2025–2026 Leaders Council directory
The library leaders who comprise the OCLC Leaders Council bring a wide variety of expertise and experience, and they contribute perspectives about the library industry from local, regional, and global levels. This distinguished group also elects six members of the OCLC Board of Trustees.
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Chair
Joseph Hafner
Dean of Libraries
York University
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Vice-chair, Chair-elect
Helen Thomas
Associate University Librarian
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha/University of Canterbury
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Councilor-at-large
Lorely Ambriz
Libraries Districtwide Coordinator and Professor
El Paso Community College
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Reinhard Altenhöner
Deputy General Director
Staatsbibliothek Berlin
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Brian Bannon
Director of Branch Libraries and Education and Chief Librarian
New York Public Library
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Kimberley Bugg
CEO and Director of Woodruff Library
Atlanta University Center
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Catríona Cannon
Librarian of Senate House
University of London
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Robert Gerrity
University Librarian
Monash University
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Cass Kvenild
Dean of Libraries
University of Wyoming
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David Leonard
President
Boston Public Library
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Michael Levine-Clark
Dean of University Libraries
University of Denver
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Chi-Shiou Lin
Library Director
National Taiwan University
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Geoffrey Robert Little
Vice-Provost and Chief Librarian
Western University
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Elizabeth G. McClenney
Library Director
Roanoke College
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Anchalee (Joy) Panigabutra-Roberts
Head of Cataloging and Associate Professor
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Helen Shenton
Librarian and College Archivist
Trinity College Dublin
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Paolo Sirito
Head of the Central Library, Milan Campus
Catholic University of Sacred Heart
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Matthijs van Otegem
Library Director
Utrecht University
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Sarawoot Watechagit
Library and Knowledge Center Director
Mahidol University
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Erna Winters
Network Manager for Public Libraries
National Library of the Netherlands