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Dr. Rhonda Jennings-Arey
Assistant Professor, University of Virginia

Dr. Rhonda Jennings-Arey

Dr. Rhonda Jennings-Arey has over twenty years of teaching experience at the K-12 level. She started to love teaching when she tutored Food/Nutrition to Gallaudet students during her senior year and cooking classes during the summers when Gallaudet had a camp for CODA kids. She worked as a Bus Aide for Kendall Demonstration Elementary School before deciding to major in Deaf Education.

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Dr. Mary Bolin
Gateway PhD Program Coordinator & Full-Time Lecturer, SJSU School of Information

Dr. Mary Bolin

Mary K. Bolin is a full-time Lecturer in the SJSU School of Information and an Emeritus Professor in the University Libraries at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln, where she served as Chair of the Technical Services Department and as a Catalog and Metadata Librarian. She is an Emeritus Fellow of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. She completed her PhD in Education in 2007. Dr. Bolin is one of the founding editors of the peer-reviewed electronic journal Library Philosophy and Practice.

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Svitlana Kravchenko
Head of Scientific and Methodical Department, Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine

I am 47. I received a professional education (Tulchyn School of Culture, now the Professional College of Culture, Kyiv State University of Culture and Arts, now the National University of Culture and Arts). At first, I started my career at the library as a 2nd category methodologist, afterwards worked as a category 1 methodologist, a leading methodologist, and a chief librarian having been managing the department since June 2022.

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Sebastian Majstorovic
Digital Historian & Data Scientist, Co-Founder of Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO)

Sebastian Majstorovic

Sebastian Majstorovic is a Digital Historian, Data Scientist and one of the co-founders of Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO). Sebastian studied History, Film Studies, and East European area studies at Queen Mary University of London and University College London. He is currently finishing his PhD in History at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His digital fields of expertise are geospatial visualization, audiovisual sources and applied AI.

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Oleh Serbin
General Director, Yaroslav Mudryy National library of Ukraine

Oleh Serbin

Oleh Serbin, Ukrainian librarian, doctor of science in social communications, candidate of historical sciences, senior researcher, acting.  General Director Yaroslav Mudryy National Library of Ukraine, Professor of the Department of Information Technologies of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts and the Department of Archiving and Special Branches of Historical Science of the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University.  Leading specialist in the field of systematization, indexing and library and information classifications in Ukraine.

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Deb Seys
Senior Director of Learning & Communities, Alation

Deb Seys

Deb Seys, Alation’s Sr. Dir., Learning & Communities, has a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Previously, she led data and information management, discovery and search efforts at companies including eBay, Kaiser Permanente, and HP Labs.

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Luna Nombrano Larsen
Founder and Manager of the Empowering Autistic Scholars Mentoring and Research Training Program at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

Luna Nombrano Larsen

Luna Nombrano Larsen, M.A., is a proud autistic and dyslexic woman and passionate neurodiversity advocate. She has devoted her career to fighting for educational equity, including supporting underrepresented college students in pursuing their academic and professional goals. She is the founder and manager of the Empowering Autistic Scholars Mentoring and Research Training Program at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, which provides inclusive community; peer mentoring; holistic supports; and professional development and research training for autistic scholars.

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Dr. Eric Endlich
Clinical Psychologist and Founder of Top College Consultants®

Dr. Eric Endlich

Eric Endlich, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and founder of Top College Consultants®, helps students with learning differences and emotional challenges apply to college. Dr. Endlich is on the Learning Differences/Neurodiversity and Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Committees of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), and was honored by IECA with a “Making a Difference” award for contributions such as a neurodiversity-friendly college list. Dr.

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Dr. Sanda Erdelez
Dean of the School of Library and Information Science, Simmons University

Dr. Sanda Erdelez

Dr. Sanda Erdelez is the Dean of the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University in Boston. She received her LL.B. and LL.M degrees from the University of Osijek Law School (Croatia) and Ph.D. in information transfer from Syracuse University. She was also a faculty member at the University of Missouri, University of Texas at Austin and University of Osijek. Dr. Erdelez is a former Fulbright Scholar and recipient of The Texas Excellence Teaching Award and The ALISE Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award.

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Tiffany Duck
Customer Success Manager for Skilltype

Tiffany Duck

Tiffany Duck is a Customer Success Manager for Skilltype, a talent management software for libraries. Tiffany is very active in the LIS profession and passionate about serving others and participating in various initiatives that create  lasting impact within our communities.  She was a recipient of the prestigious John C. Tyson award and received the Rising Leader award from the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) in 2018.

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Liudmyla Diadyk
Director of the Cherkasy Regional Universal Scientific Library named after Taras Shevchenko

Liudmyla Diadyk

Людмила Дядик
Директор Черкаської обласної універсальної наукової бібліотеки імені Тараса Шевченка

I am a professional librarian. In 1991, she graduated from the Kyiv State Institute of Culture, majoring in librarian-bibliographer of technical literature. Since then, for 30 years, I have only one entry in my work book about being hired at the Cherkasy Regional Universal Scientific Library. All my work is connected with my favorite job in the best library. It was here that I went through all the stages of professional growth, formed as a person.

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Dr. Stephanie Brasley
Dean of the University Library at California State University, Dominguez Hills

Dr. Stephanie Brasley

Dr. Stephanie Brasley has facilitated student engagement and success as Dean of the University Library at California State University, Dominguez Hills, in Carson, California for the past nine years. Previously, she served as Dean of Academic Affairs at Los Angeles Southwest College. Prior to that, she managed systemwide information literacy initiatives for the California State University system. She received her MLS and BA in Spanish Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her doctorate, from Brandman University, focused on organizational leadership.

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Michael A. Crumpton
Professor and Dean of the University Libraries at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Michael Crumpton

Michael A. Crumpton, MLS, SHRM-SCP, is professor and dean of the University Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Crumpton oversees library operations and services with the team of librarians and staff. He is an affiliated faculty member for the Department of Library and Information Science, as well as a certified senior human resources professional. He is the editor of the Journal of Learning Spaces, an open access journal (libjournal.uncg.edu/jls) and a past-president of the North Carolina Library Association.

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Elaina Norlin
Professional Development DEI Coordinator, ASERL

Elaina Norlin

Elaina Norlin is the Professional Development DEI Coordinator for the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries. She is an accomplished teacher, technology and leadership development trainer, and writer with extensive leadership experience and a flair for public relations, organizational development, marketing and persuasion and communications. Author of two books, she has delivered over 70 workshops, training sessions, presentations, and institutes both nationally and internationally on marketing, web usability design, facilitation, strategic influence, and conflict management.

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Dominique Dozier
Student Success Librarian, Santa Clara University

Dominique Dozier

Dominique Dozier is the Student Success Librarian at Santa Clara University. In her role, she supports first generation, first year, and transfer students and student success programs on campus. In addition, she serves as the subject librarian to Women and Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies.

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David Weisman
Filmmaker, Legislative Director, Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility

David Weisman

David Weisman (he/him) is an educational multimedia creator and documentarian specializing in urban poverty and reform in developing world nations. He produced a 28-part series on environmental science and technology sponsored by the National Science Foundation. He has completed two web-based oral histories, co-creating the CCQAP and the Texas Legacy Project (published by Texas A&M University Press). He is the legislative director of the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility focused on the decommissioning of the last remaining nuclear power plants in California.