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Information on the members, <a href="https://mypcls.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1c.-2024-Board-Meeting-Schedule.pdf">meeting schedule</a>, <a href="https://pubweb.mypcls.org/about-us/board-of-trustees/board-packets/">agenda and minutes</a> are found below or by contacting the Executive Director’s office at 253-548-3420.</p> </div></section></div><div class='hr av-mu8kk-dab75f19be3232254d25541d013e1cc4 hr-invisible avia-builder-el-6 el_after_av_one_full el_before_av_one_full hide-on-mobile'><span class='hr-inner '><span class="hr-inner-style"></span></span></div> <div class='flex_column av-yuilf-dd4a6cd17b4a23c83a44971ec5a07433 av_one_full avia-builder-el-7 el_after_av_hr el_before_av_one_full first flex_column_div ' ><section class='av_textblock_section av-l9n2sg22-2c68fc84f8ec98333d42e7e7bf74cf56 ' itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" ><div class='avia_textblock' itemprop="text" ><h2>Board members</h2> <p>Library Board members serve five-year terms and are appointed by the Pierce County Executive. Board members are volunteer citizens who represent different regions of the library service area.</p> </div></section></div><div class='flex_column av-qkt03-fadc5f695777e55135a4bf98ae7eef77 av_one_full avia-builder-el-9 el_after_av_one_full el_before_av_hr full-hero first flex_column_div column-top-margin' ><div class='togglecontainer av-l9n2zqsu-bef9c44374992443dc7a8d794ce45933 av-elegant-toggle avia-builder-el-10 avia-builder-el-no-sibling mega-toggle toggle_close_all' > <section class='av_toggle_section av-l9n2z507-07ef547a419a1079b2d010d65be7881b' itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" ><div role="tablist" class="single_toggle" data-tags="{All} " ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-1' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-1' class='toggler av-title-above ' itemprop="headline" role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-1' data-slide-speed="200" data-title="Pam Duncan, Chair" data-title-open="" data-aria_collapsed="Click to expand: Pam Duncan, Chair" data-aria_expanded="Click to collapse: Pam Duncan, Chair">Pam Duncan, Chair<span class="toggle_icon"><span class="vert_icon"></span><span class="hor_icon"></span></span></p><div id='toggle-id-1' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-1' role='region' class='toggle_wrap av-title-above' ><div class='toggle_content invers-color ' itemprop="text" ><p><img decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-960 size-square" src="https://pubweb.mypcls.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/7.2-Footer_AboutUs_Board_PamDuncan-180x180.png" alt="Pam Duncan" width="180" height="180" />Pamela Duncan, a Lakewood resident, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tierra Sólida Enterprises, which is dedicated to building and sustaining businesses and economies and helping people who are economically disadvantaged discover lives that are more purposeful. Trustee Duncan’s career also includes overseeing the renovation and development of buildings and teaching high school and higher education students.</p> <p>Previously Duncan worked as the President and CEO of the Metropolitan Development Council and the Human Services Manager with the City of Tacoma. Duncan also serves on the Washington Low-Income Housing Alliance and serves as the Chair of its Equity and Racial Justice Committee. Trustee Duncan is a tremendous community volunteer and was a long-time tutor with Tacoma Community House’s Read2Me Program and an elementary school volunteer.</p> <p>Duncan is the Board Chair of the Tacoma-Pierce County Affordable Housing Consortium, Board Chair of the Washington State Community Action Partnership, and a member of the American Red Cross, South Puget Sound and Olympics Chapter.</p> <p>Trustee Duncan has worked for more than 30 years in community building and economic development, education and grant-making for nonprofit and public sector organizations.</p> <p>Term expires: Feb. 14, 2029</p> </div></div></div></section> <section class='av_toggle_section av-l9n2zcl7-eb17806fb763eacda9dfa6bfbd68aed1' itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" ><div role="tablist" class="single_toggle" data-tags="{All} " ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-2' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-2' class='toggler av-title-above ' itemprop="headline" role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-2' data-slide-speed="200" data-title="Neesha Patel, Vice-Chair" data-title-open="" data-aria_collapsed="Click to expand: Neesha Patel, Vice-Chair" data-aria_expanded="Click to collapse: Neesha Patel, Vice-Chair">Neesha Patel, Vice-Chair<span class="toggle_icon"><span class="vert_icon"></span><span class="hor_icon"></span></span></p><div id='toggle-id-2' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-2' role='region' class='toggle_wrap av-title-above' ><div class='toggle_content invers-color ' itemprop="text" ><p><img decoding="async" class="size-square wp-image-961 alignleft" src="https://pubweb.mypcls.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/7.2-Footer_AboutUs_Board_NeeshaPatel-150x180.jpg" alt="Neesha Patel" width="150" height="180" />Neesha Patel, an Edgewood resident, volunteers with Tacoma Community House and works with underrepresented and marginalized populations to help them develop career skills and complete educational certifications. After completing a degree in England, Patel’s early career began as a developer, but after volunteering on a GED program, Patel was inspired to make a dramatic career change from IT to teaching. Patel taught math in the Kent School District to students navigating ADHD, created a mathematics tutoring business and worked part-time as a librarian page. Later, as an instructor at Green River College, Patel realized her passion for teaching math, and completed a masters in mathematics education from the University of Washington to become a tenured mathematics professor at South Puget Sound Community College for many years. In 2017, the Evergreen State College awarded Patel the Teacher Excellence Award.</p> <p>Term expires: Aug. 11, 2025</p> </div></div></div></section> <section class='av_toggle_section av-l9n2yxf7-be6837b4335d63dcd9087faa08df87bd' itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" ><div role="tablist" class="single_toggle" data-tags="{All} " ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-3' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-3' class='toggler av-title-above ' itemprop="headline" role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-3' data-slide-speed="200" data-title="Pat Jenkins" data-title-open="" data-aria_collapsed="Click to expand: Pat Jenkins" data-aria_expanded="Click to collapse: Pat Jenkins">Pat Jenkins<span class="toggle_icon"><span class="vert_icon"></span><span class="hor_icon"></span></span></p><div id='toggle-id-3' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-3' role='region' class='toggle_wrap av-title-above' ><div class='toggle_content invers-color ' itemprop="text" ><p><img decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-1744 size-square" src="https://pubweb.mypcls.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Pat-Jenkins-e1678829404826-180x180.jpg" alt="Pat Jenkins" width="180" height="180" /></p> <p>Pat Jenkins, a Puyallup-area resident, is the program director and editor of Senior Media Services, a Lutheran Community Services Northwest program that publishes news and information resources for older adults and their families. His previous career was as a newspaper editor. Jenkins has served as an elected member of the Puyallup School Board, as an appointed member of other community boards and committees including the Kauai (Hawaii) Food Bank, Westsound Treatment Center, Multi Service Center and Peninsula Work Release and in volunteer roles with public schools, PTA and Rotary.</p> <p>Term expires: Mar. 31, 2027</p> </div></div></div></section> <section class='av_toggle_section av-l9n2znhy-67f36705f93873d883905627d24b0caf' itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" ><div role="tablist" class="single_toggle" data-tags="{All} " ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-4' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-4' class='toggler av-title-above ' itemprop="headline" role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-4' data-slide-speed="200" data-title="Abby Sloan" data-title-open="" data-aria_collapsed="Click to expand: Abby Sloan" data-aria_expanded="Click to collapse: Abby Sloan">Abby Sloan<span class="toggle_icon"><span class="vert_icon"></span><span class="hor_icon"></span></span></p><div id='toggle-id-4' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-4' role='region' class='toggle_wrap av-title-above' ><div class='toggle_content invers-color ' itemprop="text" ><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-square wp-image-962 alignleft" src="https://pubweb.mypcls.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/7.2-Footer_AboutUs_Board_AbbySloan-150x180.jpg" alt="Abby Sloan" width="150" height="180" />Abby Sloan, a University Place resident, is an elementary school principal with the Tacoma Public Schools. Sloan is a Pierce College Education Program board member, a co-project manager for community food banks and a volunteer with University Place Community Events Collaboration. Trustee Sloan’s other community leadership activities include being a guest speaker and alumni contributor for the University of Washington Tacoma’s Education Leadership program and serving as co-project manager with the Trust for Public Land Playground Renewal.</p> <p>Term expires: Aug. 5, 2026</p> </div></div></div></section> <section class='av_toggle_section av-l9n2xyu1-459714e53ced12ec897976955ade566c' itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" ><div role="tablist" class="single_toggle" data-tags="{All} " ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-5' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-5' class='toggler av-title-above ' itemprop="headline" role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-5' data-slide-speed="200" data-title="Ryan Wheaton" data-title-open="" data-aria_collapsed="Click to expand: Ryan Wheaton" data-aria_expanded="Click to collapse: Ryan Wheaton">Ryan Wheaton<span class="toggle_icon"><span class="vert_icon"></span><span class="hor_icon"></span></span></p><div id='toggle-id-5' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-5' role='region' class='toggle_wrap av-title-above' ><div class='toggle_content invers-color ' itemprop="text" ><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3459 alignleft" src="https://mypcls.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/7.2-Footer_AboutUs_Board_RyanWheaton.jpg" alt="Board of Trustee Ryan Wheaton" width="150" height="200" /></p> <p>Ryan Wheaton lives in the Puyallup area and is Chief Planning Officer at Pierce Transit. In this role, he leads planning, marketing, community outreach and business account sales. He also manages the grants program and innovative partnerships to enhance community access.</p> <p>Ryan’s previous roles at Pierce Transit included business development and paratransit operations. Before entering public transit, he worked in education for seven years following his service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Uzbekistan and an AmeriCorps volunteer in King County. As City Manager in his hometown, Trustee Wheaton helped secure funding for key transportation projects.</p> <p>Trustee Wheaton holds degrees from Colorado State University, the University of Northern Colorado and Pacific Lutheran University. He serves on the Puyallup/Sumner Chamber of Commerce Board and is a member of the Rotary Club of Tacoma and City Club of Tacoma.</p> <p>Term expires: Aug. 13, 2029</p> </div></div></div></section> </div></div><div class='hr av-lbf3n-702a7fe7acd65e19da2710cfc3b31bb2 hr-invisible avia-builder-el-11 el_after_av_one_full el_before_av_one_full hide-on-mobile'><span class='hr-inner '><span class="hr-inner-style"></span></span></div> <div class='flex_column av-t3i50-39ca5ba7c3c116acb26c5a030355ff16 av_one_full avia-builder-el-12 el_after_av_hr el_before_av_hr first flex_column_div ' ><section class='av_textblock_section av-l8xicux4-47e048766b94f118054d68397b89fda2 ' itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" ><div class='avia_textblock' itemprop="text" ><h2>Board meeting information</h2> <p>Unless otherwise noted, Board meetings are scheduled on the second Wednesday of the month at 3:30 pm. Special meetings and study sessions are also held as needed. Board meetings are generally held at the <a href="https://pubweb.mypcls.org/visit-the-library/locations-hours/">Library’s Administrative Center</a>, 3005 112th St. E. (corner of 112th and Waller Road).</p> <p>Please check the meeting schedule below for the specific schedule and meeting location. You may also <a href="https://mypcls.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/About-Us_Board_2024-schedule.pdf">print or download the Board of Trustees meeting schedule</a>.</p> <p><strong>Agenda<br /> </strong>The <a href="https://pubweb.mypcls.org/about-us/board-of-trustees/board-packets/">agenda</a> of a Board meeting is available the week prior to a scheduled meeting. 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