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| Inaugural Meeting February 28, 2003
Back row left to right: Anne Haisley, Director of University Libraries Dale Canelas, Marilyn Adkins, Cathy Thompson, Ann Smoot, R.J. Wiltshire, Keith Douglas; Front row: Beverly Bartlett, Georgia Wahl, Susannah Borg, Madelyn Lockhart, Charlotte Porter The George A. Smathers Libraries Leadership
Board was established in February 2003 and is comprised of 34 members who
make their homes from Gainesville, Florida, to Houston, Texas. The board
is dedicated to helping the libraries increase its visibility and
resources through awareness and fund-raising activities.
The leadership board held its first meeting on February 28, 2003, and named as its inaugural president Susannah Borg, an editor and publishing consultant from Ponte Vedra. Borg served as president until September 2007 when Tom Woodell of Houston, Texas took over the responsibilities. The Leadership Board is a service organization of the George A. Smathers Libraries. They influence development and advancement on behalf of the libraries. In this role, the board acts as advocates of special causes, needs, and projects of the libraries throughout the local, state, and regional communities. The board also advises and assists the dean of university libraries and the director of development with securing financial and gift-in-kind resources on behalf of the libraries. The Leadership Board is composed of alumni, faculty, retired faculty, friends, attorneys, a bookstore owner, a book dealer and volunteers from across the state. Members reside in Fort Myers, Gainesville, Ocala, Island Grove, Jacksonville, Mcintosh, Miami, Ponte Vedra, Ponte Vedra Beach, Saint Petersburg, Sebring, Tallahassee and Houston, Texas. Current members of the board include Lester Abberger, Marilyn Adkins, Carlos Alfonso, Susannah Borg, Bill Brothers, Bob Bryan, Mary Ellen Burnett, Marshall Criser, Valeria Curry, Keith Douglas, Gloria Fassett, Larry Ford, Anne Haisley, Randall Hanna, Walter Jewett, Paula King, Madelyn Lockhart, Ruth Lowery, Frances Mayes, David Mica, Toby Muir, Charlotte Porter, Ted Prosser, Patrick Reakes, Michael Slicker, Bruce Smathers, Marjorie Starnes, Jane Wahl, R.J. Wiltshire, Thomas Woodell, Robert Zieger and student members Michele Lesure and Brittany McCants. For more information on the George A. Smathers Libraries Leadership Board, please contact the Director of Development at (352) 273-2505. |
