2026-2027 Board of Directors Officers
Laura C. Turley
President
Amy Sutton
President Elect
Robert Baillo & Kyle Frazier
VPs, Membership
Gretchen Kuhn
Secretary
Martiel A. Luther
Treasurer
Travis Johnson
Immediate Past President
2026-2027 Board of Directors
Dori Bayer
Victor Benavides
Lucy Chambers
Julie Gianelloni Connor
Paula Gilmer DesRoches
Elisa Macia Donovan
Clare Doyle
Aurra Fellows
Julie Fette, Ph.D.
Lucy F. Galbraith
Barbara J. Gibbs, M.D.
Ann Patton Greene
Caroline Baker Hurley
Brian James
Catherine James
Travis Johnson
Anna V. Kavanaugh
Colby Keithan
Jessica Keithan
Nora McAlister
Wanda Pan
William Robert Parkey, Jr.
Julian Pittman
Amanda Pope
Stephanie Rudd
Melinda L. Snell
Joseph Sy
Robert M. Taylor, Jr.
Susan Trammell Whitfield
Ex Officio Board Members
Amy Dittmar, Ph.D.
Rice University Provost
Sara Lowman
Vice Provost and University Librarian
Cymene Howe, Ph.D. and Peter Loewen, Ph. D.
Co-Chairs, University Committee on the Library
Mary Lowery
Executive Director
Directors Emeriti
W. Robbins Brice
Debby Crabtree
Elizabeth Gillis
Shelley Gottschalk
Harriet Calvin Latimer
Charles D. Maynard, Jr.
Cathryn Rodd Selman
Lee Chatham Seureau
Amy Taylor
Mary Ellen Wilson
John E. Wolf, Jr., M.D., M.A.
2026-2027 Committee Chairs
Annual Dinner
Caroline Baker Hurley & Robert Parkey
Meet the Author
Logan Browning
Books That Shaped My World
Julie Gianelloni Connor & Stephanie Rudd & Wanda Pan
Homecoming
Lucy Galbraith
Rice Authors Event
Margaret Beier & Julie Fette
45th Annual Gala
Anna & Logan Kavanaugh