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 based at the Center for Teaching Through Children's Books, National Louis University, Skokie, Illinois.
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executive committee

Junko Yokota
​Executive Director

Tucker ​Stone
President

Evelyn Freeman
​Past President

Jim ​Stiles
Treasurer

Ellen Myrick
Recording Secretary

Wendy Stephens
President-Elect

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appointed directors

Carl Lennertz
CBC

Lizette Serrano
CBC

Robin Gibson
​ALA

Sara Kelly Johns
​ALA

Isaac Larison
ILA

Miriam Martinez
ILA

Lauren Liang
​NCTE

Gloria Boutte
NCTE

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elected directors

Ariana Hussein

Claudette McLinn

Susan Polos

Angus Yuen-Killick

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secretariat

Junko Yokota

Christina Moorehead

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Webmaster

Marion Rocco

 

Executive Director Emeritus

V. Ellis Vance

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)