===== Southern Conference Officers ===== \\ \\ **__Chair 2023-2025__**\\ ** Kaitlyn Hodges**\\ Disability Services Librarian\\ Bayside and Special Services Library Virginia Beach Public Library\\ Virginia Beach, VA\\ phone (757) 385-2685\\ [[khodges@vbgov.com]]\\ [[https://libraries.virginiabeach.gov/books-more/accessible-resources-services]]\\ \\ **__Vice Chair 2023-2025__**\\ ** Babak Zarin**\\ Access Services Librarian\\ Fredericksburg Area Subregional Library\\ Fredericksburg, VA\\ phone (540) 372-1144, ext. 7454\\ [[babak.zarin@crrl.org]]\\ [[https://www.librarypoint.org/talking-books/]]\\ \\ **__Secretary 2023-2025__**\\ **Miranda Loper**\\ Talking Book Services Director\\ Mississippi Talking Book Services\\ Jackson, MS\\ phone (601) 432-4151\\ [[mloper@mlc.lib.ms.us]]\\ [[https://www.mlc.lib.ms.us/tbs/]]\\ **__Treasurer 2021-2025__**\\ **Clayton Altom**\\ LABM Director\\ Tennessee Library for Accessible Books and Media\\ Nashville, TN\\ (615) 741-0814\\ [[Clayton.Altom@tnsos.gov]]\\ [[https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/labm]]\\ \\ **__Member at Large 2023-2025__**\\ **Dianne Keadle**\\ Reader Advisor\\ South Carolina Talking Book Services\\ Columbia, SC\\ phone (803) 734-4611// [[DKeadle@statelibrary.sc.gov]]\\ [[https://sctalkingbook.org/]]\\ \\ **__Member at Large 2023-2025__**\\ **Brandi Robertson**\\ Outreach Librarian\\ Georgia Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled\\ Atlanta, GA\\ phone 1-800-248-6701// [[brobertson@georgialibraries.org]]\\ [[https://gls.georgialibraries.org/]]\\ ==== Past Chairs ==== **__Chair 2021-2023__**\\ ** Maureen Dorosinski**\\ Bureau of Braille and Talking Book Library\\ Daytona Beach, FL\\ \\ **__2019-2021__**\\ **Angela Fisher-Hall**\\ Regional Librarian\\ Alabama Regional Library for the Blind\\ Montgomery, AL\\ \\ **__2017-2019__**\\ **Pat Herndon**\\ Director\\ GLASS: Georgia Libraries for Accessible Statewide Services, Georgia Public Library Service\\ Atlanta, GA\\ \\ **__2015-2017__**\\ **Shellie Zeigler**\\ Director\\ Talking Book Services, Mississippi Library Commission\\ Jackson, MS\\ \\ **__2013-2015__**\\ **Craig Hayward**\\ Systems and Digital Services Librarian\\ North Carolina Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped\\ Raleigh, NC\\ \\ **__2011-2013__**\\ **Barbara Penegor**\\ Branch Manager\\ Kentucky Talking Book Library\\ Frankfort, KY\\ \\ **__2009-2011__**\\ **Ava Smith**\\ Division Director, Talking Book Program\\ Texas State Library & Archives Commission\\ Austin, TX\\ \\ **__2007-2009__**\\ **Jerry Reynolds**\\ Manager\\ Talking Books/Special Needs Library, Jacksonville Public Library\\ Jacksonville, FL\\ \\ **__2005-2007__**\\ **John Whitlock**\\ Blind and Physically Handicapped Library Services, Mississippi Library Commission [MS1A]\\ (Jerry Reynolds, Vice President, served as Acting President)\\ **__2003-2005__**\\ **Ruth Hemphill**\\ Regional Librarian\\ Tennessee Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped\\ Nashville TN\\ \\ **__2001-2003__**\\ **Barbara McCarthy**\\ Director\\ Library & Resource Center, Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired\\ Richmond, VA [VA1A]\\ \\ **__1999-2001__**\\ **Mike Gunde**\\ Florida Bureau of Braille & Talking Book Library Services\\ Daytona Beach, FL\\