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Meet the Team
Meet the Principals
Chief Librarian,
Surrey Libraries
Executive Director,
Public Library InterLINK BC
Patricia Chong
Manager, Policy & Planning,
Vancouver Public Library
Visiting Program Officer (Leadership Development Initiatives)
Former Dean of Libraries
Memorial University
Christina de Castell
Chief Executive Officer,
Vancouver Public Library
Associate Chief Librarian.
University of British Columbia -
Okanagan
Chief Executive Officer,
Fraser Valley Regional Library
Moe Hosseini-Ara
Director, Branch Operations & Customer Experience,
Toronto Public Library
Chief Librarian,
North Vancouver City Public Library
Certified Executive Coach,
Organizational Development Librarian,
University of Manitoba
Director, Health Sciences Library
McMaster University
Chief Executive Officer
Edmonton Public Library
Mary Ann Mavrinac,
Vice Provost and Neilly Emeritus Dean,
University of Rochester Libraries
Manager, Community Development
Burnaby Public Library
University Librarian,
Brock University
Director, Learning Resources & Records Management, Privacy Officer,
Douglas College
Chief Executive Officer,
Greater Victoria Public Library
Former Chief Librarian,
New Westminster Public Library
Chief Executive Officer,
Edmonton Community Foundation
Chief Administrative Officer,
Pemberton, BC
Leslie Weir
Librarian and Archivist of Canada
LLEAD5 Learning Guides
Plus A Few of the Guest Lecturers
Doug Kobayashi
Councillor, City of Colwood
Board Member, Greater Victoria Public Library
Retired Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Canadian Air Force
Tanis Fink
Director Libraries, Learning Commons and Testing Centres, Seneca College
Mary Lee Kennedy
Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries
Former Chief Operating Officer, New York Public Library
Alex Gavrilov
Learning Strategies Advisory and
Nan Ami
Centre for Academic Communication Manager University of Victoria
Karen Munro
Associate Dean, Learning and Research Services
Simon Fraser University Libraries
LLEAD is directly responsible for helping me achieve a place at the Leadership table that I had until then found every excuse to avoid! Throughout the year there wasn’t a topic, presenter or speaker that didn’t elevate my understanding of key concepts and principles needed to be effective in my role as a manager. The net result was that I not only benefited from an engaged and resourceful network of colleagues and mentors, but it paved the way for me to move into a managerial position that I had never felt confident enough to pursue, previously. - LLEAD 2016 Grad
Paul Burry
Library Director,
Prince George Public Library