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St Charles, Illinois, United States

La Grange Park, IL

Serves as the administrator of library operations, services, and staff; recruits, selects, trains, and evaluates staff; builds a strong team environment that encourages the personal and professional growth of employees; develops services to more effectively meet present and future community needs; engages with residents, business owners, and community.

Westmont Public Library

Oversees the hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating of public service staff; assists in planning, implementing, and evaluating library services; develops policies for presentation to the Board of Trustees along with subsequent operating procedures; assists with analysis and preparation of the operating budget and ensures responsible spending.

Westmont Public Library

Supervised graphics associate, interns and workflow of programming staff; organized and coordinated all ages programs and community events; worked with local businesses and organizations to raise funds and awareness of shared goals; maintained marketing budget and coordinated purchasing of marketing materials; maintained programming budget and coordinated.

Westmont, IL

Provided friendly and efficient customer service while working at a busy Circulation Desk as well as frequent shifts at the Adult & Youth Reference Desks; responsible for in-depth training of new staff in circulation procedures; served as a team leader in the absence of a circulation coordinator; attended workshops and seminars to improve knowledge of.

Master'S Degree, Library & Information Science

Ba, English