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President, Liz Price Patel (Redwood Day School) |
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Liz Price Patel is enjoying her seventh year as Head Librarian and Middle School Dean at Redwood Day in Oakland, CA. For the past 27 years, she has worked in and around school, public, and university libraries, including her high school and college alma maters: Ursuline Academy in St. Louis and the University of Chicago. When she's not hard at work, she can also be found happily exploring Bay Area nature and traveling farther afield when she can. |
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President-Elect, Danielle Farinacci (Lick Wilmerding High School) Danielle is the Head Librarian at Lick Wilmerding High School in San Francisco. Prior to her appointment there two years ago she worked at Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep for 9 years. Danielle has been an active BAISL member, recently serving on the planning team for the joint POCIS-BAISL roundtable in January. Over the past 5 years, Danielle has generously presented at various meeting covering everything from increasing database usage and efficiency to AASL standards. One of her favorite books is All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr. As a librarian, she loves the opportunity to open new worlds to students and teachers. Outside the library, Danielle is an avid cyclist and loves to write children's stories for fun. Treasurer, Patrick Vallez-Kelley (Junipero Serra High School) |
| Patrick is the librarian at Junipero Serra High School where he has worked since 2011 and been the librarian since 2013. A relatively new and active BAISL member, Pat most recently presented at our Fall meeting. One of Patrick’s favorite authors is George Saunders. When asked about his favorite aspect of librarianship, Patrick had this to say: “What I love about being a librarian are the broad horizons in the field -- in the possibilities for instruction and programming with students, in the universal content, in what I still have to learn and in the future of the profession. I'm never bored with this work.” In his free time, Patrick parents a teen and a foster son, cooks and bakes pie, researches family genealogy, plays piano and guitar, and goes to the movies. |
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Secretary, Susanne DeRisi (Synergy School) susanne@synergyschool.org Susanne is the librarian for grades Young K - 8th at Synergy School in San Francisco. After getting her library degree in the early days of the internet explosion, she worked as a web producer and then in online scholarly publishing. Before becoming Librarian at Synergy, Susanne was a parent volunteer and had the good fortune to be mentored by Librarian Carolyn Karis. |
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Communications Director, Jessica Simons (Moreau Catholic High School) jsimons@moreaucatholic.org Jessica has been the head librarian at Moreau Catholic High School in Hayward for 8 years. Previously she was the library assistant at The Athenian School. She has been an active member of BAISL for several years, sharing her maker space expertise at meetings, hosting a meeting, as well as serving on the Overdrive Committee. Neil Gaiman is one of Jessica’s favorite authors. In the library she loves helping students find whatever resources they need, whether it's a book, a database article, or a tool in the Moreau Maker Lab. In her freetime she enjoys designing and making earrings on her 3D printer and laser cutter. |
