Obama Art, Humanities, Library Nominees

President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate the following:

• John Coppola, Member, National Museum and Library Services Board, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
• Carla D. Hayden, Member, National Museum and Library Services Board, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
• Winston Tabb, Member, National Museum and Library Services Board, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
• Robert Wedgeworth, Member, National Museum and Library Services Board, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

John Coppola has consulted on strategic planning and professional training for museums throughout Latin America and the Middle East since 1996. Previously, he served as the Director of the Office of Exhibits Central at the Smithsonian Institution; as Chief of the Bureau of International Expositions and Exhibitions Program Manager, Arts America, for the U.S. Information Agency; and as a Foreign Service Officer. Mr. Coppola has organized and managed exhibitions for the Museum of Latin American Art, Smithsonian Latino Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts at St. Thomas University, and Stonewall Library & Archives.

A veteran of the Chicago public library system, Dr. Carla Hayden is a past president of the American Library Association and the current Chief Executive Officer of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland. She previously served as Deputy Commissioner and Chief Librarian of the Chicago Public Library, Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh, and Library Services Coordinator for the Museum of Science and Industry, one of Chicago's leading cultural institutions. Dr. Hayden began her career with the Chicago Public Library in 1973 as a library associate and children's librarian and then as a young adult services coordinator with the Chicago system, one of the largest in the United States.

Winston Tabb is the Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums at Johns Hopkins University where he leads and coordinates the university's entire system of libraries, directs the Sheridan Libraries, and oversees the Homewood Museum and the Evergreen Museum & Library. Prior to joining Hopkins, Mr. Tabb served at the Library of Congress for over 30 years, ultimately serving as associate librarian. He holds a degree in library science from Simmons College, a master's degree from Harvard University and a bachelor's degree from Oklahoma Baptist University.

Robert Wedgeworth was the founding President of ProLiteracy Worldwide, the largest non-governmental adult literacy training organization in the world, until his retirement in June 2007. He previously served as University Librarian, Professor of Library Administration, and Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also served as the Dean of the School of Library Service at Columbia University, the Executive Director of the American Library Association, and as President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. In 1975 President Gerald R. Ford appointed Mr. Wedgeworth to the National Commission on New Uses of Copyrighted Works. He is a life member of the American Library Association, a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a member of the Board of Trustees of Wabash College, the Board of Trustees of the Newberry Library, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Poetry Foundation.