Hometown:  Portland, Oregon

Career Services:  Medical Staff Services, St. John’s Regional Medical Center, Oxnard, CA.

Education:  Business degree, University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.

Library Background:  Member of several book clubs.  Membership Director, Friends of Henderson Libraries.

Hometown: Scottsdale Arizona

Education: BA in Retail/Business from Arizona State University

Career: Executive in the Southwest Division Buying office at Dillard's Department Store for 27 years until retired in 2008.

Library Background: Love to read. 

Community service: Lots of volunteer work at the Paseo Verde Library.

Points of Pride: Proud parent of 3 teenage children.  We are a very active family, i.e., boating, skiing, camping and entertaining.

Hometown:  Denver, CO

Education:  BA Journalism/Public Relations, MBA Marketing

Career:  Retired corporate communications executive

Library Background: Past Secretary (two terms) Friends of Henderson Libraries; currently Director at Large and Used Book Sale Coordinator; One Book Henderson Committee volunteer coordinator.

Community Service (Adult): Homeowners Association Secretary (15 years!); Getty Museum Volunteer; Las Vegas Art Museum Docent

Points of Pride: I always wanted to work in a book store, and organizing our monthly book sales and library bookstore is pure heaven for me.

Hometown:  Seattle, Washington (Go Huskies!)

Career Services:  Travel Agent, specializing in leisure travel.

Education:  BA in Sociology from Colorado University.  BA in Anthropology from UNLV.

Library Background:  Great love of books and learning since early childhood.  Fun for me was 'hanging out' in a bookstore or doing research in a Library.  An avid volunteer in Henderson Libraries and the Friends group.

Community Service: Did volunteer work in a hospital as a young adult and again later in life.  My love of books led me directly to Paseo Verde Library, where I volunteer in several areas of the Library.

Points of Pride: Ability to keep an open, curious mind and a love of learning throughout life.  Honored as the Outstanding Undergraduate in Anthropology at UNLV in my senior year (1996).

Hometown: Sapulpa, Oklahoma

Education: BA, Journalism; MA, PHD, English

Career: Retired Educator—Teacher, Administrator, Consultant—PreK through College

Library Background: My elementary school teachers allowed me to take charge of their room libraries.  From then on, I have found ways to be connected with libraries—a part-time reference job in college, a library mother at my children’s elementary school, and a lifelong patron of public libraries.  Among my fondest memories of my doctoral studies are the hours spent in the stacks at New York Public Library and Columbia University.

Community Service: I have been a volunteer since childhood and consider community service essential to my well-being.  In Henderson, I have volunteered on St. Rose Hospital’s Siena campus, and I have assisted the Henderson Community Foundation.  As a member of the Sun City Anthem Book Club, I have served as president and helped design and organize the SCA Library.  Currently, my volunteer work is concentrated on supporting the Henderson Libraries through Friends of Henderson Libraries.

Points of Pride: Kathryn H. Hug Writing Award, given annually to a Cedar Shoals (Athens, GA) High School senior;  Kathryn H. Hug Instructional Leadership Award, given annually to a Clarke County (GA) School District educator; 2006 recipient of the Henderson Libraries Salvatore La Magra Service Award

Hometown: Owego, Tioga, New York

Education: BS-Management, AS-Criminal Justice Administration

Career: Retired Military, Retired Criminal Justice Administration

Library Background: President, Friends of Henderson Libraries (5 years)

Community Service: Adult membership, Boy Scouts of America; President, Las Vegas Winter Baseball League; President, Board of Directors, Homeowner Association; President, Genealogical Society

Points of Pride: Family; service to community; ability to teach; Experience in web-site design and database administration.

Hometown: Glendale, California

Education:  UNLV/AMA Certified Manager, UNLV Certified Customer Service Manager, my education continues.

Career: Social Welfare Manager, Nevada State Welfare Division, retired 2004

Library Background: My earliest memories are snuggling in bed with my brother while Mom read our bedtime story from Uncle Wiggily. Both my parents were readers and I grew up amongst piles of books.  We had many homes; my Dad was a U.S. Marine.  Where ever we lived, we used the library and bookmobile.
 
Community Service:  I was taught as a child to share and give to those less fortunate, to believe that people are more important than the things we own.  I followed my parents into public service. I learned that the ease with which opportunities came my way was not a universal experience. 

Hometown:  Las Vegas, Nevada

Career:  Registered Interior Designer, Planner, Principal in Charge of RAFI and Fielden and Partners, Inc.

Education:  Bachelor of Science Degree, Environmental Design, 1993.  UNLV

Library Background:  Founding member of Friends of Henderson Libraries.  Currently the Vice President for fundraising.

Community Service:  Dedicated to building Nevada through volunteerism.  Involved with Henderson Libraries; Positively Kids, Clark County Museum, Redevelopment Association of Nevada; Big Brothers & Big Sisters; Frontier Girl Scouts, Ronald McDonald House, and Down Syndrome Foundation.

Points of Pride:  Successfully transitioned into CEO position in family owned businesses.  Wife and mother of two very active children.               

Hometown:  Webster City, IA; Las Vegas resident for 50 years

Education:  BA English, University of  Iowa, Iowa City

Career:      Family home furnishings business; Banking, 20 years. Now retired.

Library Background:  Friends of Clark County Bookstore, 8 years; Friends of Henderson Libraries circulation volunteer, 5 years; Friends of HDPL Board, 5 years, and book sale volunteer scheduler.  My love of reading has kept me close to libraries since childhood.

Points of Pride:  My daughter, her husband, and my granddaughter.  Also, as
President of the Sunset Garden Club, I was instrumental in establishing the Rose
Garden at Silver Springs Recreation Center.        

Hometown:  Leningrad, USSR; in the U.S. – Reston, VA since 1979

Education:  BMBA, Wharton School of Business, University of PA; PhD, Moscow Institute of Sociology

Career:     Self-employed in a variety of professions: software design; publishing; translation; accounting. Later on, the owner of a specialty gourmet food store in McLean, VA and an upscale restaurant in Washington, DC.

Library Background: Love to read and write. Have been an avid reader since the age of 5. Published a number of newspaper and magazine articles on political and economic issues and a non-fiction book; currently working on a novel. 

Community service: Volunteer work at the Paseo Verde Library.

Points of Pride: Making a new life in a new country while raising two children as a single mother; learning new skills necessary for each career change (so far, 7 different fields).