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Officers and Executive Board

Announcements
Links to minutes for business meetings
Online form for nominating prospective Executive Board members

Officers

President (2005-2007) Donna Campbell, Washington State University
Immediate Past President (2003-2005) Julie Olin-Ammentorp, LeMoyne College
Past President (2001-2003): Augusta Rohrbach, Harvard University
Past President (1998-2000) Abby Werlock, St. Olaf College
Past President (1996-1998):  Dale Flynn, University of California-Davis
Vice President (2005-2007) Hildegard Hoeller, CUNY-Staten Island
Secretary (2005-2007): Edie Thornton, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Treasurer Carole Shaffer-Koros, Kean University
Since the election of officers is announced at MLA, terms for all offices now run from January 1 to December 31.

Current At-large Executive Board Members

  • Mary E. Papke, University of Tennessee (2005-2007) Carol Singley, Rutgers University-Camden (2005-2007)
  • Charlotte Rich, Eastern Kentucky University, (MLA, January 1, 2004-January 1-2006)
  • Edie Thornton, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater (MLA, January 1, 2004-January 1-2006)
  • Irene Goldman-Price, Penn State Hazleton (MLA, January 1, 2002- January 1, 2004; re-elected for 2004-2006)
  • Laura Saltz, Colby College (MLA, January 1, 2003-January 1, 2005); re-elected 2005-2007

    Executive Board Members from Previous Years

  • Frederick Wegener, California State University--Long Beach (re-elected at MLA, January 1, 2003-January 1, 2005)
  • Melissa McFarland Pennell, University of Massachusetts-Lowell (ALA, June 1, 2001-June 1, 2003)
  • Harriet Gold, University of Montreal (MLA, January 1, 2002- January 1, 2004)
  • Janet Beer, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)  (ALA, June 1, 2001-June 1, 2003)
  • Kenneth Price, University of Nebraska
  • Sharon Shaloo, Massachusetts Center for the Book
  • Elizabeth Lennox Keyser, Hollins University
  • Hildegard Hoeller, CUNY  (MLA, 1999-2001)
  • Linda Costanzo-Cahir, Centenary College (ALA, 1999-2001)
  • Election History of At-large Executive Board Members

  • At the 2004 MLA business meeting in Philadelphia, the results of the EWS's first-ever election by mail-in paper ballot were announced. The results were as follows: Laura Saltz, Carol Singley, and Mary E. Papke replaced outgoing member Frederick Wegener on the Executive Board, and Edie Thornton was elected Secretary.
  • At the 2003 MLA business meeting in New York, Charlotte Rich and Edie Thornton were elected to the Executive Board, replacing outgoing members Harriet Gold, Janet Beer, and Melissa McFarland Pennell. Irene Goldman-Price was elected to a second term.
  • At the 2002 MLA business meeting in New York, Frederick Wegener and Laura Saltz were elected to the Executive Board.
  • At the 2001 MLA business meeting in New Orleans, Harriet Gold and Irene Goldman-Price were elected to the Executive Board, replacing outgoing member Hildegard Hoeller.
  • At the 2001 ALA business meeting in Cambridge, Melissa Pennell and Janet Beer were elected to the Executive Board, replacing outgoing members Frederick Wegener and Sharon Shaloo.
  • No board members were elected at MLA 2000.
  • No board members were elected at ALA 2000, because no business meeting was held just before the Newport conference.
  • At the 1999 MLA business meeting in Chicago, Hildegard Hoeller was elected to the Executive Board, replacing outgoing member Elizabeth Lennox Keyser.
  • At the ALA business meeting on May 30, 1999, Linda Costanzo-Cahir was elected to the Executive Board, replacing outgoing member Kenneth Price.

  • Advisory Board:

    Annette Zilversmit, Long Island University

    Ad hoc Committee on the Constitution

    Irene Goldman-Price, Chair
    Julie Olin-Ammentorp
    Melissa McFarland Pennell

    Standing Committees:

    Elections Committee
        Linda Costanzo-Cahir, Chair
    Fellowships and Grants Committee
        Augusta Rohrbach, Chair
        Frederick Wegener
    Program Committee
       Hildegard Hoeller , Chair (Vice President is always the chair of this committee)
        Sharon Shaloo
    Membership Committee
        Dale Flynn, Chair