Board of Directors

The TBLC Board of Directors is composed of 13 representatives from member libraries. Directors serve on the board for a term of three years. Elections to the board of directors are made annually at the TBLC Annual Membership Meeting held in November. All terms begin in January.

The executive board, made up of president, vice-president/president elect, treasurer, secretary and immediate past-president, oversee the activities of the board.  The board is composed of representatives from the TBLC membership as follows: two representing academic libraries, two representing public libraries, two representing special/school libraries and three at-large.

Board of directors meetings are held bimonthly on the second Friday from 1:00 to 4:30.

2013 Board of Directors

PRESIDENT

Barbara Pickell
Clearwater Public Library System
100 Osceola AveClearwater, FL 33755
Phone: 727-562-4970
E-mail: barbara.pickell@myclearwater.com

VICE PRESIDENT/
PRESIDENT ELECT

William Garrison
University of South Florida Tampa Library
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, LIB 122
Tampa, FL 33620
Phone: 813-974-1642
E-Mail: wgarrison@lib.usf.edu

SECRETARY

Karen Blondeau
Valencia College Library
1800 S. Kirkman Road
Orlando, FL 32811
Phone: 407-582-5000
E-mail: kblondeau@valenciacollege.edu

TREASURER

Gene Coppola 
Palm Harbor Library
2330 Nebraska Avenue
Palm Harbor FL 34683
Phone: 727-784-3332
E-mail:Gene@phlib.org

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Randall MacDonald
Florida Southern College, Roux Library
111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive
Lakeland, FL 33801
Phone: 863-680-4165
E-mail: rmacdonald1@flsouthern.edu

ACADEMIC

Bill Foege (2015)
Polk State College – Lakeland Campus Library
3425 Winter Lake Road
Lakeland, Florida 33803
Phone: 863-297-1042
E-mail: bfoege@polk.edu

Brian Doherty (2015)
New College of Florida
5800 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243
Phone: 941-487-4100
E-mail: bdoherty@ncf.edu

PUBLIC

Tina Peak (2013)
Lake Wales Public Library
290 Cypress Garden Lane
Lake Wales, FL 33853
Phone:(863) 678-4004
E-mail: peakt@cityoflakewales.com

David Barnett (2014)
Osceola County Library System
211 E. Dakin Avenue
Kissimmee, FL 34741
Phone:(407) 742-8888
E-mail: david.barnett@osceola.org

SPECIAL

Diana Akins – (2014) 
Bay Pines VA Healthcare System Library
10000 Bay Pines Blvd.
Bay Pines, FL 33744
Phone: 727-398-9366
E-mail: Diana.Akins@va.gov

AT-LARGE

Sarabeth Kalajian (2015)
Sarasota County Library System
1660 Ringling Blvd.
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: 941-861-5468
E-mail: skalajian@scgov.net

Ava Ehde (2014)
Manatee County Public Library
1301 Barcarrota Blvd. West
Bradenton, Fl 34205-7522
Phone: 941-748-5555
E-mail: ava.ehde@mymanatee.org

Adam Brooks (2014)
Hernando County Public Library System
238 Howell Avenue
Brooksville, FL 34601-2040
Phone: 352-754-4043
E-mail: abrooks@hernandocounty.us

Ellen Schellhause (2016)
Maitland Public Library 
501 S. Maitland Ave. 
Maitland, FL 32751
Phone: 407-647-7700
E-mail: eschellhause@maitlandpubliclibrary.org