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LCDP Alums

Past Leadership and Career Development Program Fellows are listed below. Listed information was current at the time of program participation.

The Uproar Class (2022–2023)
  • Afra Bolefski, University of Manitoba Libraries
    Mentor-Sponsor: Dale Askey, University of Alberta Libraries
  • DeAnn Brame, Region 2, Network of the National Library of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina
    Mentor-Sponsor: Charlene Maxey-Harris, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
  • Tatiana Bryant, University of California, Irvine Libraries
    Mentor-Sponsor: Greg Eow, Center for Research Libraries
  • Carolyn Caseñas, Simon Fraser University Library
    Mentor-Sponsor: María Estorino, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries
  • Anastasia Chiu, New York University Libraries
    Mentor-Sponsor: Karla Strieb, Ohio State University Libraries
  • Gabrielle M. Dudley, Emory University Libraries
    Mentor-Sponsor: Yolanda Cooper, Case Western Reserve University Libraries
  • Monica Figueroa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries
    Mentor-Sponsor: Jerome Offord, Jr., Harvard Library
  • Liangyu Fu, University of Michigan Library
    Mentor-Sponsor: Elaine Westbrooks, Cornell University Library
  • Allyssa Guzman, University of Texas at Austin Libraries
    Mentor-Sponsor: Anne Langley, University of Connecticut Libraries
  • Rahni B. Kennedy, Southern Methodist University
    Mentor-Sponsor: Elliot Polak, Wayne State University Libraries
  • Somaly Kim Wu, Texas State University
    Mentor-Sponsor: Barbara Rockenbach, Yale University Library
  • Mai Lu, University of Toronto Libraries
    Mentor-Sponsor: Lorelei Tanji, University of California, Irvine Libraries
  • Ebony Magnus, Simon Fraser University Library
    Mentor-Sponsor: Rhea Ballard-Thrower, University of Illinois at Chicago Library
  • Bethany McGowan, Purdue University Libraries
    Mentor-Sponsor: Sandra Franklin, Emory University Libraries
  • Xiying Mi, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Mentor-Sponsor: Karen Estlund, Colorado State University Libraries
  • Catherine Phan, University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries
    Mentor-Sponsor: Nadia Ghasedi, Washington University in St. Louis Libraries
  • Caitlin Pollock, University of Michigan Library
    Mentor-Sponsor: Nora Dimmock, Brown University Library
  • Chaitra Powell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries
    Mentor-Sponsor: Tom Hyry, Harvard Library
  • Hannah Rainey, North Carolina State University Libraries
    Mentor-Sponsor: Julie Hannaford, University of Toronto Libraries
  • Michele Santamaria, Millersville University
    Mentor-Sponsor: Kai Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries
  • Nicole D. Santiago, Harvard Library
    Mentor-Sponsor: Yuki Hibben, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
  • Jennifer Snow, Yale University Library
    Mentor-Sponsor: Christina Gola, University of Houston Libraries
  • Brittani Sterling, University of Nevada Las Vegas
    Mentor-Sponsor: Irene Herold, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
  • Naz Torabi, University of Toronto Libraries
    Mentor-Sponsor: Austin Booth, New York University Libraries
  • Mea Warren, University of Houston Libraries
    Mentor-Sponsor: Kathy Bradshaw, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
The Pandemons Class (2020–2021)
  • Tarida Anantachai, NC State University
    Career Coach: Adrienne Lim, University of Maryland
  • Martha Alvarado Anderson, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
    Career Coach: Paul Wester, National Agricultural Library
  • Avery Boddie, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Jonathan O. Cain, University of Oregon
    Career Coach: Trevor Dawes, University of Delaware
  • Bertha P. Chang, NC State University
    Career Coach: Kara Whatley, Cal Tech University
  • Angel Diaz, UC Santa Barbara
    Career Coach: Lisa Carter, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Veronica Arellano Douglas, University of Houston
    Career Coach: Evviva Weinraub Lajoie, University at Buffalo
  • Sarah Dupont, The University of British Columbia
    Career Coach: Mary Ann Mavrinac, University of Rochester
  • Arnetta C. Girardeau, Duke University
    Career Coach: K. Matthew Dames, University of Notre Dame
  • Nastasha E. Johnson, Purdue University
    Career Coach: Denise Stephens, University of Oklahoma
  • Jasmine Jones, University of California, Los Angeles
    Career Coach: Greg Eow, Center for Research Libraries
  • Moon Kim, The Ohio State University
    Career Coach: Barbara Rockenbach, Yale University
  • Maha Kumaran, University of Saskatchewan
    Career Coach: Beth McNeil, Purdue University
  • Ye Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Career Coach: Elaine Westbrooks, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Luisana Lopez, The University of Texas at Austin
    Career Coach: José Diaz, Case Western Reserve University
  • Rebecca Martin, Harvard University
    Career Coach: MacKenzie Smith, UC Davis
  • Florence Mugambi
    Northwestern University
    Career Coach: Lorraine Haricombe University of Texas at Austin
  • Lisa Ngo, University of California, Berkeley
    Career Coach: Carol Kaseel, New York University
  • Hannah Lee Park, American University
    Career Coach: Talia Chung, University of Ottawa
  • Betsaida M. Reyes, Pennsylvania State University
    Career Coach: Joe Salem, Michigan State University
  • Tamara Rhodes, University of California, San Diego
    Career Coach: Martha Whitehead, Harvard University
  • Anthony Sanchez, The University of Arizona
    Career Coach: Karen Estlund, Colorado State University
  • Kai Alexis Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Career Coach: Lorelei Tanji, University of California, Irvine
  • Cecilia Tellis, University of Ottawa
    Career Coach: Susan Parker, University of British Columbia
The Disruptors Class (2018–2019)
  • Giao Luong Baker, Duke University Libraries
    Career Coach: Eileen Theodore-Shusta, Ohio University
  • Sonny Banerjee, Ryerson University
    Career Coach: Martha Whitehead, Harvard University
  • Eugenia Beh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Career Coach: Adriene Lim, University of Maryland
  • Kristal Sergent Boulden, The University of Oklahoma
    Career Coach: Jon Cawthorne, Wayne State University
  • Lisa Cruces, University of Houston
    Career Coach: Lisa Carter, University of Wisconsin
  • Vanjury “V” Dozier, University of San Diego
    Career Coach: Trevor Dawes, University of Delaware
  • Sandra Aya Enimil, The Ohio State University
    Career Coach: K. Mathew Dames, Boston University
  • Adebola Fabiku, University of Washington
    Career Coach: Barbara Dewey, University of Tennessee
  • Jennifer Garrett, North Carolina State University
    Career Coach: John Culshaw, University of Iowa
  • Myung-Ja Han, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Library
    Career Coach: Lisa German, University of Houston
  • Lae’l Hughes-Watkins, University of Maryland, College Park
    Career Coach: Meredith Evans, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
  • Christina Hwang, University of Alberta
    Career Coach: MacKenzie Smith, UC Davis
  • Nia Lam, University of Washington Bothell & Cascadia College
    Career Coach: Vivian Lewis, McMaster University
  • Jack Leong, University of Toronto
    Career Coach: Joe Salem, Michigan State University
  • Yuan Li, Princeton University
    Career Coach: Ann Thornton, Columbia University
  • Jennifer Martin, The University of Arizona Health Sciences Library
    Career Coach: Kristi Holmes, Northwestern University
  • Molly McInerney, Harvard University
    Career Coach: Yolanda Cooper, Emory University
  • Miranda Mims, University of Rochester
    Career Coach: Beth McNeil, Purdue University
  • Thomas Padilla, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Career Coach: Elaine Westbrooks, University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill
  • Weiwei Shi, University of Alberta
    Career Coach: Barbara Rockenbach, Columbia University
  • Maurini Strub, University of Rochester
    Career Coach: Marcy Simons, University of Notre Dame
  • Mariyam Thohira, Johns Hopkins University
    Career Coach: Denise Stephens, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Jennifer Thompson, College of the Canyons
    Career Coach: Monica Ghosh, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
  • Jungwon Yang, University of Michigan
    Career Coach: Lorelei Tanji, UC Irvine
Phoenix Class (2013–2014)
  • Toni Anaya, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries
    Career Coach: Catherine Murray-Rust, Georgia Tech Library and Information Center
  • Regina Beard, Kansas State University Library
    Career Coach: Denise Stephens, University of California, Santa Barbara, Libraries
  • Stacy Brinkman, Miami University (Ohio) Library
    Career Coach: Lorelei Tanji, University of California, Irvine, Libraries
  • Fannie M. Cox, University of Louisville Libraries
    Career Coach: Lorraine Haricombe, University of Kansas Libraries
  • Jee Davis, University of Texas Libraries
    Career Coach: Carol Mandel, New York University Libraries
  • Shevon Desai, University of Michigan Library
    Career Coach: Karin Trainer, Princeton University Library
  • Gabriel Duque, University of Michigan Library
    Career Coach: David Carlson, Texas A&M University Libraries
  • Jolie Graybill, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries
    Career Coach: Barbara Dewey, Pennsylvania State University Libraries
  • Dracine Hodges, Ohio State University Libraries
    Career Coach: Tom Wall, Boston College Libraries
  • Qiana Johnson, Northwestern University Library
    Career Coach: Carla Stoffle, University of Arizona Libraries
  • Emily Keller, University of Washington Libraries
    Career Coach: Anne Cooper Moore, University of Southern Illinois Carbondale Library
  • Hana Kim, University of Toronto Libraries
    Career Coach: Susan Gibbons, Yale University Library
  • Nadia Lalla, University of Michigan Library
    Career Coach: Martha Bedard, University of Connecticut Libraries
  • Andrea Malone, University of Houston Libraries
    Career Coach: Jeffrey Trzeciak, Washington University in St. Louis Libraries
  • Jacquie Samples, Duke University Libraries
    Career Coach: James Neal, Columbia University Libraries
  • Jesse Silva, University of California, Berkeley
    Career Coach: James Mullins, Purdue University Libraries
  • Christine Tawatao, University of Washington Libraries
    Career Coach: Steven Smith, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Libraries
  • Joel B. Thornton, Texas A & M University Libraries
    Career Coach: Arnold Hirshon, Case Western Reserve University Libraries
  • Chimene Tucker, University of Southern California Libraries
    Career Coach: Bob Fox, University of Louisville
  • Chellammal Vaidyanathan, Johns Hopkins University Libraries
    Career Coach: Anne Kenney, Cornell University Library
  • Melanee Vicedo, University of Southern California Libraries
    Career Coach: Larry Alford, University of Toronto Libraries
Luminary Class (2011–2012)
  • Michelle Baildon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries
    Career Coach: Jeffrey Trzeciak, McMaster University Libraries
  • Angela Boyd, University of California, Santa Barbara Libraries
    Career Coach: Cynthia Archer, York University Libraries
  • Nikhat Ghouse, University of Kansas Libraries
    Career Coach: Robert Fox, Jr., University of Louisville Libraries
  • LaVerne Gray, Texas A&M University Libraries
    Career Coach: Lorraine Harricombe, University of Kansas Libraries
  • Amy Harper, University of Washington Libraries
    Career Coach: Vicki Williamson, University of Saskatchewan Library
  • Martin Knott, University of Michigan Library
    Career Coach: James Mullins, Purdue University Libraries
  • Annette Marines, University of California, Santa Cruz Library
    Career Coach: Connie Vinita Dowell, Vanderbilt University Library
  • Charlene Maxey-Harris, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
    Career Coach: Sara Lowman, Rice University Library
  • G. Salim Mohammed, Stanford University Library
    Career Coach: Jon Cawthorne, Boston College Libraries
  • Alanna Aiko Moore, University of California, San Diego Libraries
    Career Coach: Artemis Kirk, Georgetown University Libraries
  • Leslie L. Morgan, Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame
    Career Coach: Julene Butler, Brigham Young University Library
  • Alexandra Rivera, University of Michigan Library
    Career Coach: Nancy L. Baker, University of Iowa Libraries
  • Lisa Shiota, Library of Congress
    Career Coach: Brenda Johnson, Indiana University Libraries Bloomington
  • Tito Sierra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries
    Career Coach: James Neal, Columbia University Libraries
  • Yunah Sung, University of Michigan Library
    Career Coach: Susan Gibbons, Yale University Library
  • Billie Walker, Pennsylvania State University Libraries
    Career Coach: Nancy E. Gwinn, Smithsonian Institution Libraries
  • Anping (Annie) Wu, University of Houston Libraries
    Career Coach: Jina Choi Wakimoto, University of Colorado Boulder Libraries
  • Marlo Maldonado Young, University of California, San Diego Libraries
    Career Coach: Carla Stoffle, University of Arizona Library
Vanguard Class (2009–2010)
  • Steven Adams, Princeton University
    ARL Career Coach: Nancy Eaton, Pennsylvania State University
  • Marilia Antunez, Appalachian State University
    ARL Career Coach: Karla Strieb, ARL
  • Kawanna Bright, North Carolina State University
    ARL Career Coach: Crit Stuart, ARL
  • Leticia Camacho, Brigham Young University
    ARL Career Coach: Joyce Thornton, Texas A&M University
  • Su Chen, University of Minnesota
    ARL Career Coach: James Neal, Columbia University
  • Beatriz Hardy, College of William and Mary
    ARL Career Coach: Cynthia Archer, York University
  • Jessica Kayongo, University of Notre Dame
    ARL Career Coach: Susan Gibbons, Rochester University
  • Helen Look, University of Michigan
    ARL Career Coach: Carla Stoffle, University of Arizona
  • Isabella Marques de Castilla, Library of Congress
    ARL Career Coach: Catherine Murray-Rust, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Loyd Mbabu, University of Michigan
    ARL Career Coach: Deborah Jakubs, Duke University
Renaissance Class (2007–2008)
  • Jeannie An, McMaster University
    Mentor: Carla Stoffle, University of Arizona
  • Deepa Banerjee, University of Washington
    Mentor: Karin Trainer, Princeton University
  • Hong Cheng, University of California, Los Angeles
    Mentor: Jim Cogswell, University of Missouri–Columbia
  • Tabzeera Dosu, California State University, Sacramento
    Mentor: Joyce Thornton, Texas A&M University
  • Inas El-Sayed, Lincoln University
    Mentor: Paul Soderdahl, University of Iowa
  • Sharon Epps, University of Maryland
    Mentor: Julia Zimmerman, Ohio University/Florida State University
  • Aisha Harvey, Duke University
    Mentor: Barbara Dewey, University of Tennessee
  • Adrian Ho, University of Houston
    Mentor: Jim Neal, Columbia University
  • Shannon D. Jones, Virginia Commonwealth University
    Mentor: Bill Walker, University of Miami
    MLA scholarship recipient
  • Carmelita Pickett, Texas A&M University
    Mentor: Bonnie MacEwan, Auburn University
  • Joanne Rich, University of Washington
    Mentor: Nancy Seamans, University of Iowa
  • Michele Saunders, University of Arizona
    Mentor: Nancy Baker, University of Iowa
  • Anthony D. Smith, University of Miami
    Mentor: Charles Lowry, University of Maryland/ARL
  • Plato Smith II, Florida State University
    Mentor: Hannelore Rader, University of Louisville
  • Allison Sutton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Mentor: Alice Prochaska, Yale University
  • Carlette Washington-Hoagland, University of Iowa
    Mentor: Vicki Williamson, University of Saskatchewan
  • Angela Weaver, University of Washington
    Mentor: Carol Mandel, New York University
  • Elaine Westbrooks, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
    Mentor: Jim Mullins, Purdue University
  • Robert Wolfe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Mentor: Karin Trainer, Princeton University
  • Li Zhang, University of Saskatchewan
    Mentor: Karin Trainer, Princeton University
Intentional Visionaries Class (2003–2004)
  • Buenaventura “Ven” Basco
    Mentor: William “Bill” Gosling, University of Michigan
  • Wanda Brown
    Mentor: Susan Nutter, North Carolina State University
  • Elizabeth Burnette
    Mentor: Althea Jenkins, Florida State University
  • Portia Diaz-Martin
    Mentor: Hannelore Rader, University of Louisville
  • La Ventra Ellis-Danquah
    Mentor: Terrance Burton, University of Wisconsin
  • Annie Marie Ford
    Mentor: Joan Giesecke, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries
  • Lorrita Ford
    Mentor: Carla Stoffle, University of Arizona
  • Lora Gault
    Mentor: Shirley Baker, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Cindy Gruwell
    Mentor: Janet B. Stith, University of Kentucky Medical Library
  • Alysse Jordan
    Mentor: Sarah Thomas, Cornell University
  • Alice Kawakami
    Mentor: Sarah Pritchard, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Mireille-Paule Kotoklo
    Mentor: Nancy Baker, University of Iowa Libraries
  • Gregory Lewis
    Mentor: Peter Graham, Syracuse University
  • Tammy Mays
    Mentor: Stella Bentley, University of Kansas
  • Ophelia Morey
    Mentor: Dorothy Jobe, Baptist Health System
  • Elaina Norlin
    Mentor: Betsy Wilson, University of Washington
  • Akilah Nosakhere
    Mentor: Barbara Dewey, University of Tennessee
  • Carol Nurse
    Mentor: Nancy Baker, University of Iowa Libraries
  • Verónica Reyes
    Mentor: Deborah Carver, University of Oregon
  • Edward Sanchez
    Mentor: Paul Willis, University of South Carolina
  • Linda Whang
    Mentor: Ernie Ingles, University of Alberta
  • Martha Yancey
    Mentor: Julia Zimmerman, Ohio University
New Century Class (2001–2002)
  • José A. Aguiñaga
    Mentor: Margo Crist, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Tracy Y. Allen
    Mentor: Barbara von Wahlder, University at Buffalo, SUNY
  • Consuella Askew Waller
    Mentor: Joan Giesecke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Ellis B. Beteck
    Mentor: Nancy L. Eaton, Pennsylvania State University
  • La Nina M. Clayton
    Mentor: Nancy E. Gwinn, Smithsonian Institution Libraries
  • Raquel V. Cogell
    Mentor: Stella Bentley, University of Kansas
  • Gisele Ira Glover
    Mentor: Betsy Wilson, University of Washington
  • Anita H. Grant
    Mentor: Barbara Dewey, University of Tennessee
  • Jacqueline Johnson
    Mentor: Karin Wittenborg, University of Virginia
  • Jiun-Huei Kuo
    Mentor: Peter S. Graham, Syracuse University
  • Angela S. W. Lee
    Mentor: Nancy L. Baker, University of Iowa
  • Ibironke O. Lawal
    Mentor: Paul Gherman, Vanderbilt University
  • Vanessa D. Middleton
    Mentor: Susan K. Nutter, North Carolina State University
  • Sharon D. Horne Morris
    Mentor: Jerry D. Campbell, University of Southern California
  • Veronda J. Pitchford
    Mentor: Sarah M. Pritchard, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Susana Tejada
    Mentor: Camilla Alire, University of New Mexico
  • Judy Tsou
    Mentor: Brian E. C. Schottlaender, University of California, San Diego
  • Deborah Turner
    Mentor: Carla Stoffle, University of Arizona
  • Susan A. Vega Garcia
    Mentor: Nancy L. Baker, University of Iowa
  • Barbara Williams
    Mentor: Sherrie Schmidt, Arizona State University
Millennial Class (1999–2000)
  • Deborah Abston
    Mentor: Carla Stoffle, University of Arizona
  • Stephanie Sterling Brasley
    Mentor: Jennifer Younger, University of Notre Dame
  • Xiaofei Chen
    Mentor: Jack Siggins, George Washington University
  • Jerome UpChurch Conley
    Mentor: James Neal, John Hopkins University
  • Dell M. Davis
    Mentor: Stella Bentley, Auburn University
  • Joseph R. (Bob) Diaz
    Mentor: Kenneth Frazier, University of Wisconsin
  • Karen E. Downing
    Mentor: Emily R. Mobley, Purdue University
  • Deborah R. Hollis
    Mentor: Joan Giesecke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Dawn Ventress Kight
    Mentor: Pamela André, National Agricultural Library
  • Karen M. Letarte
    Mentor: Nancy L. Baker, Washington State University
  • Haipeng Li
    Mentor: Scott Bennett, Yale University
  • Jian Liu
    Mentor: Joseph Branin, State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • Genette McLaurin
    Mentor: Meredith Butler, State University of New York at Albany
  • Elena (Jeannie) Posadas Miller
    Mentor: Karin Trainer, Princeton University
  • Corey Murata
    Mentor: William A. Gosling, University of Michigan
  • Darlene Nichols
    Mentor: Paula T. Kaufman, University of Tennessee
  • Dajin Sun
    Mentor: Paul Kobulnicky, University of Connecticut
  • Judith A. Valdez
    Mentor: James F. Williams II, University of Colorado at Boulder
Inaugural Class (1997–1998)
  • Maria de Jesus Ayala-Schueneman
    Mentor: Emily Mobley, Purdue University
  • Johnnieque Blackmon-Love
    Mentor: Joan Giesecke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Jon E. Cawthorne
    Mentor: Paula Kaufman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Vicki Coleman
    Mentor: Dana Rooks, University of Houston
  • Patrick Jose Dawson
    Mentor: William Gosling, University of Michigan
  • Tracey Hunter Hall
    Mentor: Shirley Leung, University of California, Irvine
  • Glendora Johnson-Cooper
    Mentor: Nancy Eaton, Pennsylvania State University
  • Kuang-Hwei (Janet) Lee-Smeltzer
    Mentor: Jennifer Younger, University of Notre Dame
  • Barbara G. Lehn
    Mentor: Sherrie Schmidt, Arizona State University
  • Poping Lin
    Mentor: Miriam Drake, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Nerea A. Llamas
    Mentor: Joseph Branin, SUNY Stony Brook
  • Thura Mack
    Mentor: Pamela Andre, National Agricultural Library
  • Teresa Y. Neely
    Mentor: Scott Bennett, Yale University
  • Neville Prendergast
    Mentor: Stella Bentley, Auburn University
  • Gloria L. Rhodes
    Mentor: Ann Prentice, University of Maryland
  • Juan Carlos Rodriguez
    Mentor: Camila Alire, Colorado State University
  • Janice Simmons-Welburn
    Mentor: Carla Stoffle, University of Arizona
  • Denise Stephens
    Mentor: Susan Nutter, North Carolina State University
  • Elayne Walstedter
    Mentor: Nancy Baker, Washington State University
  • Valerie J. Wheat
    Mentor: Barbara von Wahlde, SUNY at Buffalo
  • Mark D. Winston
    Mentor: James Williams II, University of Colorado at Boulder

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