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Top row: Linda Larson, President; Greg Maffei, Vice President Bottom row: Gilbert W. Anderson; Eric Liu; Gordon McHenry Jr. |
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The Seattle Public Library, founded in 1891, includes the Central Library and 23 neighborhood libraries, Mobile Services and the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library. The Library is funded by the city of Seattle and the 2003 budget is $32.6 million. The Library is governed by a five-member citizens' board of trustees, appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the City Council. Board members serve five-year terms without pay. The board meets monthly and each member serves on one committee. Current officers were elected at the March 25, 2003 meeting.
Mayor Norm Rice appointed Linda Larson to the Library Board in March 1997. Mayor Paul Schell reappointed Larson in May 2001. Larson is an attorney with the law firm of Sandler, Ahern and McConaughy. She was formerly a shareholder at Heller, Ehrman, White and McAuliffe, where she chaired the firm's Northwest Environmental Practice Group. She also worked in Washington, D.C., for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Sen. Warren G. Magnuson. Larson previously served as the president of the board of Seattle's Children's Museum, on the City's Landmarks Preservation Board, and on the board of Ronald McDonald Children's Charities of Western Washington. She is currently a member of the board of Public Radio International and serves on the nominating committee for the board of Totem Girl Scout Council. She received her bachelor of arts degree in history, magna cum laude, from the University of Washington and received her law degree from the University of Washington Law School.
Mayor Paul Schell appointed Greg Maffei to the Library Board in March 1998. Maffei leads the team building 360networks into one of the nation's leading bandwidth service providers. His focuses include completing the company's 14,500-mile North American network and streamlining operations in light of the difficult telecom environment. Prior to joining 360networks in early 2000, Maffei was senior vice president, finance & administration and chief financial officer of Microsoft. In that position, he also oversaw corporate development and the company's $35 billion cash and strategic investment portfolio. Maffei has an MBA degree from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and an AB degree from Dartmouth College. He serves as a director of Avenue A, Expedia, ONI Systems, and Starbucks Coffee. Maffei is also a member of the National Advisory Board of JP Morgan Chase and a trustee of The Seattle Public Library.
Gilbert W. Anderson was appointed to the Library Board by Mayor Paul Schell in May 1998 and was reappointed in April 2003 by Mayor Greg Nickels. He is past president and CEO of Physio-Control Corp. He retired from Physio-Control in 1992 after 16 years with the company. Prior to joining Physio-Control, he was president and CEO of Stetson-Ross, a Northwest-based manufacturer of heavy equipment and electronic control systems for the forest products industry. He graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He has been a member of The Seattle Public Library Foundation since 1992, serving as president from 1995 to 1996. He is currently the director of the United Way Endowment Board. He is past chair of United Way of King County.
Eric Liu was appointed to the Library Board by Mayor Greg Nickels in April 2002. Liu is the author of the book "The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker," a New York Times Notable Book of 1998, and editor of the acclaimed anthology "Next: Young American Writers on the New Generation." He is the founder of the How We Teach Initiative, a multimedia project on teaching and mentoring, and is author of a forthcoming book of the same title. Liu is also a lecturer at the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs, where he teaches a graduate course on democracy in a networked age. Liu previously served as vice president for programming at RealNetworks, the pioneering Internet media firm, and before that was President Clinton's deputy domestic policy adviser during the second term and a White House speechwriter during the first term. Liu serves on the boards of the League of Education Voters, Town Hall Seattle, and City Year Seattle/King County, a local branch of the national youth service corps. He received a bachelor of arts degree in history from Yale College and a law degree from Harvard Law School. He is also the son of a former public librarian.
Gordon McHenry Jr. was appointed to the Library Board by Mayor Norm Rice in May 1996 and reappointed by Mayor Paul Schell in April 2000. He is the director of Government and Community Relations, Commercial Airplanes of The Boeing Company.
McHenry was a corporate counsel for Boeing Computer Services from 1988-1994. Before joining Boeing, McHenry was an associate with the Perkins Coie Law Firm in Seattle from 1982 -1987. McHenry is a member of the Seattle University Board of Trustees and a member of the Holy Names Acadamy Parent Board. He has been recognized for outstanding service by Seattle University, the YMCA Black Achievers Program, the Central Area Motivation Program, and the National Bar Association. McHenry has held leadership positions with the Washington State Bar Association, Loren Miller Bar Association, and the Filipino Youth Activities. McHenry has a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Seattle University, a law degree from Georgetown University, and has completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business.
Content modified: 31 March 2003
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