About

Path to Leadership is a project to build and foster strategies to develop Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) library leaders and solutions for the barriers that they experience.

This project was made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, RE-250041-OLS-21.

Key Project Staff

Project Directors

Dr. Raymond Pun

President (2021-2022), Asian Pacific American Librarians Association

Vice President (2021-2022), Chinese American Librarians Association

Librarian, Alder Graduate School of Education

Wenli Gao

President (2021-2022),  Chinese American Librarians Association

Head of Collections Strategy and Services, University of Houston

Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada

Executive Director (2019-2022), Asian Pacific American Librarians Association

Past President (2016-2017), Asian Pacific American Librarians Association

Adult Services Assistant Manager, Palos Verdes Library District

Dr. Lian Ruan

Executive Director (2016-2022), Chinese American Librarians Association

Past President (2015-2016), Chinese American Librarians Association

Head Librarian, Illinois Fire Service Institute Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Project Team Members

Elaine Tai

Project Assistant

Ying Liao

Treasurer

Haoyong Lan

Website Designer

Advisory Board

Candice Wing-yee Mack — Administrator for Teen Services, Los Angeles Public Library

Tarida Anantachai — Director, Inclusion & Talent Management, NC State University Libraries

Ariana Hussain — School Librarian, The Blake School

Leo Lo — Dean, University of New Mexico

Pearl Ly — Dean, San Diego Mesa College

Maria McCauley — Director, Cambridge Public Library

Safi Safullah — Manager, Salt Lake City Public Library 

Mimosa Shah — MS/LIS student/graduate, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Miriam Tuliao — Library Marketing Manager, Penguin Random House

Shali Zhang — Dean, University of Auburn Library 

Forum Facilitators

Alanna Aiko Moore, Librarian for Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies and Sociology, University of California, San Diego

Ling hwey Jeng, Professor and Director, School of Library and Information Studies, Texas Woman’s University

Forum Break Out Group Facilitators

  • Monnee Tong
  • Moon Kim
  • Jessica Dai
  • Jamie Kurumaji
  • Hanna Ahn
  • Andrew Carlos
  • Edward Junhao Lim
  • Kathleen Baril
  • Tina Chan
  • Jaena Rae Cabrera
  • Jamie Lin
  • Regina Gong
  • Shelly Black