Our Board, Capital Campaign Cabinet, Other Volunteers and Staff

Board of Directors

Bruce D. Bolton, President
Geoffrey Dowd, Vice-President
Helgi Soutar, Secretary
Caroline Nalbantoglu, Treasurer
Mtre Daniel Boyer, Ad.E
Carol Christie-Olsen
Peter Dunn
Christopher Lyons
Helen Malkin

Honorary Board Advisors

Hon. W. David Angus
Mark Gallop
Mary Leslie-Aitken
Richard W. Pound
Derek Webster
 
Lionel J. Blanshay died at age 84 on August 13, 2024. During pivotal years in the early 2000s he served on the Atwater Library’s Board of Directors and was our star fundraiser. Following his retirement from the Board, he became an Honorary Advisor. Please click here for his obituary.

Marshall Wansbrough died at age 82 on March 3, 2020. He was a great supporter of the Atwater Library, with 17 years on the Board of Directors and two terms as president. He then served as an Honorary Board Advisor. At the time of his death, his vision for better use of the ground floor stacks (basement) was being realized as part of the elevator-accessibility project.

Phillip L. Chartrand died peacefully at age 87 on June 8, 2013. He served on the Atwater Library’s Board of Directors from the late 1980s until 2009 and after that, was an Honorary Advisor to the Board. He gave steadfast support during lean years when some people doubted the organization’s future viability.

Capital Campaign – Third Century Campaign Co-Chairs

Richard W. Pound
W. David Angus

Historian

Susan McGuire

Volunteers

There are more than 175 volunteers who are essential to the health and thriving life of our organization. Volunteers do a range of tasks, including working at the circulation desk, the Computer Centre, Digital Help Hubs, job search workshops and our Bookshop. Please let us know if you would like to volunteer.

Staff

The Atwater Library and Computer Centre has nine full-time-equivalent staff. The staff are aided by stagiaires, interns and students as well as more than 175 volunteers.

Lynn Verge – Executive Director
Lavina Alonzo – Manager of Administration and Development
Roxann Fournier-Hoyt – Head Librarian
Jason Grant – IT Manager
Carmen Lum – Digital Literacy and Job Skills Development Manager
Taegan Schell – Digital Literacy Program Coordinator
Elise Moser – Coordinator, AWE Project (part time)
Ahmad Malik – Coordinator, CELI Project (part time)
Cameron Edwards – Saturday and Evenings Library Manager
Fatima Rebello – Library Cataloguer (part time)
German Najarro – Part-time building custodian, cleaner, gardener
Andrew Katz – Part-time building security, cleaner