Bring any Eastside Market receipts to your PCL library & 1% of the total receipt will be donated to us.
PCL Board of Directors
Providence Community Library is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of a maximum of 25 Directors. Nine members of the Board serve as representatives of the Friends organizations of each of PCL’s nine neighborhood libraries. The Mayor of Providence appoints three members to the Board, two of whom are members of the community and one of whom is a member of the Mayor’s staff. The City Council appoints two community members to the Board. The Governor of Rhode Island appoints one community member. The PCL staff elects one representative to the Board. Lastly, nine members are elected by the Board of Directors. The Board elects four of its members to be officers.
Board meetings are held monthly (except for the month of August) and are conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Open Meeting Law of Rhode Island. The Annual Meeting takes place in September.
Board of Directors (2009-10)
Marcus Mitchell, President
Patricia Raub, Vice President
Linda J. Kushner, Secretary
Ellen Schwartz, Treasurer
Christian Calderone (City Council appointee)
Joan Dagle (Washington Park Representative)
Dale Gorton (Friends of Wanskuck representative)
Althea Graves (Friends of Smith Hill representative)
Alan Gunther (Staff representative)
Owen Johnson (Mayoral appointee)
Peter Karczmar (Friends of Knight Memorial representative)
Sister Ann Keefe SSJ
Rochelle Lee (City Council appointee)
Mark McKenney (Governor’s appointee)
Kara Neymeyr (Friends of Rochambeau representative)
Alix Ogden (Mayoral Staff appointee)
Maureen Romans (Friends of Mt. Pleasant representative)
Sharon Simpson (Friends of South Providence representative)
Cyndie Wilmot (Friends of Olneyville representative)
Ken Wise (Friends of Fox Point representative)
Board Meeting Minutes
December 16, 2009
November 16, 2009
October 21, 2009
September 16, 2009
July 22, 2009