• About the Project
  • About Emerging Leaders
  • About the Team

  • Special thanks to:
    Dan Wellman
    Jason Ledakowich
    Randall Starks
    Jenny Levine
    Connie Paul
  • Matthew Sheehy

    childhood ambition: to be a university professor

    first job: dish washer

    proudest moment: seeing confidence in my children

    biggest challenge: keeping positive and focused when others around me are anxious

    inspiration: plants - knowing that life can be renewed and beauty takes all shapes.

    currently reading: When you are engulfed in flames by David Sedaris

    most surprising thing about being a library leader: That I am considered one?

    I love working in libraries because: Because it is a great way of making this world a better place. I believe it is the cornerstone of democracy and you can not help but be a better person for being in a library.