governance

USBBY is governed by a Board of Directors that includes an elected Executive Committee and twelve Directors (four elected and eight appointed), who represent the USBBY membership as well as USBBY´s patron organizations: Children´s Book Council (CBC), the American Library Association (ALA), the International Literacy Association (formerly IRA), and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).

The Executive Director (who is an ex officio non-voting member of the Board) is the administrative officer of the organization. The Secretariat is currently based at the Center for Teaching Through Children's Books, National-Louis University, Skokie, Illinois.
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executive committee

V. Ellis
​Vance
​Executive Director

Terrell
​Young
President

Evelyn Freeman
​Vice-President,
​President Elect

Therese Bigelow
​Past President

Jim
​Stiles
Treasurer

Wendy Stephens
Recording Secretary

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appointed directors

Terry Borzumato-Greenberg
CBC

 Tucker Stone
CBC

Karen Perry
​ALA

Susan Polos
​ALA

Isaac Larison
ILA

Deborah Wooten
ILA

Shanetia Clark
​NCTE

Deanna Day
NCTE

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elected directors

Petros Panaou

Lizette Serrano

Lisa Von Drasek

Janet Wong

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secretariat

Junko Yokota

Katelyn Raby

The USBBY Board of Directors meets three times annually. The organization also convenes an annual meeting for its members, which is held either at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention, or at the biennial IBBY Regional Conference. The USBBY Board and USBBY members participate in twelve or more active committees, generally working from a distance electronically.

resources

USBBY Manual

Current Committee Appointments

Introduction to 
​USBBY (.pptx)