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