Thank you, Mary!
Mary has retired from the board after many years of service, including the hard work of grant writing. We look forward to seeing her around the library, enjoying the fruits of her labor.
Keizer Community Library’s Board of Directors
The Keizer Community Library has an active and passionate all-volunteer, working Board of Directors. All share a passion for the library and a commitment to its support. Board Officer positions are held for a one year term, while there are no term requirements for the general Board of Directors.
Contact the Board via email at info@keizerlibrary.org.
Board Officers
Barbara Miner, PhD
President
Barbara was an electron microscopist working in semiconductor development for 25 years. She then developed engineering programs for young girls. Barbara has always loved books and enjoys a variety of topics, but especially loves stories about real people.
Favorite Quote: “Richer than I you can never be – I had a mother who read to me. ” The Reading Mother, Strickland Gillilan
BJ Toewe
Vice President
BJ retired from 39 years as a youth services librarian and director of Salem Public Library but still feels passionate about the value that a public library brings to its community.
Favorite Quote: “Only the rarest kind of best can be good enough for the young.” ― Walter de la Mare
Little Known Fact:
John Goodyear
Treasurer
Favorite Quote:
Little Known Fact:
Chris Melquist
Secretary
After a successful career in sales and keeping top executives on track, Chris now volunteers at three different non-profits and actively supports a fourth.
Favorite Quote: “Remember, I’m pulling for ya. We’re all in this together!” – Red Green
Little Known Fact: Chris has spent almost equal amounts of her life in Maine and the Pacific NW. She jokingly refers to herself as “being bi-coastal”.
Board of Directors
Kris Adams
Kris has lived in Keizer since 1964 and loves the small town feel.
She has spent the years working in retail management and volunteering for numerous organizations including the Keizer Community Library.
Favorite Quote: “‘You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-‘ ‘Sir?’ ‘-until you climb into his skin and walk around it.'”
Little Known Fact: A bucket list item is to dig for sunstones in southeastern Oregon at Spectrum Sunstone Mine in Plush.
Johanna Allen
Johanna has been a member of the Keizer community since 2018. Although she grew up in the rural south, she loves the small town feel that Keizer offers it’s visitors and people who live here.
She has a 7 year old son (her pride and joy) and together they love frequenting Keizer’s many parks and local restaurants. Johanna works within the Restoration Industry at SERVPRO of Salem West, and is also a member of the Keizer Network of Women (K.N.O.W.).
Favorite Quote: “If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.” ― Audrey Hepburn
Little Known Fact: Johanna grew up looking forward to library visits like kids look forward to Santa Claus coming to town, it was a huge deal for her and her 5 siblings to load up in the old station wagon and drive 30 minutes to the nearest library, where she could get lost in all the adventures that awaited her outside of her little southern county.
Irma Dash
Bio coming soon!
Fatima Falcon
Fatima graduated from McNary High School in 2016 and decided to come back to her roots here in Keizer after graduating from Lindfield University in 2020. She is very passionate about supporting first-generation Latinas like herself to pursue higher education and felt like her values aligned perfectly with our wonderful KCL.
Favorite Quote: “We are defined by what we chose to reject. And if we reject nothing, we essentially have no identity at all.” – Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Olga Gloria
Pic and bio coming soon!
Elaine Goff
Elaine has a B.S. in Information Technology and a Master’s in Library and Information Science. She has been working in libraries since 2004 and has enjoyed living in the Salem/Keizer area for more than 30 years. In her free time Elaine enjoys activities with her partner such as hiking, vegetable gardening, and entertaining their three cats.
Erma Garrison
Favorite Quote: “If you can learn to read, you’ll be able to learn anything and do it well. You can understand anything if you learn to read.” – Erma’s mother
Little Known Fact: Erma comes from a family of teachers! Her mother, uncle, sister, and daughters, and son are all educators.
Paula Guiles
Betty Hart
Libby Siel
Always an avid reader with a lively imagination, Libby pursued a career in Archaeology, working in California, Arizona, and Greece. When marriage & family put an end to fieldwork, Libby became a part-time Anthropology instructor at a local community college. She is now enjoying a new career in Real Estate.
Favorite Quotes: “We have met the enemy, and He is Us.” – Pog
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Lyndon Zaitz
Lyndon is the publisher of the Keizertimes, the community weekly newspaper in Keizer. He is now and has been a member of many community organizations including: Keizer Chamber of Commerce and Keizer Community Library.
Favorite Quote: “My last square meal was a saltine”. – Joe Keenan
Little Known Fact: Two houses and two schools Lyndon attended in Salem/Keizer in the 1960’s no longer exist.
Board Meetings
The Library Board meets on the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm. Board meetings are open to the public. If you would like to attend a meeting, please contact us at (503) 390-2370. Meetings and agendas will be posted to our calendar at least 24 hours in advance.
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