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
V. Ellis
​Vance
​Executive Director
Terrell
​Young
President
(through 2019)
Evelyn Freeman
​Vice-President,
​President Elect
(through 2021)
Therese Bigelow
​Past President
​(through 2019)
Jim
​Stiles
Treasurer
Wendy Stephens
Recording Secretary
​(through 2019)

appointed directors

Terry Borzumato-Greenberg
CBC
​(through 2019)
 Tucker Stone
CBC
(through 2020)
Karen Perry
​ALA
​(through 2020)
Susan Polos
​ALA
​(through 2019)
Isaac Larison
ILA
​(through 2019)
Deborah Wooten
ILA
​(through 2020)
Shanetia Clark
​NCTE
​(through 2020)
Deanna Day
NCTE
​(through 2019)

elected directors

Petros Panaou
(through 2019)
Lizette Serrano
​​(through 2020)
Lisa Von Drasek
​​(through 2020)
Janet Wong
(through 2019)

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)