Friends of Fondren Library Board Members 2025-2026

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2025-2026 Board of Directors Officers

Travis Johnson
President

Laura C. Turley
President Elect

Robert Baillo & Logan Browning
VPs, Membership

Walter Mark Buehler
Secretary

Martiel A. Luther
Treasurer

Virginia A. Clark, Ph.D.
Immediate Past President

 

2025-2026 Board of Directors

Natalye Appel

Dori Bayer

Victor Benavides

Kathryn Bielinski

Walter Mark Buehler

Lucy Chambers

Julie Gianelloni Connor

Julie Fette, Ph.D.

Zachary Foster

Kyle Frazier

Lucy F. Galbraith

Barbara J. Gibbs, M.D.

Clare W. Jackson

Brian James

Anna V. Kavanaugh

Colby Keithan

Jessica Keithan

Gretchen Kuhn

Wanda Pan

Bob Parkey

Stephanie Rudd

Melinda L. Snell

Amy Sutton

Joseph Sy

Robert M. Taylor, Jr.

Susan Trammell Whitfield

Ex Officio Board Members

Amy Dittmar, Ph.D.
Rice University Provost

Sara Lowman
Vice Provost and University Librarian

Cymene Howe, Ph.D. and Peter Loewen, Ph. D.
Co-Chairs, University Committee on the Library

Mary Lowery
Executive Director

 

Directors Emeriti

W. Robbins Brice
Debby Crabtree
Elizabeth Gillis
Harriet Calvin Latimer
Charles D. Maynard, Jr. 
Cathryn Rodd Selman
Lee Chatham Seureau
Amy Taylor
Mary Ellen Wilson
John E. Wolf, Jr., M.D., M.A.

2025-2026 Committee Chairs

Annual Dinner
Ann Patton Greene and Amy & Robert Taylor

Meet the Author
Anna Kavanaugh

Books That Shaped My World
Natalye Appel, Julie Gianelloni Connor & Victor Benavides

Homecoming
Lucy Galbraith

Rice Authors Event
Margaret Beier & Julie Fette

44th Annual Gala 
Colby & Jessica Keithan