November 19, 2025
The EAST Board of Directors is pleased to announce the results of recent elections for the Board of Directors and the Operations Committee and welcomes new and returning leaders.
The Board will welcome four new Directors in January, including Frances Maloy of Union College, Jennifer Resor-Whicker of Radford University, Josh Petrusa of Butler University, and Susan Myers of Spartanburg Methodist College. These four individuals bring a wealth of experience to the EAST Board of Directors and represent the geographic span of EAST.
The Operations Committee (OC) will welcome one new member and four returning members. Alison Boehme of Hanover College joins the Operations Committee representing the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI), the consortium to most recently join EAST. Returning to the OC are Alison Armstrong of Radford University, John Myers of Union College, Steve Smith of University of Massachusetts, Boston, and Tiffany Russell of North Carolina A&T State University.
The EAST Board of Directors and Program Team extend their congratulations to all those elected.
At the same time, four Directors will be leaving the EAST Board at the end of 2025, including Katy O’Neill of Loyola Notre Dame Library, Marta Brunner of Skidmore College, Matthew Sheehy of Brandeis University, and Scott Warren of Syracuse University.
The EAST Board of Directors and Program Team are deeply grateful for the many years of service to EAST this group has given. All four helped to lead EAST through both the early days of being an independent non-profit organization and a significant staffing transition with the retirement of Program Director Emerita, Susan Stearns. Their leadership has been essential to the ongoing success of EAST.
Contacts
EAST: Tina Baich, Director, tbaich@eastlibraries.org
About EAST
EAST’s mission is to secure the print scholarly record in support of teaching, learning, and research. It does so through the collaborative effort of more than 170 academic and research institutions spanning 15 states to document, protect, and provide long-term access to their print collections. By ensuring that scholarly content across the libraries is retained locally on behalf of all EAST members, faculty, students, and scholars can have confidence that they will have ongoing access to these resources through the EAST Lending Network. Today, more than 11 million books and 37,000 journal titles are protected through the EAST collective collection.
About New EAST Directors
Frances Maloy
Frances Maloy is the College Librarian at Union College, Schenectady, NY. Prior to this appointment, Frances was at Emory University where she served in a variety of leadership roles and at Hamilton College. Frances has held many leadership roles in the profession both regionally and nationally, including the 2004-2005 President of the Association of College and Research Libraries, The Oberlin Group, and ConnectNY. Frances received her Masters in Library Science from the University at Albany and her Bachelors of Arts from St. Lawrence University.
Jennifer Resor-Whicker
Jennifer Resor-Whicker serves as the University Librarian at Radford University, where she has been a member of the library faculty since 2010. She holds both an MLIS and a BA from UNC-Greensboro. She represents Radford University on the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) Steering Committee and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Library Advisory Committee. Within the Virginia Library Association (VLA), Jennifer has held numerous leadership roles, including Secretary, Vice President/President-Elect, President, and Immediate Past President. She is also a long-time co-chair of the Innovative Library Classroom Conference (TILC), a leading regional event for instructional librarianship that has convened annually since 2014.
Josh Petrusa
Josh Petrusa joined Butler University Libraries in 2010, first as Associate Dean, then serving as Dean of Libraries since December 2022. His MLIS is from the University of Illinois, and his BA in Media Studies from DePaul University. Prior to Butler he held several positions at Norwich University and DePaul University libraries, working in cataloging, collection development, e-resources management, and digital initiatives. He has presented at ALA, ER&L, and LITA, published in Library Leadership & Administration, served on various ACRL committees, and is also on the board of the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services and the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana.
Susan Myers
Susan Rudisill Myers is the Director of the Marie Burgess Library at Spartanburg Methodist College, where she leads high-impact library services that support teaching, learning, and student success. She brings more than two decades of experience as an educator and librarian, with a background that spans K–12, academic libraries, instructional technology, and community outreach. At SMC, she oversees library operations, teaches information literacy, mentors students, and develops innovative workshops and research guides that help students build confidence as researchers. Her professional interests include interactive library instruction, student engagement, and designing creative exhibits that spark curiosity. Susan is an active presenter at statewide and regional conferences and recently earned SMC’s True Pioneer Award for her contributions to campus. She holds an MLIS and SLIS from the University of South Carolina and a BS in Elementary Education from the College of Charleston.