Council Meetings
Council Resources
Governance Handbook
Charge
The Alliance is governed by a Council of member library deans and directors, with leadership and fiduciary responsibility vested in a Board of Directors drawn from and elected by Council. Council approves the budget and all strategic initiatives. Each member institution appoints a library director to Council and each Council member has one vote.
Background
Council is our longest-standing group, dating back to a first meeting on September 27, 1993. As the consortium grew, Council approved formation of an Executive Committee in 1997 and a Board upon incorporation in 2003. In many ways Council’s collegial traditions are unchanged.
Members
Name
Institution
Alliance Title
Tina Hovekamp
Central Oregon Community College
Categories: Board MemberCouncil Member
Board, Member-at-large FY25
Sydney Thompson
Central Washington University
Categories: Council MemberFinance Committee Member
Finance Committee Member
Jennifer Cox
Chemeketa Community College
Categories: CDL Project Group MemberCouncil MemberHelmer Awards Committee Member
Karina Young
Clackamas Community College
Categories: Council MemberCourier Dropsite Contact MemberFulfillment ContactResource Sharing & Fulfillment RepresentativeSummit Contact
Julie Austad
Clark College
Categories: Council MemberSILS Cost Review Task Force Member
Candice Watkins
Eastern Oregon University
Categories: Board MemberCouncil Member
Board, Member-at-large FY25-26
Ielleen Miller
Eastern Washington University
Categories: Council Member
Alex Rolfe
George Fox University
Categories: Council MemberShared Content RepresentativeSystems RepresentativeTechnical Services Representative
Heather James
Gonzaga University
Categories: Council Member
Ian Coronado
Lane Community College
Categories: Council Member
Mark Dahl
Lewis & Clark College
Categories: Board MemberCouncil MemberFinance Committee Member
Board, Past-Chair FY25; Finance Committee Member
Ginny Norris Blackson
Linfield University
Categories: Council Member
Megan Dugan
Mt. Hood Community College
Categories: Council Member
Robin Champieux
Oregon Health & Science University
Categories: Board MemberCouncil MemberFinance Committee Member
Board, Member-at-large FY25; Finance Committee Member
Cate Guenther
Oregon Institute of Technology
Categories: Council MemberOpen Source ILS Exploration 2.0 Member
Anne-Marie Deitering
Oregon State University
Categories: Council Member
Josie Ragolia
Pacific University
Categories: Council Member
Michelle Bagley
Portland Community College
Categories: Council Member
Xan Arch
Portland State University
Categories: Board MemberCouncil Member
Board, Member-at-large FY25-26
Dena Hutto
Reed College
Categories: Board MemberCouncil Member
Board, Chair-elect FY25
Stefanie Gorzelsky
Saint Martin’s University
Categories: Council MemberDiversity & User Experience (DUX) RepresentativeHelmer Awards Committee Member
R John Robertson
Seattle Pacific University
Categories: Council Member
Sarah Watstein
Seattle University
Categories: Council Member
Carrie Forbes
Southern Oregon University
Categories: Council MemberFinance Committee Member
Finance Committee Member
Ahniwa Ferrari
The Evergreen State College
Categories: Council MemberSystems Representative
Ben Hunter
University of Idaho
Categories: Board MemberCouncil MemberFinance Committee MemberSILS Cost Review Task Force Member
Treasurer; Chair, Finance Committee FY25-FY28
Alicia Salaz
University of Oregon
Categories: Council MemberSILS Cost Review Task Force Member
Christina Prucha
University of Portland
Categories: Council MemberONEAL MemberShared Content RepresentativeSILS Optimization Project Group Member
Annie Downey
University of Puget Sound
Categories: Council MemberSILS Program Review Committee Member
Denise Pan
University of Washington
Categories: Council Member
Mark Copsey
Walla Walla University
Categories: Council MemberFulfillment ContactOSDC RepresentativeShared Content RepresentativeSystems RepresentativeTechnical Services Representative
Lishi Kwasitsu
Warner Pacific University
Categories: Council Member
Trevor Bond
Washington State University
Categories: Board MemberCouncil MemberOSDC Representative
Chelle Batchelor
Western Oregon University
Categories: Board MemberCouncil Member
Board, Secretary FY25-27
Madeline Kelly
Western Washington University
Categories: Council MemberShared Content RepresentativeTechnical Services Representative
Ping Fu
Whitman College
Categories: Council MemberHelmer Awards Committee Member
Chair, Helmer Professional Development Awards FY25
Amanda C. R. Clark
Whitworth University
Categories: Council Member
Craig Milberg
Willamette University
Categories: Board MemberCouncil Member
Board, Chair FY25
Emerita/Emeritus
Orbis Cascade Alliance may confer, through its Board of Directors, the title of “Council Member Emerita/us” on any retiring Alliance Council member, who, at the time of retirement meet certain criteria. Link to further information
- Betsy Wilson, University of Washington
- Karen Clay, Eastern Oregon University
- Dalia Corkrum, Whitman College
- Jane Carlin, University of Puget Sound
- Jay Starratt, Washington State University
- Carolyn Gaskell, Walla Walla University