Birmingham Public Library Board

The Birmingham Public Library Board was established in 1913 to oversee the assets and operations of the Birmingham Public Library system. It was a successor to the Birmingham Public Library Association, organized in 1908.

Under current city ordinance, the Birmingham City Council appoints ten members to the board for 5-year terms. In addition, the president of the Friends of the Birmingham Public Library sits on the board as an advisory (non-voting) member. Members are not compensated for their service, but can be reimbursed for approved travel relating to board business.

Board members

1913

J. W. Donnelly, president; W. C. Gewin; D. M. Lewis; Thomas Duke Parke; Mrs E. L. Smith; Mrs J. M. Hankins; Lily Lykes; E. E. Smith; Mrs R. DuPont Thompson

1970

Mervyn Sterne, president; Ormand Somerville, vice-president; Harwell Davis; Mrs A. H. Hoyle; Paul Huffstuttler; Mrs Alex Wellman; W. W. McDuffie; Bessie Estell; W. W. Walker; Frank Peake (County Advisory Board)

2002

• Gwendolyn Welch (1st term)

2008

• Gwendolyn Welch, chair
• Nell Allen, vice-president
• Shanta Craig Owens, parliamentarian
• Anthony Johnson (1st term)
• Lillie Fincher

2014

Gwendolyn Amamoo, president; Georgia Morgan Blair, vice-president; Gwendolyn Guster Welch, immediate past president, Scott Vowell, parliamentarian, Monique Gardner-Witherspoon, Patty Pilkerton, Kimberly Richardson; Sam Rumore Jr; Dora Sims; Katrina Watson; Regina Ammon (Advisory Board Member); Johnathan Austin (Council Education Chair), Kamilah Gray-Lewis (Council President's Representative), Courtney Hunter (Council President's Representative), Tyrone Silman (Mayor's Representative)

2016

Kimberly Richardson, president; Gwendolyn Amamoo, immediate past president & parliamentarian; Georgia Morgan Blair, vice-president; Willie Davis III, Patty Pilkerton; Eunice Rogers; Dora Sims; James Sullivan; Scott Vowell; Gwendolyn Guster Welch, Regina Ammon (Advisory Board Member), Tyrone Silmon (Mayor's Representative)

2017

• Georgia Morgan Blair (2002-2018), president
• James Sullivan (2016-2021), vice president
• Scott Vowell (2011-2020), parliamentarian
• Gwendolyn Amamoo (2006-2018)
• Fatima Carter (January 2018-2021)
• Willie Davis III (2016-2020)
• Sherri Nielson (April 2018-2021)
• Kimberly Richardson (2013-2022)
• Eunice Rogers (2016-2020)
• Dora Sims
• Gwendolyn Welch
• Tyrone Silmon, Mayor's representative

2018

• James Sullivan (2016-2021), president
• Gwendolyn Amamoo (2006-2018), vice president
• Scott Vowell (2011-2020), parliamentarian
• Wardine Alexander (April-October 2018)
• Fatima Carter (January 2018-2021)
• Willie Davis III (2016-2020)
• Sherri Nielson (April 2018-2021)
• Kimberly Richardson (2013-2022)
• Eunice Rogers (2016-2020)

External links

• Library Board at bplonline.org