Last Thursday, the Toledo Lucas County Public Library Board of Trustees moved to appoint me as the permanent Executive Director/Fiscal Officer of the library. I’m humbled and honored to have the privilege of serving our library system and community in this new role. Our Trustees underwent the careful process of conducting a national search for our late director’s replacement — a process that was only made more difficult by the circumstances under which they had to do their work. I am indebted to them for the opportunity to show them, our staff, and our communities the leadership potential Clyde Scoles saw in me when he recruited me back to the area nearly five years ago. His legacy is strong here at TLCPL, and it’s my aim to build on it.
