Biographies

Byrd, Gary D.
University at Buffalo
The State University of New York
Director, Health Sciences Library
161 Abbott Hall, South Campus
3435 Main St.
Buffalo, NY 14214-3002
Phone:  716/829-3900 x130
Fax:  716/829-2211
E-mail:  gdbyrd@buffalo.edu
Gary D. Byrd is the Director of the Health Sciences Library at the University at Buffalo:  The State University of New York. He is an Associate Librarian, Adjunct Associate Professor, and Director of the Advanced Graduate Certificate Training Program in Medical/Health Informatics in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in library and information science and masters degrees in library science from the University of Minnesota, and English literature from the University of Virginia.  His previous career includes leadership positions in the Health Sciences Libraries of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Missouri at Kansas City, and University of South Dakota as well as postgraduate training and work as a Technical Information Specialist at the National Library of Medicine.
Elish, Herb
Chief Operating Officer
The College Board
45 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY   10023
Phone:  212/713-8101
Fax: 212/713-8282
E-mail:  helish@collegeboard.org
Assistant: Cora Springer cspringer@collegeboard.org
Herb Elish was the Director of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.  He served as Chairman and CEO of Weirton Steel Corp from 1987 through 1995.  He then served as chairman of the City of Pittsburgh Housing Authority.  Mr. Elish holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Harvard Law School, and has held a variety of management positions in both the corporate and public sectors.  During his career, he served on the Civil Aeronautics Board, and was Commissioner of Sanitation and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Administration for the City of New York.  He was also Vice President of Citibank and served as Senior Vice President at both International Paper and the Dreyfus Corporation.
Glunt, J. Roger
President
Glunt Development Co., Inc.
3719 Henley Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15235
Phone:  412/242-4667
Fax:  412/242-5440
E-mail:  jrglunt@verizon.net
Assistant: Debbie
J. Roger Glunt, President of Glunt Development Co., Inc. and Jayar Construction Co., Inc., is a former member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees. He has been active in local, state, and national housing issues and has served as President of the National Association of Home Builders and as a member of the Fannie Mae Advisory Council. Mr. Glunt is a graduate of the Joseph M. Katz School of Business and served as President of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association from 1994-1996.
Hayden, Carla Diane
Executive Director
Enoch Pratt Free Library
400 Cathedral St.
Baltimore, MD   21201
Phone:  410/396-5395
Fax:  410/396-1321
E-mail:  chayden@epfl.net
Carla Diane Hayden is the Executive Director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.  She is past-president of the American Library Association.  She is highly regarded in the School, served actively as a member of the Board of Visitors, and was a former faculty member at SIS.  She received her BA from Roosevelt University and her Master of Arts and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
Holtzman, David H.
President, GlobalPOV
CTO of Pseuds Inc.
902 Monroe Street
Herndon, VA   20170
Phone: 716/829-5720
Fax:  703/481-2969
E-mail:  david@globalpov.com
David H. Holtzman is President of GlobalPOV, CTO of Pseuds Inc., and author of 'Privacy Lost.' As former CTO of Network Solutions and Manager of the Internet's master root server during the late 1990's, he not only oversaw the growth of the Internet from 500,000 domain names to over 20 million, he also led the way in imagining and inventing a world in which technology positively impacts every facet of human life. His career began in the field of technology with the US Navy as a cryptographic analyst and submariner, and at the Defense Special Missile and Astronautics Center as an intelligence analyst. He holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh, as well as being an honors graduate in Russian from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California.
Isler, William
Family Communications, Inc.
4802 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-687-2990
Fax: 412-687-1226
E-mail:  Isler@FCI.org
William Isler is President of Family Communications, where he oversees all of their projects - broadcast television, print, new media, and training materials. Bill was an elementary school teacher, childcare teacher, and administrator of a multi-service program for children before being Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Education and Commissioner of Basic Education in the Pennsylvania Department of Education. He joined Family Communications in 1984. Mr. Isler also serves as president of the School Board of the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
Kahn, Robert
CEO and President
Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)
1895 Preston White Drive
Reston, VA   20191
Phone:  703/620-8990 (Alice is his Assistant)
Fax:  703/620-0913
E-mail:  rkahn@cnri.reston.va.us
Robert Kahn is Chairman, CEO and President of CNRI, which he founded in 1986 after thirteen years at the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).  CNRI was created as a not-for-profit organization to provide leadership and funding for research and development of the National Information Infrastructure.  He worked on the Technical staff at Bell Laboratories and then became an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT.  He received a BEE from the City College of New York and earned his MA and Ph.D. from Princeton University.
Lynch, Clifford
Executive Director
Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)
21 Dupont Circle
Washington, DC   20036
Phone:  202/296-5098
Fax:  202/872-0884
E-mail:  cliff@cni.org
Clifford Lynch has been the Director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) since July 1997. CNI, jointly sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries and Educause, includes about 200 member organizations concerned with the use of information technology and networked information to enhance scholarship and intellectual productivity. Prior to joining CNI, Lynch spent 18 years at the University of California Office of the President, the last 10 as Director of Library Automation. Lynch, who holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, is an adjunct professor at Berkeley's School of Information. He is a past president of the American Society for Information Science and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Information Standards Organization. Lynch serves on the National Digital Preservation Strategy Advisory Board of the Library of Congress; he was a member of the National Research Council committees that published The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Infrastructure and Broadband: Bringing Home the Bits, and now serves on the NRC's committee on digital archiving and the National Archives and Records Administration.
Macedonia, Michael

VP and GM
Forterra Systems Inc.
11474 Corporate Blvd.
Suite 140

Orlando, FL   32817
Phone:  407/243-3601
Fax:  407/243-3311
Cell:  407/637-4037
E-mail: macedoniam@saic.com
Michael Macedonia is the VP and GM of Forterra Systems in Orlando, FL.  Before this, he was the Chief Technology Officer for US Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI, formerly known as STRICOM).  Here he was responsible for developing the technology strategy for the Army’s leading training and instrumentation acquisition organization.  He led the Army’s effort to develop the Institute for Creative Technologies, initiated the Full Spectrum Warrior X-Box project, and established the Massive Multiplayer Game project.  A graduate of West Point, he served as an infantry officer in a variety of command and staff position in the US and overseas assignments including Germany and the Middle East.  He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and an MS in Telecommunications.
Matarazzo, James
Emeritus, Dean and Professor
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Simmons College
300 The Fenway, Room P-204A
Boston, MA 02115
Phone:  617/521-2815
Fax:  617/521-3192
E-mail:  james.matarazzo@simmons.edu
James Matarazzo has work experience at the MIT Libraries in science and reference, serials and journals, technical reports, and government publications.  He has his BS and MA from Boston College, MS from Simmons College and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.
Moyé, Alfred L. (Chair, BOV)
Trustee, University of Pittsburgh
Former Director, University Affairs (now retired)
Hewlett-Packard Company
124 Gramercy Drive
San Mateo, CA   94402
Phone:  650/347-1132
Fax:
E-mail:  moye530@aol.com;
Alfred L. Moyé was the University Relationships Manager in the University Affairs Department of Hewlett-Packard.  Prior to joining HP, he was National Educational Sales Manager and Director of the Atari Institute for Education Research.  He has also held positions at Roosevelt University and the University of Pittsburgh.  Dr. Moye earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
Mulhollan, Daniel P.
Director
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington, DC   20540
Phone:  202/707-5775
Assistant: 202/707-5775 (Rosslyn)
Fax:  202/707-2615
E-mail:  dmulhollan@crs.loc.gov
Daniel P. Mulhollan has been Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) at the Library of Congress for the past 12 years. Prior to this position, he served as Acting Deputy Librarian of Congress for two years. He joined the Congressional Research Service in 1969 as an analyst in American national government in the Government and General Research Division and served Congress in a number of important matters, including the Senate Watergate Committee and the House Judiciary Committee during the Nixon Impeachment. In 1991 he was named chief of the Government Division of CRS. Mr. Mulhollan was educated at the College of St. Thomas and Georgetown University and has published in scholarly journals on congressional operations.
Rodgers, Mary Ellen
Senior Vice President
U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management
414 Union Street - TN1 - 100-03-27
Nashville, TN 37219-1697
Tel: 615/749-4459
Fax: 615/749-3637
Bank of America Investment Services, Inc.
Office of Supervisory Jurisdiction
6060 Poplar Avenue, Suite 101
Memphis, TN 38119
E-mail: MaryEllen.Rodgers@ustrust.com
Mary Ellen Rodgers is a Senior Vice President, Private Client Manager in the Private Bank of Bank of America, based in Nashville, TN. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and earned her MBA from the Katz Graduate School of Business. She spent seven years with PNC as a Vice President in the Commercial Lending Division. She spent 14 years with Eli Lilly & Company in a variety of financial management positions, including International Treasurer, and Divisional Controller of the R&D and IT Divisions respectively. She moved to Nashville in 1996 when she became Chief Financial Officer of American HomePatient, a publicly traded home health care company. She joined Bank of America's wealth management division in 2001. She and husband Tom, have four children, five grandchildren and are active in many cultural and civic organizations.
Schaefer, Keith
Partner
Constellation Partners

78365 Highway 111, #415
LaQuinta, CA 92253
Phone:  415/394-7766
E-mail:  keithschaefer@yahoo.com

Keith Schaefer is executive partner of Constellation Partners in San Francisco.  Prior to joining Constellation Partners in 2003, he was founder of The Liquid Group, a San Francisco based professional service and venture investment firm.  Before, he was the Executive Partner of USWeb/CKS’ worldwide business development.  He was responsible for their largest and most profitable business unit.  He earned his Bachelor of Science, concentrating in political science and economics.  After serving three years as a naval officer, he attended the UCLA Graduate School of Business.  In 2000, he was honored by the University of Pittsburgh as a Distinguished Alumni Fellow.  Presently, he is President-Elect of the University’s Alumni Association and Chair of the Nominations Committee.
Spiegelman, Barbara
Principal
Spiegelman Group
1085 Lundhurst Drive
Pittsburgh, PA   15206
Phone:  412/441-4816
E-mail:  Barb.Spiegelman@verizon.net
Barbara Spiegelman is Principal of Spiegelman Group and former Manager of Technical Information and Communication for Westinghouse Energy Systems.  During her tenure at Westinghouse, she was involved in projects including technical indexing, database management, and internal communications.  She is a member of the Industrial Technical Information Managers Group, and she serves on the board of the Special Libraries Association and is the chair of the Board of the Directors of the Electronic Information Network.  Ms. Spiegelman holds a BA degree from Chatham College and an MLS from the University of Pittsburgh.
Strauss, Robert J.
Vice President of Marketing and Sales
Preservation Technologies, L.P.
111 Thomson Park Drive
Cranberry Township, PA   16066
Phone:  724/779-2111
Fax:
E-mail:  strauss@ptlp.com
Robert J. Strauss has a strong background in the area of library preservation activities.  He served as head of Binding Services for the University of Minnesota Library, the Associate Vice President for Library Binding Service/Archival Products in Des Moines, Iowa and as the Executive Director and President of the Conservation Center/Art & Historical Artifacts in Philadelphia, PA.  He has published and performed research in the history of the book; adhesives used for book manufacture and national/international standards for bookbinding and preservation planning.  He is the author of numerous reports and articles relevant to library preservation including planning documents for the States of Iowa and Ohio.  Prior to joining Preservation Technologies, he served as a founder and Principal in the Preservation Management Institute.  He attended the University of North Dakota.
White, Patrick E.

Partner
Foenix Group
PO Box 156
Bernardsville, NJ 07924-0156
Phone:
E-mail:  rasta49@mac.com

Patrick E. White is Partner of Foenix Group. White, whose background is rich in technology R&D and high-tech business development, had served for two years as WiNSeC’s deputy director. WiNSeC was founded at Stevens in 2002 with Dr. Paul Kolodzy as its first director.  He has worked as a technologist, venture capitalist, and business executive, with experience in both the research lab and the technology marketplace. As WiNSeC’s Associate Director, White played a lead role in securing funding from government and in developing technologies for commercialization. Before Stevens, he was the chief technologist for the Communications Group at Safeguard Scientifics Inc.; a Principal at Arthur D. Little; Vice President of Telecommunication Strategy, Bell Atlantic; and headed R&D groups at Bellcore (now Telcordia) and Bell Laboratories. He also served as a member of the Board of Directors of SOTAS, Inc., a startup that developed fraud detection software for the communications industry, and as a member of the Advisory Board of Extant, Inc., a Safeguard portfolio company that developed and operated a long distance network. White’s technological contributions include work in voice over IP services, and his R&D team at Bellcore co-developed (with France Telecom) the ATM protocol, now widely used by telecommunications carriers. He has authored numerous papers on telecommunication topics, was awarded seven patents and written chapters for two books. In addition, he is a frequent speaker at conferences on telecommunications.  He earned a doctoral degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. He is currently a member of the McCormick Advisory Council at the University, and is a past member of the FCC Technology Advisory Council.
Williams, James F., II
Dean of Libraries
University of Colorado at Boulder
Campus Box 184
Boulder, CO   80309-0184
Phone:  303/492-7511 (Mary Jane is his Assistant)
Fax:  303/492-3340
E-mail:  James.Williams@colorado.edu
E-mail: MaryJane.Campbell@colorado.edu
James F. Williams, II has been Dean of Libraries at the University of Colorado at Boulder since 1988.  His career includes 13 years as a Medical Librarian and 23 years in research library administration. His research interests include health sciences librarianship, strategic planning, leadership in research libraries, and resource sharing and networking.
He has been a member of the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine, and a Visiting Scholar and Senior Fellow at UCLA's Graduate School of Library and Information Science. He is past Chair of the Greater Western Library Alliance, a past member of the Board of Directors of Educom, and a past member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).  He is past chair of the Board of Directors of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), a member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), immediate past-Chair of the PubMed Central Advisory Board at the National Library of Medicine, and a member of the Board of Visitors for Libraries at Carnegie Mellon University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Portal: Libraries and the Academy. He was awarded the Melvil Dewey Medal by the American Library Association in 2002. He is past-Chair of the Board of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (the Alliance), is a past member of the Board of the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, and he is currently a member of the Board of the Boulder Community Hospital and the Boulder United Way. He is also a Trustee of the Denver Art Museum.  He holds baccalaureate and graduate degrees from Morehouse College and Atlanta University.
Zales, Mary “Clare”
Deputy Secretary for Libraries
Office of Commonwealth Libraries
Department of Education
Room 223 Forum Building
333 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17126-1745
Phone:  717/787-2646 (Rita Jones is her Assistant)
Fax:  717/772-3265
E-mail: mzales@state.pa.us
E-mail: ritjones@state.pa.us
Mary Clare Zales is the Deputy Secretary of Commonwealth Libraries for the Pennsylvania Department of Education where she oversees the operation of the State Library of Pennsylvania; the programs, services, development and continuing education needs of the Commonwealth's school and public libraries and aligns the role of all types of libraries with the Department of Education's mission. Most recently she served with the Governor's Advisory Council on Library Development in building a state-of-the-art environment for the preservation of paper based collections.
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