PaLA Southwest Chapter

Current Elected Officers

2025 Chair: Jennifer Woolstrum, Baden Memorial Library

2025 Vice-Chair: Karly Kunkle, Norwin Public Library

2025 Secretary: Kristen Janci, BF Jones Memorial Library

2025 Treasurer: Megan Zagorski, Allegheny County Library Association

2025 Nominations/Elections Representative: Heather Weleski, Avalon Public Library 

2025 (appointed) Membership Representative: Chad Gump, Citizens Library and District Center

2025 (appointed) Intellectual Freedom Representative: Brittan Ellis, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

2025 (appointed) PR & Marketing Representative: Barb Mitchell, Cambria County Library System

Immediate Past Chair: Heather Weleski, Avalon Public Library

Membership

The Southwest Chapter of the Pennsylvania Library Association is comprised of the following counties:

• Allegheny
• Armstrong
• Beaver
• Butler
• Cambria
• Fayette
• Greene
• Indiana
• Somerset
• Washington
• Westmoreland