Matt Rosendahl, Vice President
Matt is the Library Director of the Kathryn A. Martin Library at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. He has worked as a library director since 2004. He has served in state and national library associations, and in statewide projects such as Ebooks Minnesota and the Council of Academic Library Directors’ Cooperative Collection Management project. He co-founded the Lake Superior Libraries Symposium and is a member of the Duluth Public Library Board. His community service includes membership on the Glensheen Advisory Council.

Jennifer Berges, Treasurer
Jennifer serves as the Director of Philanthropy for EngenderHealth, a global health organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights. She previously served for 10 years as the development director for the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She holds a bachelor of arts in history and American culture studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a master of business administration from the University of South Florida. Jennifer’s family is from the Dominican Republic. She grew up in a bilingual household that greatly valued all forms of education. She believes public libraries are an integral part of a thriving community, providing access to education for all.

Azrin Awal
Azrin Awal (she/they) identifies as a Muslim, Bengali, Asian-American, Queer woman dedicated to social justice, mental health awareness, public health, and community. Azrin works at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD), where she serves as the Pre-Collegiate & Ambassador Program Coordinator with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI). Azrin is a first-generation University of Minnesota Duluth alumni with a background in Public Health, Psychology, and Gender & Sexuality studies. Azrin serves as an At Large City Councilor for the City of Duluth and serves on multiple boards and commissions for the city. Azrin wants to be able to use their voice to promote equity and justice, especially in her work at UMD and throughout the City of Duluth.

Doug Bremer
Doug is a Commercial Loan Officer at Members Cooperative Credit Union and has called Duluth home for more than two decades. He is an active member of the local community and has enjoyed serving on the boards of several local business and community organizations. Doug’s father was a career librarian, and his mother was an educator, so the library was an integral part of his upbringing.  Doug lives in Duluth with his wife, their three children, and their two Old English Sheepdogs. His interests include linguistics, poetry, and plant care. He also enjoys martial arts, mountain biking, and traveling with his family as much as possible.

Craig Chilcote
Craig is a licensed CPA and the managing partner for Anderson Kuiti & Asuma PLLC.

Leah Fisher
Leah is a family law attorney at Hanft Fride, PA, representing individuals in a broad range of matters, including divorce, custody, parenting time, child support, adoption, and other general family matters. Prior to joining Hanft Fride, Leah worked for the Volunteer Attorney Program in Duluth, providing pro bono legal services to low-income individuals in the community. She continues to work as a volunteer attorney and has been recognized by the Minnesota State Bar Association for her commitment to providing pro bono representation. Leah earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin, Superior, and her law degree at Seattle University School of Law.

Greg Fox
Greg was lucky enough to live near the beautiful West Duluth Library and went there to study and meet friends several times a week when he was in school. After graduating from Denfeld High School he attended the University of Minnesota Duluth and later did graduate work at the University of Washington. He returned to UMD in 1974 and began a 38 year career first as the assistant director of Continuing Education and Extension and later as the Vice Chancellor of Finance and Operations. He has been active in the community and served as chair of the DECC board, the Chamber of Commerce, Goodwill Industries board, He has cochaired a United Way annual campaign and the Damiano Center facilities campaign. He has been married for more than 50 years to Sheila. They have two children and four grandchildren. Each week they are at Laura MacArthur Elementary School working on reading with first graders.

Susan Goltz, M.D.
Born and raised in North Dakota, Susan is a recently retired physician. She practiced medicine at St. Luke’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Associates for thirty years before retiring in 1992.

Sherry Hall
An alumna of the University of Minnesota, Duluth, Sherry returned to Duluth from Washington, D.C. In her time in the nation’s capital, she worked in various capacities in service of the United States Senate: as office manager for the Select Committee on Intelligence (Church Committee), as chief clerk of the Temporary Select Committee to Study the Senate Committee System, as deputy staff director for the Select Committee on Ethics, and as a staff member of the Select Committee on Intelligence. She subsequently served as Manager of Corporate Affairs at Lockheed Corporation, was Executive Director of the Salmon Arts Council, served as Project Editor at the Historical Office of the United States Senate, and worked as Executive Director of PAL, Inc. She is now Chair of the College of Liberal Arts Advisory Board at UMD.

Andrew Keenan, M.D.
Andy is originally from Fridley, MN. He currently practices as a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician at Essentia. In addition to Duluth, he has held library cards from as far afield as Fairbanks, Alaska, and Tottori-ken, Japan. He and his family enjoy camping, skiing, searching for new books from the library, and searching for old library books at home.

Cole Maki
Persisting through generational poverty, Cole has always felt deeply pained by the societally created injustices of this existence, as well as a deep calling to push back against needless suffering in her community. Her love of reading goes back to her childhood. She remembers her mother’s encouragement to “read and learn as much as possible, because knowledge is something that can never be taken away from you.” Cole is a single mother who worked fervently to earn multiple degrees: Associate of Arts, Lake Superior College; Bachelors of Science in International Peace Studies, University of Wisconsin Superior; and Masters of Advocacy and Political Leadership, University of Minnesota, Duluth. Each degree holds significant importance to her and represents her unrelenting quest to create a safe, stable, and thriving life for herself and her child. For the past five years, Cole has worked for City of Duluth in Workforce Development, providing employment services to community members who are experiencing poverty, and that may also be in crisis or simultaneously experiencing other significant barriers to employment. Cole serves on the Duluth Workforce Development Board’s Equity Committee, working systemically to help create a socially and economically just city for our entire community. Outside of work, Cole loves dancing, bonfires, and her favorite dinosaur is the brontosaurus. Cole believes libraries are so much more than a building to go check out books. It’s a place of community, where all are welcome; a place where all people can belong.

Theresa O’Gara
Theresa has worked as a speech pathologist in the Duluth Public Schools for 35 years. She calls the public library “an integral part of my life,” and is aware of the multiple ways that the Duluth Public Library system strengthens the community. Theresa is married to Tom O’Gara, a retired school psychologist, and has two daughters.

Carla Powers, Library Manager
Carla had a brief career in broadcast journalism, but once she discovered public library work, she was hooked. She earned her Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science in 2000 and was director of the public library in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, for several years. Carla has been library manager in Duluth since 2009 and has worked closely with the Foundation. She enjoys living in a community that values its libraries.