Governing Board

The Governing Board of the Friends of the New York State Library consists of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, five elected Directors and four ex-officio Directors. Current members of the Friends Board:

Officers

Jane Schneider, President
Clesson Bush, Vice-President
Mary Redmond, Secretary/Treasurer

Directors

Jean G. Burns
Arden Leach
Barbara Mladinov*
Norman S. Rice, Director Emeritus
Zebulon S. Robbins, Jr.*

Ex-Officio

Bernard M. Margolis, State Librarian
Loretta C. Ebert, Research Library Director
Carol A. Desch, Coordinator of Statewide Services – Division of Library Development

*Terms of Officers and Directors end March 31, 2011, except those with an asterisk by their name will end March 31, 2012; terms of ex-officio members correspond to their tenure on those positions.