Board & Staff
Chicago Public Library
  • Laura Zupko - Assistant Commissioner for Collections
  • Robert Miller - Curator, Harsh Research Collection
  • Glenn Humphreys - Special Collections and Preservation

Chicago State University
  • E.J. Carter - Special Collections Curator
  • Quraysh Ali Lansana - Director, Gwendoloyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing
  • Lawrence McCrank - Dean, Library and Instruction Services

Columbia College Chicago
  • Jo Cates - Associate Vice President, Academic Research and Dean of the Library
  • Suzanne Flandreau - Librarian and Archivist
  • Kim Hale - Head of Library Marketing, Outreach and Special Initiatives

Dominican University
  • Cheryl Johnson-Odim - Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Susan Roman - Dean, Graduate School of Library and Information Science

Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Leroy Kennedy - Vice President Community Affairs and Outreach Programs
  • Lisa Montgomery - Managing Director, Community Affairs and Outreach Programs
  • Christopher Stewart - Dean of Libraries

Loyola University
  • Kathy Young - University Archivist, Gannon Scholars Advisor
  • Robert Seal - Dean of Libraries
  • Kim Searcy - Dept. of History

Northwestern University
  • Kathleen Bethel - African American Studies Librarian
  • Martha Biondi - Associate Professor, WCAS African American Studies
  • Mary E. Pattillo - Professor, WCAS Sociology and African American Studies

Roosevelt Univeristy
  • Albert L. Bennett - Professor and Director of the St. Clair Drake Center for African American Studies
  • Laura Mills - University Archivist
  • Richard Uttich - University Librarian

University of Chicago
  • Judith Nadler - Director, Joseph Regenstein Library
  • Adam P. Green - Associate Professor of History
  • Trayce Matthews - Associate Director, Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture

University of Illinois-Chicago
  • Barbara Ransby - Associate Professor of History and African-American Studies
  • Ann Weller - Professor and Head, Special Collections Department, University Library