The purpose of the USBBY State Ambassadors Program is to promote the use of literature to build international understanding and to spread the word about USBBY as a professional organization.
We hope to involve more of our current members in activities related to our mission within their states as well as gain new members. These activities might include distributing information on state listservs, creating displays, presenting sessions at local conferences, organizing book discussion groups, or promoting International Children's Book Day.
Currently, the following states have ambassadors:
Currently, the following states have ambassadors:
- Alabama: Jamie Naidoo and Wendy Steadman Stephens
- California: Joan Schoettler
- Connecticut: Yvonne de St. Croix
- Georgia: Danilo Baylen and Petros Panaou
- Illinois: Susan Corapi, Jen Cullerton Johnson, and Linda Wessels
- Iowa: Taraneh Matloob Haghanikar
- Kentucky: Diana Porter
- Maryland: Shanetia Clark, Patricia Dean, and Elizabeth Lewis
- Massachusetts: Bindy Fleischman
- Minnesota: Pam Were
- New Mexico: Yoo Kyung Sung
- New York: Susan Polos and Catherine Sorenson
- North Carolina: Elizabeth Swaggerty
- Ohio: Robin Gibson
- Oklahoma: Sue Christian Parsons
- South Carolina: Yang Wang
- Tennessee: Heather Matthews
- Texas: Ragina Shearer, Denise Davila, and Marion Rocco
- Utah: Lauren Liang
- Virginia: Doris Gebel
- Washington: Margaret Vaughn
- West Virginia: Isaac Willis Larison
- Wisconsin: Marilyn Ward
If you would like to learn more about becoming a state ambassador,
contact Evie Freeman or Kathy Short.
contact Evie Freeman or Kathy Short.