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The Massachusetts Library Association is managed by our Executive Manager, Elizabeth Hacala.
She can be reached at our main office:

Massachusetts Library Association
PO Box 535
Bedford, MA 01730
phone: 781-275-7729
fax: 781-998-0393
mlaoffice@masslib.org

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2010 - 2011 MLA Board of Directors

President Jacqueline Rafferty Paul Pratt Memorial Library 35 Ripley Rd. Cohasset, MA 02025 Phone: (781) 383-1348 Email: jrafferty@ocln.org	Vice President Ruth Urell, Director Reading Public Library 64 Middlesex Avenue Reading, MA 01867 Phone: 781-942-6725 Email: urell@noblenet.org
Secretary Nancy Siegel Dellapenna West Springfield Public Library 200 Park Street West Springfield, MA 01089-3314 Phone: (413) 736-4561 Email: ndellape@cwmars.org	Treasurer Bernadette D. Rivard Bellingham Public Library 100 Blackstone Street Bellingham MA 02019 Phone: 508-966-1660 Email: brivard@bellinghamma.org
Past President Susan R. McAlister Minuteman Library Network 10 Strathmore Road Natick, MA 01760 Phone: 508-655-8008 x237 Email: smcalister@minlib.net Fax: 508-655-1507	Conference Co-Chair Michael Colford Boston Regional Library System 700 Boylston Boston, MA 02116 Phone: 617-859-2389 Email: mcolford@bpl.org Fax: (617) 424-8617
Conference Co-Chair Gianna Gifford Simmons College Libraries 300 the Fenway Boston, MA 02115-5898 Phone: (617) 521-2777 Email: gianna.gifford@simmons.edu	Conference Co-Chair Ellen Keane UMASS Lowell 61 Wilder Street Lowell, MA 01854 Phone: (978) 934-4594 Email: Ellen_Keane@uml.edu
Education Committee Richard Callaghan Bedford Free Public Library 7 Mudge Way Bedford, MA 01730 Phone: (781) 275-9440 Email: rcallaghan@minlib.net	Intellectual Freedom Dinah O'Brien Plymouth Public Library 132 South Street Plymouth, MA 02360 Phone: 508-830-4250 Email: do'brien@townhall.plymouth.ma.us
Jordan Miller Daryl Mark Cambridge Public Library 449 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617-349-4409 Email: dmark@cambridgema.gov	Legislative Committee Co-Chair Krista McLeod Nevins Memorial Library 305 Broadway Methuen, MA 01844 Phone: (978) 686-4080 ext.10 Email: Kmcleod111@yahoo.com
Legislative Committee Co-Chair Beverly Shank Watertown Free Public Library 123 Main St. Watertown, MA 02472 phone: 617-972-6434 Email: bshank@watertown-ma.gov	Membership Kimberly Lynn Memorial Hall Library Elm Square Andover, MA 01810 Phone: (978)-623-8401 ext. 56 Email: klynn@mhl.org
Public Relations Laurie Lessner SAILS Library Network 547 West Grove Street Middleboro, MA 02346 Phone: 508-946-8600 x214 Email: llessner@sailsinc.org	ALA Councilor Jacqueline Rafferty Paul Pratt Memorial Library 35 Ripley Rd. Cohasset, MA 02025 Phone: (781) 383-1348 Email: jrafferty@ocln.org
Youth Services Section Clayton Cheever Boston Public Library 1350 Blue Hill Ave Mattapan, MA 02126 Phone: 617-298-9218 x 1508 Email: ccheever@bpl.org	Personnel Kirsten Underwood Head of Reference Services Nevins Memorial Library Methuen MA 01844 Phone: 978.686.4080 x14 Email: kunderwood@mvlc.org
Paralibrarian Section Laurie Christie Morse Institute Library 14 East Central St. Natick, MA 01760 Phone: 508-647-6400 x1583 Email: LChristie@minlib.net	Chair, Tech Services Alyssa Freden PO Box 535 Bedford, MA 01730 Phone: 781-275-7729 Email: alyssa.freden@gmail.com
Financial Committee Nora Blake MassCat PO Box 241 South Deerfield, MA 01373 Phone: (413) 665-5511 Email: nblake@masscat.org	ByLaws Ellen Rainville JV Fletcher Library 50 Main Street Westford, MA 01886 Phone: (978) 692-5557 Email: erainville@westfordma.gov
Archivist Sunny Vandermark Metrowest 135 Beaver Street Waltham, MA 02452 Phone: (781) 398-1819 Email: svanderm@mmrls.org	MBLC Representative Robert Maier Mass Bd of Library Comm. 98 N. Washington St. Suite401 Boston, MA 02114 Phone: (617) 725-1860 ext 249 Email: Robert.maier@state.ma.us
NELA Representative Clare Curran-Ball Memorial Hall Library Elm Square Andover, MA 01810 Phone: (978)-623-8401 Email: ccball@mhl.org	MSLA Liason Kathy Lowe MSLA Office PO Box 658 Lunenburg, MA 01462 Phone: (978) 582-6967 Email: klowe@maschoolibraries.org

MLA BYLAWS - Updated May 2007