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The Friends of the Minneapolis
Public Library Elected New Leadership
Glenn
Miller Named President at Annual Meeting
At The Friends annual
meeting on September 26, Glenn Miller was
elected as President of the Board, succeeding
Elizabeth Redleaf. Miller is the Vice
President of Creative Services at Hoffman
Communications.
“The Minneapolis Public
Library system is at a point of transition,”
said Miller. “I’m excited for the
opportunities this consolidation presents to the
Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library.
Over the next two years, we will be focused on
advocacy for more hours and improved service
within all Minneapolis libraries, as well as
increasing our foundation of private financial
support. We also are very excited to create a
closer relationship with the Library
Foundation of Hennepin County for innovative
programming and the creation of joint
initiatives.”
READ ON... Other board officers
elected on September 26 include Holly Denis,
Vice President; Dan Spiller, Treasurer and
Operations Committee Chair; Kathy Graves,
Secretary and Marketing Committee Chair;
Christina Melloh, Advocacy Committee Chair;
Bill Levin, Development Committee Chair; Tom
Bartel, Program Committee Chair; and Elizabeth
Redleaf, Governance Committee Chair.
At the meeting, Barbara
Haugen, who also serves on the board of the
Nashville Public Library Foundation, was
elected to The Friends board. Five other board
members were re-elected for second terms: Tom
Bartel, Publisher of the Rake; Christina
Melloh, Vice President and Associate Group
General Counsel, The Travelers Companies; Dan
Spiller, Senior Vice President of Corporate
Treasury, U.S. Bancorp; Lisa Whitehill, a
librarian at the Minnesota Historical Society;
and Beth Willis, Vice President of Corporate
Communication, Xcel Energy.
Previously, Glenn Miller
served as the chair of The Friends Program
Committee and oversee the development of the
popular Talk of the Stacks series and the
expansion of The People’s University program.
Elizabeth Redleaf steps
down after two years as Friends President.
Redleaf was a member of the New Central
Library Capital Campaign Steering Committee,
which raised $16.4 million for the new
Minneapolis Central Library. She also chaired
the new Central Library Grand Opening. During
her two years as president, The Friends annual
fund increased from $650,000 to $1.7 million.
2007 - 2008 Board Officers
Glenn Miller, President
Vice President of Creative Services, Hoffman
Communications
Holly Denis, Vice
President
Community volunteer
Daniel H. Spiller, Treasurer/Operations
Committee Chair
Senior
Vice President of Corporate Treasury, U.S.
Bancorp
Kathy Graves,
Secretary/Marketing Committee Chair
Partner, Parenteau Graves Communications
Christina Melloh,
Advocacy Committee Chair
Director of
Strategic Planning & Analysis, The Mosaic
Company
William Levin,
Development Committee Chair
Managing Director, Fixed
Income Institutional Sales, Piper Jaffray
Tom Bartel, Program
Committee Chair
Publisher, The Rake
Elizabeth Redleaf,
Immediate Past President/Governance Committee
Chair
Community volunteer
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