholars standing for office in the . We encourage you to support the mission of the Spectrum Scholarship Program by supporting these leaders! The 2021 ¾«¶«´«Ã½Elections open March 8, 2021 and close on April 7, 2021. If you're a Scholar standing for office in the upcoming ¾«¶«´«Ã½election, and you do not see your information listed here please let us know at spectrum@ala.org and you will be added.

Additionally, check out the Spectrum Advisory Committee's : Stacey A. Aldrich, Ed Garcia, and Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada.

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• Stefani Gomez (2008 Fellow), Library Director, Cedar Crest College
• Patricia Valdovinos (2014 Scholar), Librarian II - Multilingual Collections, Los Angeles Public Library

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Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

• ALSC 2023 Newberry Committee: Jessica Agudelo (2013 Scholar), Supervising Librarian, New York Public Library's Bronx Library Center
• ALSC 2023 Newberry Committee: Kristen Kwisnek (2008 Scholar), Lower School Librarian, Severn School
• ALSC 2023 Caldecott Committee, Cristina Mitra (2009 Scholar), Librarian II | Family Engagement Coordinator, San Francisco Public Library
• ALSC 2023 Legacy Committee, Marika Jeffery (2011 Scholar), Youth Services Librarian, San Diego Public Library

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Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)

• ACRL Board of Directors Director-at-Large: Yasmeen Shorish (2009 Scholar), Head of Scholarly Communications, James Madison University
• ACRL Arts Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Carla-Mae Crookendale (2010 Scholar), Arts Research Librarian, Virginia Commonwealth University
• ACRL European Studies Section Member-at-Large: Liladhar R. Pendse (2007 Fellow), Librarian for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies and Librarian for the Caribbean and Latin American Studies Collections, University of California-Berkeley
• ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Member-at-Large: Anna Chen (2009 Scholar), Head Librarian, UCLA

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Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT)

• Coretta Scott King Book Award Community Treasurer: Carmen Boston (2007 Scholar), Children's Programs & Partnerships Coordinator, DC Public Library

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Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT)

• IFRT Chair-Elect: Rhonda Evans (2013 Scholar), Assistant Chief Librarian, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• IFRT Board Director-at-Large: Johana Orellana Cabrera (2011 Scholar), Adult Services Librarian, North Richland Hills (TX) Library

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Public Library Association (PLA)

• PLA President 2022-2023: Maria Taesil Hudson McCauley (1999 Scholar), Director of Libraries, Cambridge (MA) Public Library
• PLA Board of Directors Directors-at-Large Seat A:Candice Wing-yee Mack (2005 Scholar), Administrator, Young Adult Services, Los Angeles (CA) Public Library

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Reference & User Services Association (RUSA)

• RUSA Business Reference And Services Section (BRASS) Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Orolando Duffus (2012 Scholar), Business Librarian, University of Houston Libraries

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Sustainability Round Table (SustainRT)

• SustainRT Coordinator-Elect: Tina Chan (2007 Scholar), Reference Services Program Manager and Social Sciences Librarian, MIT Libraries

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