Meet Our Speakers
Be ready to interact with and learn from our experienced and practical speakers! The Computers in Libraries conference attracts the best and the brightest. Meet and hear from the leaders in the information industry in all types of environments.
- Stephen Abram — CEO, Lighthouse Consulting, Inc.
- Steve Alcalde — Head of Computer & Technology Services, Rogers Memorial Library
- Joshua Altshuler — Education & Psychology Librarian, Illinois State University
- Blythe A.B. Balestrieri — Law Librarian, U.S. Department of Justice
- Robert Berkman — Business Outreach Librarian, University of Rochester (NY), Editor, The Information Advisor's Guide to Internet Research
- Frank Biss — Chief Operating Officer, Counting Opinions
- Erik Boekesteijn — Senior Advisor, National Library of the Netherlands
- Spencer Brayton — Director, Waubonsee Community College
- Marshall Breeding — Independent Consultant, Library Technology Guides,, Author, Library Technology Guides
- Chris Brown — Commissioner, Chicago Public Library
- Regina Burgess — Executive Director, Panhandle Library Access Network, Inc.
- Christine Carmichael — Senior Research & Instruction Librarian, Business, Arts, & Sciences, Reinert-Alumni Library, Creighton University
- Dale Carneige — Trainer & Consultant, Coleman & Associates
- Frank Cervone — Program Coordinator, Information Science and Data Analytics, San Jose State University
- JonLuc Christensen — Manager, Office of Knowledge & Content Services, NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Maurice Coleman — Library Associate, Hartford County Public Library
- Anne Marie Del Vecchio — Senior Relationship Manager, Leadership Directories, Inc.
- M.J. D'Elia — CEO, Director, Thirdway Think and LLEAD Institute
- Kathleen M Dreyer — Chief Librarian, Borough of Manhattan Community College
- Jane Dysart — Curator of Curiosity, Dysart & Jones Associates, Canada
- Krystin Fields — Web Developer, Towson University
- Bertram Foster — Data Systems Librarian, U.S. Air Force Academy
- Joyce V. Garczynski — Director of Library Communication & Engagement, Towson University
- Anthony Giansante — Head of Emerging Technologies, John Jermaine Memorial Library
- Tim Gloege — Platform Administrator, Grand Rapid Public Library
- Karen Glover — Associate Dean for Research & Scholarly Access, Georgia Institute of Technology Library
- Santiago Gomez — Director, Technology Services-IT Services, Edmonton Public Library
- Annie Green , Author, Diary of HI & AI: The Nexus of Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence
- Scott Hargrove — Chief Executive Officer, Fraser Valley Regional Library
- Cyndee Haydon — Allen Smith Scholar-in-Residence, Simmons University School of Library and Information Science
- Richard P. Hulser — President, Richard P. Hulser Consulting
- Alliemarie Humphries — Library Supervisor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Terra Jacobson — Dean Learning Resources, Moraine Valley Community College
- Jeremy Johannesen — Executive Director, Chief Officer, State Library Agencies, Inc.
- Joyce Johnston — Adjunct Professor, English Dept., George Mason University, AASL, Virginia ASL, NCTE, MLA
- Barbie E. Keiser — President, Barbie E. Keiser, Inc.
- Jeannette Kennedy — Director, Seminole Public Library
- David Lee King — Digital Services Director, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
- Delaney Knapp — Community Resource Librarian, Olin College of Engineering
- Eric Kokke — Director, GO | School for Information
- Meghan Kowalski — Outreach & Reference Librarian, University of the District of Columbia
- Michael LaMagna — Information Literacy Program & Library Services Coordinator; Professor of Library Services, Delaware County Community College
- Cyndee Landrum — Allen Smith Scholar-in-Residence, Simmons University School of Library and Information Science
- Elaine Lasda — Library Strategist, University at Albany Libraries, SUNY
- Fleur Levitz — Principal Consultant, FDL Consulting NYC LLC, & former Chief Data Officer on Wall Street,, Senior Management Consultant & Practice Lead, IBM
- Colette Lunday Brautigam — Digital Collections Librarian, Lawrence University
- John MacLeod — Director, XR Libraries
- Chad Mairn — Professor, Innovation Lab, St. Petersburg College
- Jonathan Newton — Web Developer, Arlington Public Library
- Kate Newton — Online Learning Librarian, Loyola Notre Dame Library
- Raquel Noz — Digital Literarcy Educator & OSINT Speaker, Deep Search Daily (DSD)
- Marydee Ojala — Editor, Online Searcher in Computers in Libraries magazine; Editor, ILI365 eNews
- Lindsay O'Neill — Principal, Lindsay O'Neill Consulting
- Ayman Osman — AI specialist, University of Florida Libraries
- Bill Pardue — Digital Services Librarian, Arlington Heights Memorial Library
- Damith Perera — Research Professional, Oklahoma State University Libraries
- Kelly Peter — Web & Systems Librarian, Murphy Library, Univerity of Wisconsin-La Crosse
- Brian Pichman — Director, Strategic Innovation, Evolve Project
- Gary Price — Co-Founder, infoDOCKET & FullTextReports
- Kimberly Prosper — STEM Librarian, Howard University
- Lee Rainie — Director, Imagining the Digital Future Center, Elon University, former Director, Pew Research Center
- Brooks Rainwater — President & CEO, Urban Libraries Council
- Valerie Rangel — Head of Library & Information Services, Applied Materials
- Daniel Rasmus — Founder & Principal Analyst, Serious Insights, Resident Futurist
- Juanita Richardson — Manager, Learning Resource Collaboratory, Michener Institute
- Shelton Richardson — Information Technology Librarian, Fayetteville State University
- Andrea Rodgers — Associate Professor, Library Services, Delaware County Community College
- Abigail Ross — Principal, RoFinCo, LLC
- Dan Russell — Free Range Research Scientist; former Google Principal UX Researcher; Lecturer, Stanford University, Author, The Joy of Search
- Qaddafi Sabree — Librarian, Emerging Technologies
- Diana Silveira — President, Novare Library Services
- Austin Stroud — Lecturer, Indiana University Indianapolis
- Patrick "PC" Sweeney — Deputy Director, EveryLibrary Institute: Digital Director,, Co-Author, How to Win Elections & Influence Politicians for Library Funding and Before the Ballot: Building Support for Library Funding
- Amanda Sweet — Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission
- John Szabo — City Librarian & CEO, Los Angeles Public Library
- Nick Tanzi — Assistant Director, South Huntington Public Library, Author, Best Technologies for Public Libraries: Policies, Programs, & Services
- Larry Treadwell IV — Director of Library Services, Fayetteville State University
- Angela M Vanden Elzen — Reference & Learning Technologies Librarian, Lawrence University
- Peter Velikonja — Researcher, Koios Information Corp.
- Clair Wardle — Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Cornell University
- Kelvin Watson — Executive Director, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
- Arthur Weiss — Managing Director, AWARE
- Jarrod Wilson — Head, Technology Services, Kalamazoo Public Library
- Jeff Wisniewski — Associate University Librarian for Communications & Technology, University of Pittsburgh
- Alex Zealand — Access Services Manager, Arlington Public Library
