ATLA - Key Persons


Alexis Weiss

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Andrew Kosmowski

Job Titles:
  • Librarian, North American Center for Marianist Studies

Andy Lofthus

Job Titles:
  • Information Services Coordinator, Western Seminary

Armin Siedlecki

Job Titles:
  • Head of Cataloging and Rare Book Cataloger, Pitts Theology Library, Emory University
  • Head of Cataloging and Rare Books Cataloger
  • Head of Cataloging and Rare Books Cataloger, Pitts Theology Library, Emory University
  • Member of Committee

Atla Board

Job Titles:
  • President of the Board

Beth Bidlack

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Beth Kumar

Job Titles:
  • Director of Library Services
  • Director of Library Services, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, Graduate Theological Union

Bobby Smiley

Job Titles:
  • Interim Director, Divinity Library, Vanderbilt University

Chad Handshy

Job Titles:
  • Director of Financial Services

Christina Torbert

Job Titles:
  • President of the Board

Craig Kubic

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( August 2020 - June 2024 )
  • Chairman of Committee

Cristina Ochoa

Job Titles:
  • Product Specialist

Cynthia M. Whitacre

Job Titles:
  • Senior Metadata Operations Manager
  • Senior Metadata Operations Manager, OCLC

Daniel Flores

Job Titles:
  • Library Director and University Librarian, Sappenfield Chair of Library Science, and Assistant Professor
  • Library Director and University Librarian, Sappenfield Chair of Library Science, and Assistant Professor, Blumberg Memorial Library, Texas Lutheran University
  • Member of Committee

David Kriegh

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Denise McFarlin

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Dolores Yilibuw

Dolores Yilibuw currently directs and oversees daily operations, as well as collection management and library technology at Lexington Theological Seminary. She has an MSLIS from FSU, an MAR from Emory School of Arts and Sciences, a ThM from Candler School of Theology, an MDiv from Asian Theological Seminary in Manila, Philippines, and a BA from Asbury College (now University) in Wilmore, KY. Ms. Yilibuw is a native of Yap Island in Micronesia who currently resides in Lexington, KY.

Dr. Carisse Mickey Berryhill

Job Titles:
  • Special Assistant for Strategic Initiatives to the Dean of the Brown Library, Abilene Christian University
Dr. Carisse Mickey Berryhill Special Assistant for Strategic Initiatives to the Dean of the Brown Library, Abilene Christian University View Bio

Elaina Norlin

Job Titles:
  • Professional Development and DEI Coordinator, ASERL

Elkie Burnside

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of the Writing Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Elli Cucksey

Job Titles:
  • DEI Committee Representative
  • Head Librarian at Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University
  • Member of Committee

Eric Benoy

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Evan Kuehn

Job Titles:
  • Reference and Instruction Librarian, North Park University

Ezra Choe

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Flora Lamson Hewlett

Job Titles:
  • Library

Gerrit van Dyk

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Committee
  • Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Chair ( March 2022 - February 2024 )

Gillian Harrison Cain

Job Titles:
  • Ex - Officio
  • Member of Committee

Heidy Berthoud

Job Titles:
  • Cataloging Policy Specialist, Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs Division
  • Cataloging Policy Specialist, Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs Division, Library of Congress

James Estes

Job Titles:
  • Editor in Chief, Atla Summary of Proceedings ( May 2023 - June 2026 )
  • Member of Committee

Jean Leon Allie

Job Titles:
  • Chief Librarian
  • Library

Jennifer Bartholomew

Job Titles:
  • Director of Library and Academic Support Services, Sacred Heart Seminary & School of Theology

Jessica Boyer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( July 2020 - June 2024 )
  • Chairman of Committee

Jill Annitto

Job Titles:
  • Head of Metadata and Editorial Operations

Jim Butler

Job Titles:
  • Director of Information Systems

John F. Kutsko

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Jude Morrisey

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Jérémie LeBlanc - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • President of the Board
  • Treasurer
  • New Atla Board President

Karen Adjei

Job Titles:
  • Student, University of Maryland

Karl Stutzman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( July 2020 - June 2024 )
  • Chairman of Committee
  • Director of Library Services
  • Director of Library Services, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary

Katie Wolsky

Job Titles:
  • Librarian
Katie Wolsky is a librarian at Lexington Theological Seminary. She is in charge of public service, including course reserves and ILL, as well as maintaining journal collection and metadata. She has an MLIS and a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Kentucky. Ms. Wolsky was born and raised in Southern California and lives in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.

Kellie Barbato

Job Titles:
  • Director of Lineberger Library, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary

Kenneth D. Litwak

Job Titles:
  • Reference and Instructional Services Librarian, Gateway Seminary, Los Angeles

Kerrie Burn

Job Titles:
  • Library Manager
  • Library Manager, Mannix Library, Catholic Theological College at the University of Divinity

Kim Herndon

Job Titles:
  • Dean of University Library, Samford University

Kristine Veldheer - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer
  • Chairman and Treasurer ( July 2021 - June 2024 )
  • Library Director, Paul Bechtold Library, Catholic Theological Union
  • Member of Committee

Lavonne Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Senior Business Development Analyst

Leslie A. Engelson

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Board
  • Member of Committee
  • Metadata Librarian
  • Metadata Librarian, University Libraries, Murray State University

Leslie A. Engleson

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Board
Board Secretary Leslie A. Engleson shares a summary of the most recent Board of Directors meetings.

Liz Leahy

Job Titles:
  • Local Host Committee Representative ( July 2023 - June 2025 )
  • Member of Committee

Maria Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Mariel Deluca Voth

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Mark Graceffo

Job Titles:
  • Librarian

Matthew Ostercamp

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Matthew Thiesen

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
  • Member of Committee

Maura Hadaway

Job Titles:
  • Business Systems and Marketing Manager

Michael Bradford

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Naomi House

Job Titles:
  • Founder, Publisher, and Editor, INALJ.Com

Nina Shultz

Job Titles:
  • Metadata Editor

Pat Graham

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( January 2017 - June 2024 )
  • Chairman of Committee

Patsy Yang

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Paul Bechtold

Job Titles:
  • Library Director
  • Library
  • Systems & Archives Librarian

Pete Zeimet

Job Titles:
  • Product Specialist, OCLC

Ryan Shrauner

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( December 2021 - November 2024 )
  • Chairman of Committee

Stephen Sweeney

Job Titles:
  • Library Director, Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary

Susan Ebertz - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
  • Member of Committee

Suzanne Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Timothy Lincoln

Job Titles:
  • Director of Library, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Todd Aiello

Job Titles:
  • Product Specialist

William (Bill) Badke

Job Titles:
  • Associate Librarian for Associated Canadian Theological Schools and Information Literacy, Trinity Western University

Yasmine Abou-El-Kheir

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director, Lapp Learning Commons, Chicago Theological Seminary