Meet the People of PALNI
All PALNI staff can be reached using a single email. Contact us any time.
Kirsten Leonard
Executive Director
As Chief Executive Officer, the Executive Director acts on behalf of the PALNI organization under the policy direction and program plan of the Board and reports to the Executive Committee. She is responsible for developing and implementing a strategic plan for the organization.
(317) 752-6831
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Noah Brubaker
Associate Director
The Associate Director is responsible for advancing annually identified PALNI strategic objectives and reports to the Executive Director. He provides creative leadership, management, and support for core library information systems and applications with the goals of increasing collaboration to expand services and reduce costs.
(317) 721-8198
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Lisa Gonzalez
Collections Management Librarian
The Knowledge Base and License Manager Librarian provides functional KBLM Module implementation and management support for PALNI libraries. She manages subscription resources and electronic collections, and advances overall PALNI shared collection management goals.
(317) 565-4560
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Amanda Hurford
Scholarly Communications Director
The Scholarly Communications Director directs the consortia-wide repository, affordable learning, and open-access publishing services, and leads administrative teams and task forces to carry out those projects. She also manages the effort to raise awareness of scholarly communication issues and directs the professional development of librarians and staff assigned to scholarly communications work at each of the PALNI institutions.
(317) 747-0507
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Molly Reed
Strategic Communications Director
The Strategic Communications Director works to identify, optimize, and manage PALNI communication systems. Her main responsibilities include but are not limited to, highlighting the value and impact of the libraries and library staff, guidance on crisis communication, managing the consortium's websites, internal and external PALNI communications, developing communication best practices, and managing public relations and marketing requests by any of PALNI’s institutions.
(317) 512-7359
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Patti Holt
Operations Manager
The Operations Manager supports the management and coordination of business operations for the consortium, including finance and accounting, insurance and human resource compliance, administrative data management, business processes, contracting, and other integral office infrastructure. She also provides administrative support to the Executive Director.
(317) 709-8191
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