2023 Board of Directors
Officers
Taylor
Meriwether
![Taylor Meriwether wants to live in a world where librarians aren’t expected to be quiet and “shush” people. She is the accidental library director at the Hinton Public Library where she has happily been for over seven years. Taylor can be found at the library planning programs, messing with some sort of technology or playing with the library dragon, Toothless. She prides herself in being the mother of Superman (Clark), the wife of a mad scientist and the human mom to her small zoo of animals both furry and scaly. Taylor Meriwether wants to live in a world where librarians aren’t expected to be quiet and “shush” people. She is the accidental library director at the Hinton Public Library where she has happily been for over seven years. Taylor can be found at the library planning programs, messing with some sort of technology or playing with the library dragon, Toothless. She prides herself in being the mother of Superman (Clark), the wife of a mad scientist and the human mom to her small zoo of animals both furry and scaly.](https://okliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Taylor-300x300-portrait-b3bd41c44894f9b79adbcbd3114b5328-.jpg)
Hinton Library
President
Karen
Kerr-McGraw
![Karen Karen Kerr-McGraw Bartlesville Public Library Literacy Services](https://okliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Karen-portrait-18969e4309a6d696f0a4a6250fe1bfa2-.gif)
Bartlesville Public Library Literacy Service
Vice President
Joy
Billingsley
![Joy Billingsley is the Administrative Assistant for Duncan Area Literacy Council. She loves what she does because she is very outgoing and enjoys helping people. She has 4 wonderful kids and 1 amazing grandson and has been married to the man of her dreams for 32 years. Her favorite saying is “Live life to the fullest and have no regrets.” Joy Billingsley Duncan Area Literacy Council](https://okliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Joy2-portrait-43df1765de7f43f8d08dcb397dcf1d2f-.gif)
Secretary
Melissa M.
Struttmann
![Melissa1 Melissa1](https://okliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Melissa1-300x300-portrait-5e32cab74633e427f3363b1fce2478d3-.jpg)
Creek County Literacy Program
Treasurer
Members
![Dana Dana](https://okliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Dana-portrait-3154c76d6da21ffbd21551c6f7642ea5-.gif)
Dana Kelso
Community Literacy Centers
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Melanie Pickard
FCI - El Reno
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Bruce Davis
Great Plains Literacy Council
![Billy Colson likes being a part of the Oklahoma Literacy Coalition. He enjoys meeting students and tutors. When he meets someone that needs help, he talks with them and encourage them to get help. He tells them there is nothing to be ashamed of. You could say that he’s a recruiter for literacy. Billy](https://okliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Billy3-3-portrait-4c5728f1ea66e90d5fdbfe2e2e38c307-.gif)
Billy Colson
Learner Representative
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Kimberly Boldt
Metropolitan Library System
![Susan Reynolds, after graduating from OSU, became a high school English teacher, and then a high school Spanish teacher. While teaching, she received her M. Ed. from UCO. During time with family as a stay-at-home mom, she would sometimes teach ESL for the Language Learning Fellowship (LLF) program at her church, Northwest Baptist. This led to teaching ESL at ECI and a TESOL certificate from OCU. Now, Susan teaches ESL at The OCCC FACE Center, is the curriculum coordinator of the LLF program, and joined the OLC board in 2019. Susan Reynolds](https://okliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/IMG-2185-1-portrait-146813fab89e26fa9d2096e02cd8747a-.gif)
Susan Reynolds
NWBC Language Learning Fellowship
![Susan Bernard is the High School Equivalency Coordinator of the Oklahoma City Community College Adult Learning Center. She is also the author and publisher of GED®, HSE, and ESL curriculum with the “I’m Not Afraid . . . Anymore!” series. It has been her great pleasure over the years to lead her students out of the land of fear and into the land of success. Susan Bernard is the High School Equivalency Coordinator of the Oklahoma City Community College Adult Learning Center. She is also the author and publisher of GED®, HSE, and ESL curriculum with the “I’m Not Afraid . . . Anymore!” series. It has been her great pleasure over the years to lead her students out of the land of fear and into the land of success.](https://okliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/SusanB-portrait-6e8a8c6b00b0085b73fb6646ccf34796-.gif)
Susan Bernard
OCCC Adult Learning Center
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Nannette Allen
OIC of OK County
![Rebecca Barker is the Coordinator for Grants and English Language Learning (ELL) for the Oklahoma Department of Libraries' Literacy Resource Office (LRO). She oversees ELL activities by arranging training and identifying resources and coordinates a citizenship and immigration program. She is a trainer, public speaker, and editor of LRO publications including Celebrating Our Journey, a collection of stories written by adult learners. Rebecca Barker
ODL literacy Resource Office](https://okliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Rebecca-portrait-af5916d04e481496901f5fd18ad3833d-.gif)
Rebecca Barker
ODL - Literacy Resource Office
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Chelsea Carey
Rogers County Literacy Council
![no picture available no picture available](https://okliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Pioneer-Library-portrait-21818f9d5c8cd1b9ce3d41e9de9e9694-.gif)
Mandy Durham
Ruth G Hardman Adult Literacy Service
![Jeanette-Kennedy-headshot-2 Jeanette-Kennedy-headshot-2](https://okliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Jeanette-Kennedy-headshot-2-portrait-881bd190f4d84b34f3e657a16d464c25-.gif)
Jeanette Kennedy
Seminole Public Library