Junta Directiva

Ann McLain

Chair

Correo electrónico: amclaindurham@gmail.com

Ann McLain moved to Durham to attend Duke University, and stayed after graduation because she fell in love with Durham. She is retired from GlaxoSmithKline, where she began her career as a reference librarian after earning her MLS at UNC-CH. Over the course of her career she held roles in information management, competitive intelligence and project management.

Ann joined the Durham County Library Board of Trustees in 2021 because of her longstanding belief in the value of public libraries and the critical role they play in providing equitable access to information. She is committed to strengthening the Library’s role as a vital resource for the Durham community.

Ann’s husband and sister are both librarians, and when they travel together they always visit libraries.

Pronombres: she/her

Carl Newman

Correo electrónico: carl.m.newman@gmail.com

Carl Newman es abogado, servidor público y miembro activo de la comunidad de Durham. Toda su vida ha amado las bibliotecas. Ese amor comenzó con la Sra. Marks, la bibliotecaria de su escuela primaria. Carl anteriormente ha sido miembro de varias juntas, entre ellas el Comité Asesor de Ciudadanos de Durham, la Junta de Jóvenes Profesionales de la Fundación de Abogados de Chicago y Global Girls, una organización sin ánimo de lucro dedicada a proporcionar programas artísticos dentro y fuera de las escuelas para niñas de escuela intermedia hasta la preparatoria en el vecindario South Shore de Chicago.

Carl y su cónyuge se mudaron a Durham en 2018. Entró a formar parte de la Junta Directiva en 2023, cuando su hija cumplió un año. Ella ya ha hechos sus primeras visitas a la Biblioteca Principal, donde disfruta de la colección de libros infantiles y rompecabezas para niños y bebés.

Pronombres: él

Aquaris Anderson

Correo electrónico: asmoore2011@yahoo.com

Ericka Patillo

Correo electrónico: erickapatillo@me.com

Ericka Patillo (PhD, MSLS) has always believed in the power of libraries to transform lives and communities. Her journey began with a love of music and learning, leading her from studying harp at Peabody Conservatory to a doctorate in information and library science at UNC-Chapel Hill. Along the way, she worked in 5 universities in 4 states as librarian, teacher, and administrator, and discovered her calling: building inclusive, innovative spaces where knowledge and creativity flourish.

Ericka believes that libraries are foundational to an informed citizenry’s participation in a democratic society. She joined the Library Board of Trustees to support its mission of discovery, connection, and literacy.

Pronombres: she/they

kynita stringer-stanback

Correo electrónico: bullcitylbot@gmail.com

kynita stringer-stanback is a seventh-generation North Carolinian and two-time alum of UNC-Chapel Hill – which she notes is the same university whose founding leaders enslaved her ancestors.

kynita has served in academic, corporate, public, and special libraries throughout a 20 year career as an information professional and identifies as a research designer, storyteller, and information activist.

kynita joined the Board of Trustees to become more active in local community initiatives. kynita is concerned with the intellectual property rights of creators, empowering creators, and interrogating the publishing process, paywalls, and public access to information.

Pronombres: ask me

Leah Josephson

Correo electrónico: josephsonL@gmail.com

Leah Josephson is committed to cultivating open, joyful community spaces and free access to information. She has a master’s degree in social work from the University of Michigan and a BA in journalism and French from UNC-Chapel Hill. In her role on the Library Board of Trustees, Leah is especially passionate about ensuring the library system and staff are well equipped to support community members seeking connections to social services, access to technology, and other resources.

Leah is the cofounder of Emergence Collective, a small consulting firm that supports curious nonprofits, philanthropic foundations, and government agencies in organizational learning and evaluation using participatory approaches. In her spare time, she is in a competitive crossword puzzle league and sci fi book club, and she loves thrifting.

Leah lives with her partner and toddler, and it has been a delight to begin to introduce him to everything our amazing library system has to offer!

Pronombres: she/her

Tal Matalon

Correo electrónico: ms.matalon.reads@gmail.com

Tal Matalon is a reader, educator, parent, and community advocate. In her home town of Haifa, Israel, Tal read her way through her neighborhood library, elementary, middle, and high school libraries, and the library of Isha L’Isha Feminist Center, and earned her BA in English Language and Literature and Hebrew Linguistics. After moving to Durham in 2012, Tal found her passion for education and has worked in Durham Public Schools since 2013, first as an instructional assistant and then as a middle and high school English teacher.

Tal joined the Library Board of Trustees in 2023, while returning to work from parental leave with her second child. She is excited to serve the library, probably the most amazing institution in existence, and explore all the ways to further the love of reading and literacy across all Durham communities.

Pronombres: she/her

Tracy Jackson

Correo electrónico: tracymariejackson@gmail.com

Tracy M Jackson is an enthusiastic believer in libraries as vital places for free and open learning, community, openness, inclusivity, fun, and relaxation. She’s lived in Durham since 2014 and works in the Duke University Libraries as an archivist. She holds a Masters of Library Science from UNC Chapel Hill and a BA from Florida State University. She has also volunteered with the Durham Literacy Center and the Animal Protection Society of Durham. She loves crafting, including pottery and sewing, and is an avid reader of science fiction, fantasy, romance, science, history, and progressive activism.

Tracy is delighted and honored to serve on the Board of Trustees and seeks to support the library’s staff and mission, and to give back to the Durham community.

Pronombres: she/her

Monika Tillman DeWitt

Liaison from the Friends of the Durham Library

Correo electrónico: monikatdewitt@gmail.com