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PLA members in good standing as of January 31, 2025 will be able to cast a digital ballot to vote. Ballot emailing for the 2025 election will begin on March 10, 2025, and will run through April 2, 2025.

Meet the PLA Candidates

One of the benefits of being a PLA member is using the power of your vote to guide the direction of the organization. In the 2025 PLA election, six nominees will stand for three positions—PLA President, and two Directors-at-Large. These are crucial leadership roles that will guide PLA into the next several years, ensuring that PLA delivers on its core purpose to strengthen public libraries and their contribution to the communities they serve. PLA thanks the , chaired by Dr. Maria McCauley, PLA Past President (2022–2023), for its work.

Get to know your candidates and invest in the future of PLA and public libraries by being a part of the 2024 election. Look below for the candidates and click on each name to learn more.

Information about candidates for 91´«Ã½ President is also included below.

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Candidates for PLA President (2026–2027)

The PLA President will be elected for a three-year term beginning after 2025 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference and completed at 2028 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference, serving one year each as President-Elect (2025–2026), President (2026–2027), and Past-President (2027–2028).

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Candidates for Directors-at-Large

There are two available seats for Directors-at-Large, each a three-year term beginning after 2025 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference and completed at 2028 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference. Voting PLA members will select one candidate for each seat.

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Seat A (Small/Rural Library)*

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Seat B

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*Per an August 2017 board resolution for PLA to better represent the needs and interests of library staff from public libraries of all sizes, the 2025 slate includes two candidates from small/rural libraries (those with service area populations less than 25,000 people), who will run opposite each other to ensure one PLA board member represents that constituency.

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Candidates for 91´«Ã½ President (2026–2027)

Learn more about the 91´«Ã½ Elections and the candidates for 91´«Ã½ President (2026–2027), Lindsay Cronk, Dean of Libraries, Tulane University, New Orleans; Andrea Jamison, Assistant Professor of School Librarianship, Illinois State University; and Maria McCauley, Director of Libraries, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts.