Jolene Poore is the Director of Ada Public Library. Though she has over thirteen years of combined experience in both public and academic libraries, she has significant professional experience in the corporate business and human resources fields. In addition to developing and instructing much of the adult programing available at Ada Public Library, she has taught undergraduate and graduate classes as an adjunct professor at East Central University. She is currently the president of Pontotoc County Literacy Coalition, past president of East Central University’s Linscheid Library Academic Friends and a member of Unity Point Counseling & Resource Center.