The Texas Library Association is proud to announce the new participants selected for the Texas Accelerated Library Leaders Institute for 2009, better known as TALL Texans.
The institute will take place at the Montserrat Retreat Center in the town of Lake Dallas on June 14-18, 2009. The updated curriculum covers professional issues from the latest scholarly publications on leadership, taught in a practical and immediately applicable way by Harvard University instructor Maureen Sullivan and George Washington University Library Director Jack Siggins. Six mentors, all veteran leaders from Texas libraries, provide additional instruction and support: Incoming TLA President Patrick Heath Incoming TLA President Elect (election in progress) Brett Kirkpatrick, Director of Library Services, UT Medical Branch, Galveston Tracy Mendoza, Dean of Library Services, Northeast Lakeview College, San Antonio Becky Sullivan, Director, Riter C. Hulsey Public Library, Terrell Robert Watkins, Associate Executive Director, Amigos Library Services, Dallas The 2009 TALL Texans will be: Jennifer Lynn Anderson, Texas A&M Corpus Christi Susan Joyce Bennett, Texas State Library, Austin Dr. Kaye Bray, Texas Woman's University, Denton Becky Calzada, Leander ISD Susan Chandler, Sterling Municipal Library, Baytown Lynne Craddock, Dallas Public Library Carmen Escamilla, United ISD, Laredo David Fettke, Dallas Public Library Cara Fong, Aldine ISD, Houston Stephanie Fulton, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston WyLaina Hildreth, Denton Public Library Gail Johnston, Texas A&M Commerce Karen Kessel, Hays CISD, Kyle April Kessler, University of Texas at Austin Becky Suzanne Lee, Spring Branch ISD John Maxstadt, Texas A&M International, Laredo Denise Milton, Jasper Public Library Marci Peschke, Dallas ISD Pat Peters, Lewisville Public Library Kelly Skovbjerg, Boerne Public Library Jennifer Smith, East Central ISD, San Antonio Sara Tebes, Irving Public Library Jennifer Turney, Angleton ISD Loren Zawodny, Montgomery County Memorial Lib. System, The Woodlands Please welcome our newest participants in the TALL Texans Leadership Development Institute! Ted Ted Wanner TALL Texans Institute Coordinator Texas Library Association ******************************************************* You are currently subscribed to talltexans as: [email protected]. Subscription is automatic, based on member preferences. If you would like to be removed from all of your unit distribution lists, please update your membership setting "I do not want to be automatically subscribed to my Unit electronic distribution list(s)" via the Modify Membership Information/Choices found in the Members Only Section of www.txla.org.
