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 Past Presidents & Boards

Included is the year that each Past President officially began their work with HLA, as Vice-President/President-Elect. For most, their term as President began the following year. As example, Sunyeen Pai was elected as Vice-President/President-Elect in 2022, began that term in 2023, and completed her term as President during the 2024 calendar year. This is the case as far back as 1941-1943, which is when the current multi-term HLA Vice-President > President structure was put into place. The 3-year term with the President also serving an additional year on the Board as Past President was not instituted until the mid-1990s. 
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2025 - Ellen-Rae Cachola
2024 - Kelly Ann Campbell, Current HLA President
2023 - Sunyeen Pai, Current HLA President (profile)
2022 - Carina Chernisky (profile)
2021 - Jenny Silbiger (profile)
2020 - Joyce Tokuda
2019 - Michael Aldrich
2018 - Sharrese Castillo
2017 - Gwen Sinclair
2016 - Kara Plamann-Wagoner
2015 - Brian Huffman
2014 - Kimball Boone
2013 - Tim Arnold
2012 - Christina Aberlardo
2011 - Christine Pawliuk
2010 - Stewart Chun
2009 - Sheryl Lynch
2008 - Becky Rathgeber
2007 - Douglas Bates
2006 - Keiko Okuhara
2005 - Carol Kellett
2004 - A. Lee Adams
2003 - Catherine Hamer
2002 - Cora Nishimura
2001 - Vicky Lebbin
2000 - John Guagliardo
1999 - Dave Brier
1998 - Ruth Horie
1997 - Helen Wong Smith
1996 - Larry Osborne
1995 - Diane Eddy
1994 - Jean Ehrhorn
1993 - Kenneth Herrick
1992 - Floriana Cofman
1991 - Anthony Oliver
1990 - Christine Tomoyasu
1989 - Sandra Akana
1988 - Donna Marie Garcia
1987 - Rex Frandsen
1986 - DeEtta Wilson
1985 - Arlene Tibayan
1984 - Caroline Spencer
1983 - Cynthia Timberlake
1982 - Edna Hurd
1981 - Stella Watanabe
1980 - Lucretia Fudge Pladera
1979 - Katherine Goodhue
1978 - Floyd M. Cammack
1977 - Harry Uyehara
1976 - Katherine Knight
1975 - Blasé Souza
1974 - Margaret Ayrault
1973 - Arlene Luster
1972 - Gloria Kobayashi
1971 - Bro. Richard Roesch
1970 - Ira Harris
1969 - Thelma Hadley
1968 - Joyce Wright
1967 - Robert Stevens
1966 - Stanley Adams
1965 - May Chun
1964 - Marion McDermott Vaught
1963 - Susan Taylor
1962 - Agnes Conrad
1961 - Kenneth Slack
1960 - Jessie Wheelwright
1959 - Carolyn Crawford
1958 - Margaret Holden Setliff
1957 - Mildred Saunders
1956 - Eleanor Davis
1955 - Jean Dabagh
1954 - Jean Stevens
1953 - Virginia Crozier
1952 - Suzanne Starr
1951 - Euphie Shields
1950 - Ann Pfaender
1949 - Clarissa Halsted
1948 - Mabel Jackson
1947 - Priscilla Griffey
1946 - Ida Wilson
1945 - Charlotta Hoskins
1944 - Violet Silverman
1943 - Ethel Bowen
1942 - Jane Fairweather
1941 - Jane Fairweather
1940 - Margaret Titcomb
1939 - Ann Pfaender
1938 - Maude Jones
1937 - Maude Jones
1936 - Ebba Zetterberg
1935 - Myrtle Mattison
1934 - Catherine Delamere
1933 - Jessica Restarick
1932 - Jessica Restarick
1931 - Marion Morse
1930 - Laura Sutherland
1929 - Laura Sutherland
1928 - Margaret Newman
1927 - Ida McDonald
1926 - Ida McDonald
1925 - Bess McCrae
1924 - Margaret Newman
1923 - Mabel Hawthorne
1922 - Clara Hemenway

Full Board History List

To view a spreadsheet that has historical data about Board membership, click on the button below. Boards include the President, Vice-President/President-Elect, Past President, Treasurer, Secretary, ALA Councilor, and Board Members. Scroll to the right to see all applicable data. 
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