Leadership

Executive Committee

  • John Mathews II, President
  • Olga G. Chavez, President-elect
  • Rolando Cruz, Treasurer
  • Pearl Hanks, Secretary
  • Liz Munzer, VP Philanthropy
  • Celina Luna, VP Public Affairs
  • Nital Patel, Member at Large

Directors

  • Diane Anglin
  • Bette Baker
  • Charlyn Bender
  • Colleen Bentley
  • Jeff Carrick
  • Julia Huang
  • Barbara Long
  • Sean Reilly
  • Gregory Zinberg

Honorary Directors

  • The Honorable Robert Garcia, Member of Congress
  • The Honorable Lena Gonzalez, California State Senate
  • The Honorable Josh Lowenthal, California State Assembly
  • The Honorable Janice Hahn, Los Angeles Board of Supervisors
  • The Honorable Rex Richardson, City of Long Beach Mayor
  • The Honorable Douglas Haubert, Long Beach City Prosecutor
  • Dr. Jane Close Conoley, President, CSULB
  • Dr. Mike Muñoz, President, Long Beach City College
  • Margaret Durnin, Founder, Long Beach Public Library Foundation
  • Billie Jean King, Billie Jean King Foundation

Executive Director/CEO

  • Veronica Garcia Dávalos

Ex Officio Directors

  • Cathy De Leon, Director, Department of Library, Arts, and Culture, City of Long Beach
  • Barbara Sosa, President, Friends of the Long Beach Public Library

Directors Emeriti

  • Dee Abrahamse*
  • Lance Adams
  • Robert Alperin
  • Rick Alsagoff
  • Rich Archbold
  • John Arcos
  • Cheryl Avirom
  • Mary E. Barton, Ph.D.
  • Susan Bathory
  • Helene Belisle
  • Sarah Bennett
  • Evelyn Best
  • Paul Blanco
  • Beryl Brooks*
  • Eric Brown
  • Madson Buchbinder
  • Robert Campbell
  • Darrell Cannon
  • Kenia Casarreal*
  • Honorable Thomas J. Clark*
  • Peter Cossavella
  • Catherine Cowan
  • Carl Cowan
  • James Crenshaw
  • Susan DeLand
  • Margaret Durnin
  • Barbara Enlow
  • M. Lissette Flores
  • John Gallegos
  • Miriam Garcia
  • Mina Gill
  • Jack Gray
  • Frances Grover*
  • James Grubbs
  • John Hancock
  • Mary Hancock-Hinds
  • Catherine Heide
  • Nancy Marie Higginson*
  • Cordelia Howard
  • Lorrie Hutton
  • Jack Irvin
  • Vic Irwin
  • Tom Ivey
  • Rese Jacobs
  • Diane Jacobus
  • Stephanie James
  • Donita Joseph
  • Jerry Katell
  • Robert Kilpatrick*
  • Tim Kirk
  • Mary Lamo-Putnam*
  • Helena Lisk
  • Ronald Litzinger
  • Ron Marcotte
  • Ann Margis
  • Sylvia Maxson
  • Victor McCarty*
  • Gonzalo Medina
  • Nancy Merrill*
  • Ludmila Montoya*
  • Carlene Murphy
  • Mike Murray
  • Kim Neipling
  • Anil Pandya
  • Suzanne Poulsen*
  • Lynne Preslo*
  • Joseph Prevratil*
  • Allan Rahn
  • Susan Redfield
  • Thomas Reep
  • Jim Reep*
  • Barbara Schwerin
  • Carl Shafer
  • J.P. Shotwell
  • Lynn Shrum*
  • Renee Simon
  • Margaret Smith
  • Melissa Smith
  • Doris Soriano
  • Dorothy Spencer
  • Robert Stanger
  • Leslie Starck
  • Michael Stugrin*
  • Leticia Suarez
  • Kenny Taing
  • Kay Tortorice*
  • Indira Hale Tucker*
  • Leo Vander Lans*
  • Joan Van Hooten
  • Chuck Wardrop
  • DeeDee West
  • David Zanatta

*In Memoriam