Trustees

About Our Trustees

The Haverhill Public Library is governed by a seven-member self-perpetuating Board of Trustees. The City is responsible for funding the maintenance of library facilities and staff salaries. As the owners in trust of the library, the Trustees are responsible for ensuring that the City lives up to its part of the agreement, as well as for providing library facilities and an annual appropriation of funds for the purchase of library materials. Ultimately, the library’s Board of Trustees is responsible for the library, its facilities and services, policies and procedures. Since the library’s inception, a priority of the Board of Trustees has been the development of a Library Endowment, the interest from which is used to purchase materials and to supplement the City of Haverhill budget for the Library.

Board of Trustees

The Honorable Melinda Barrett, Mayor of Haverhill, Chair
Richard J. Sheehan, Vice Chair
Deborah Y. Coletti
Kathy Bresnahan
Kate Veasey Sirois
Joan Kimball

Library Management Team

Sarah Moser, Director
Jane Lemuth, Assistant Director
VACANT – Department Head, Head of Youth Services
Becky Geller – Department Head, Head of Special Collections
Emily Giguere – Department Head, Head of Circulation
Rebecca Lazan – Department Head, Head of Reference

Meetings and Minutes

The Board of Trustees meets on the third Thursday of each month at 9:00 a.m. in the Donald C. Freeman Whittier Room on the second floor of the Library. Standing committees include Building and Grounds, Finance, and Library.

Past meeting minutes

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