CSLA State Board
The California School Library Association is governed by a state Executive Board and two regional boards, Northern and Southern. The fifteen-member state Executive Board is comprised of the nine elected state officers listed below together with the presidents, presidents-elect, and immediate past presidents of the two regional boards. Three ex-officio, non-voting members of the Executive Board include liaisons from the California Department of Education, the California Teachers Association, and the California School Library Foundation.
René Hohls
Past President - 2025-2026
Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent and Board of Trustees
Fort Bragg Unified School District
Fort Bragg, CA
Aimee Korynta
President - 2025-2026
Jennifer Zimny
President-Elect - 2025-2026
Teacher Librarian
Ponderosa High School
El Dorado Union High School District
Shingle Springs, CA
Kate Applebee
Vice President, Anti-Bias, Anti-Racism - 2024-2026
Dan Alvarado
Vice President, Classified - 2025-2027
Lisa Cheby
Vice President, Government Relations - 2024-2026
Education Librarian
California State University Northridge
Northridge, CA
Heather Gruenthal
Vice President, Membership - 2025-2027
Teacher Librarian
Stanford Middle School and Perry Lindsey Academy Middle School
Long Beach, CA
Ashlee Nishiya
Vice President, Professional Development - 2024-2026
Ventura County Office of Education
Rachel Hatcher-Day
Vice President, Southern Region - 2025-2026
Christina Maben
Secretary - 2024-2026
Kiyo Nagatomi
Treasurer - 2025-2027
Renée Ousley-Swank
Liaison, CDE
CSLA Northern Region Representatives
The Northern Region Board is comprised of representatives from each of the four Northern Region Sections.
Sasha Kinney
NR Section 1 Representative - 2025-2027
Amy Linden
NR Section 2 Representative - 2024-2026
El Dorado High School
Placerville, CA
alinden@eduhsd.k12.ca.us
Terry Lai
NR Section 4 Representative - 2025-2027
CSLA Southern Region Representatives
The Southern Region Board is comprised of two section representatives from each of the six Souther Region Sections.
SR Section 2 Representative - 2025-2027
Vacant Position
SR Section 5 Representative - 2024-2026
CSLA Staff
CSLA Region Map
