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.

2012 Board of Directors

PRESIDENT

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

VICE PRESIDENT/
PRESIDENT ELECT

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

TREASURER

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

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

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Rebecca Trammell
Stetson University College of Law Library
1401 61st Street, South
St. Petersburg, FL 33707
Phone: 727-562-7820
E-mail: rtrammel@law.stetson.edu

ACADEMIC

Karen Blondeau (2014)
Valencia College Library
1800 S. Kirkman Road
Orlando, FL 32811
Phone: 407-582-5000
E-mail: kblondeau@valenciacollege.edu

Tracy Elliot (2012)
State College of Florida – Manatee – Sarasota
5840 26th Street, West
Bradenton, Florida 34207
Phone: 941-752-5305
E-mail: elliott@scf.edu

PUBLIC

Tom Merchant (2013)
Lake County Library System
2401 Woodlea Road
Tavares, FL 32778
Phone:352-253-6180
E-mail: tmerchant@lakeline.lib.fl.us

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

Kathleen List (2012)
Ringling College of Art & Design Library
2700 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34235
Phone: 941-359-7587
E-mail: klist@ringling.edu

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