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Past Task Forces

Local Arrangements Task Force: ALA LibLearnX (Baltimore)

Chair:
Tatanisha “Tiki” Love

EB Liaison:
Danilo Baylen

Members:
Tony Nguyen

Local Arrangements Task Force: ALA Annual 2024 – San Diego

Co-Chairs:
Amy Pham
Jamie Lin
Regina Gong

EB Liaison:
Amy Kyung-eun Breslin

Members:
Timothy Chu
Jennifer SironMonnee Tong

Charge: To organize APALA social events including field trips and social dinners/banquets at LibLearnX and ALA Annual Conference.

APALA Engagement Task Force

Co-Chairs:
Jenay M. Dougherty
Danilo Baylen

EB Liaison:
Danilo Baylen

Members
Alysa Cua
Chella Vaidyanathan

Charge: Identify APALA’s past and potential engagement opportunities with Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, and Central, South, Southeast and Southwest Asian American library workers who may or may not be APALA members.



Local Arrangements Task Force: ALA LibLearnX (New Orleans)

Co-Chairs:
Jennifer Chan
Bernadette Birzer
Nicollette Davis

EB Liaison:
Danilo Baylen


Local Arrangements Task Force: ALA Annual 2023 – Chicago


Co-Chairs:
Sarah Okner
Jane Khaytin
Mimosa Shah

EB Liaison:
Keno Catabay

Charge: To organize APALA social events including field trips and social dinners/banquets at LibLearnX and ALA Annual Conference.


Statement and Advocacy Task Force

Converted to a Committee in June 2022.

Chair:
Angela Kent

EB Liaison:
Cynthia Mari Orozco

Members:
Sarah Cruz
Moonyung Kang-Larsen
Jackson Huang
Reanna Esmail

Local Arrangements Task Force: ALA LibLearnX 2022 – San Antonio

Co-Chairs:
Ariana Santiago
Johana Orellana Cabrera

EB Liaison:
Yen Tran

Local Arrangements Task Force: ALA Annual 2022 – Washington, DC

Chair:
Hannah Park
Kat Bell

EB Liaison:
Anu Vedantham

Members:
Young-Joo Lee
Rose Chou
Charisma Lee
Jennifer Quiambao

APALA Strategic Planning Task Force 2021-2024

Candice Wing-yee Mack
Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada
Kat Bell
Ray Pun

2020 ALA Midwinter Local Arrangements (2019-2020)

Crystal Chen
Anastasia Chiu
Chella Vaidyanathan
Anu Vedantham

Board Liaison: Rose Love Chou

Task Force on Intersectionality 

Board Liaison: Jaena Cabrera

Chair: Melissa Cardenas-Dow

Members:

Hilda Loh-Guan

Sheeji Kathuria

Sunny Kim

Local Arrangement

Board Liaison: Lana Adlawan

Chair: Charlene Hsu Gross

Members:

Kathryn Blackmer

Ariana Lim

Janet Tom

Shazia Wilson

Cynthia Kiyotake (Denver, Colorado)

2017 Smithsonian/Asian Literature

Board Liaison: Lessa Pelayo-Lozada

Co-chair: Sherise Kimura

Co-Chair: Eugenia Beh

Members: TBA

ALA Diversity and Outreach Fair

Board Liaison:  Annie Pho

Co-Chair: Jenny Yap

Task Force: Archives

Chair: Cat Phan

Members:
Ann Matsushima Chiu
Susie Quinn
Sine Jensen (UC Berkeley Liaison)

EB Liaison: Ray Pun

Task Force: 2017 Annual ALA Diversity & Outreach Fair

Co-chairs: Annie Pho & Jenny Yap

Members:
Tina Chan
Ann Crewdson

EB Liaison: Brian Leaf

Task Force: 2017 Midwinter Local Arrangements – Atlanta

Chair: Paolo Gujilde

Members:
Charlene Hsu Gross
Ximin Mi
Cynthia del Rosario
Tricia Sung

EB Liaison: Peter Spyers-Duran

Task Force: 2017 Annual Local Arrangements – Chicago

Co-Chairs: Ariana Lim & Anna Coats

Members:
Sayaka Suzuki
Ikumi Crocoll
Sarah Okner
Alvin Dantes

Literature Awards Liaison:  Ven Basco

Finance & Fundraising Liaison:

EB Liaison: Anna Coats

Last updated 07/03/2023