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Professional Advisory Council

The charge to the METRO Professional Advisory Council is to inform METRO of current issues and trends in the profession; to advise on the enhancement or development of specific service or educational offerings that would benefit the membership; and to help to create a community of shared practice and vision by providing venues for sharing of expertise across the membership.  The council meets two to four times a year.


CHAIR
JoAnne Sparks
Director of Library Services
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

MEMBERS

Jan Combopiano
Director, Information Center
Catalyst

Constantia Constantinou
Library Director
SUNY Maritime College

Julie Cunningham
Chief Librarian, Mina Rees Librarian
Graduate Center, CUNY

Patricia Cutright
Director of Libraries
Pratt Institute

Diana Delgado
Information Services Librarian
Weill Cornell Medical Library

Phyllis DiBianco
Library Media Specialist
Scarsdale High School Library

Edward M. Falcone
Deputy Director
Yonkers Public Library

Stephen Francoeur
Assistant Professor/Information Services Librarian
Baruch College

Luis J. Gonzalez
Deputy Chief Librarian
Hunter College Libraries

Mary Graham
Interim Deputy Director for Public Service
Brooklyn Public Library

Mel Isaacson
Associate University Librarian for New York City
Pace University

Terry Kirchner
Director, Access Services
Columbia University Libraries

Rita Maier
Library Director
New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens

Robert McBrien
Associate Director for Collections and Services
The New York Public Library

John P. Monahan
Director
Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES School Library System

Steven Pisani
Head, Cataloging & Interlibrary Loan Services
Westchester Library System

Lorna Rudder-Kilkenny
Director of Central Library
Queens Library

Linda Seckelson
Head, Reader's Services
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ronald Sexton
Librarian/Online Researcher
Carnegie Corporation of New York

Kimberly Burke Sweetman
Head, Access Services
New York University Libraries

Stephanie Walker
Associate Librarian for Information Services
Brooklyn College Library

STAFF
Tom Nielsen

Member Services Manager
METRO