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Carol Shenk
MLIS, 1998
Carol is the King County (WA) Archivist.
Meg Westbury
MLIS, 1998
After a career of working in academic libraries, Meg received her Ph.D. in 2020. As of 2024, she has been a part-time lecturer in the MA in Library and Information Studies program at University College London. Meg has also served as the managing editor of the Journal of Information Literacy.
Elena Bianco
MLIS, 1997
Elena is in her sixth year as the Technical Services Librarian at Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon, WA, and she splits her time between Mount Vernon and Bellingham, where her partner Rob is a high school teacher and author of young adult fiction. For relaxation, Ellen enjoys hiking, gardening, volunteering outdoors, and spending time with friends and family.
Emily Dagg
MLIS, 1997
Emily is the Manager of Youth Services at the Everett Public Library, in Everett, WA.
Leslie Engelson
MLIS, 1997
Leslie was promoted to Associate Professor and granted tenure at Murray State University.
Lisa Mecklenberg Jackson
MLIS, 1997
In 2013, the Montana Supreme Court selected Lisa to serve as the state law librarian. The Montana Law Library provides access to legal information to Montana’s courts, the Legislature, state officers and employees, attorneys, and members of the public. Previously, Lisa worked as the in-house counsel for Equity Management, Inc. in Missoula, as a librarian at the Missoula Public Library, and as a librarian for the Montana Legislature's Legislative Services Division.
Manu Parhar
MSIM, 1997
As of 2023, Manu works as seasoned Director of Product Marketing at Cisco Inc., leading an industry-recognized Webex Suite portfolio of products.
Christine Perkins
MLIS, 1997
Christine is the Executive Director of the Whatcom County Library System. Previously, she worked as the Assistant Director of the Bellingham Public Library and the Director of the Burlington Public Library. Christine won Library Journal's Fiction Reviewer of the Year Award in 2005.
Bob Thomas
MLIS, 1997
Bob retired from the library profession in August 2016. He spent the last 10 years as Head of Cataloging at Western Washington University, following periods at the University of Virginia and WLN/OCLC. He and his wife, Gail, will begin full-time cruising around North America on their boat, with plans to eventually end up back in the Puget Sound.
Debra Westwood
MLIS, 1997
Debra is the Library Cluster Manager for three branches of the King County Library System: Bellevue, Lake Hills and Crossroads.