Speakers

Serving Immigrant Populations

Soaring to Excellence

Bill Erbes is the Assistant Director of the Bensenville Community Public Library District and heads up a panel of experts that includes:

Rohini Bokka, Manager of Technical Services, Naperville (Illinois) Public Library

Archana Bokka, Volunteer at the Bensenville and Naperville Public Libraries (both in Illinois)

Vandella Brown, Diversity Services Manager, Illinois State Library

Tammy Deboyne, Director, Beardstown Houston Public Library, Beardstown, Illinois

Loida Garcia-Febo, Spanish Language Collections/Cultural Arts Manager, New Americans Program, Borough of Queens Public Library, Jamaica, New York

Lester Park, Community Services Librarian, Bensenville (Illinois) Community Public Library District

Jill Rodriguez, Director, Bensenville (Illinois) Community Public Library District

Gary Sarpy, Adult Education Coordinator at Gads Hill Center in Chicago, Illinois

Marc Thomas, Information Services Manager at the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC)

Carolyn Walz, Library Director of the Estherville Public Library in Iowa

Randi Weiss, Project Coordinator for PolyTalk, an LSTA grant-funded project to help limited-English-proficient patrons