President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts:

Sylvia Orozco, Appointee for Member, National Museum and Library Services Board: Sylvia Orozco is Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Mexic-Arte Museum of Austin (TX), positions she has held since 1984. Orozco served on the Advisory Board of the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center from 2008 to 2012 and the Mayor’s Community Cabinet in Austin from 2009 to 2011.

Annette Evans Smith, Appointee for Member, National Museum and Library Services Board: Annette Evans Smith joined the Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) in 2003, and has served as its President and CEO since 2011.In 2012, Ms. Evans Smith worked on the legislation that established the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council.

Deborah Taylor, Appointee for Member, National Museum and Library Service Board: Deborah Taylor is Coordinator of School and Student Services at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, where she has worked since 1974 in various additional roles including as a Branch Librarian and Head of the Office of Children and Youth. Taylor is a member of the Voice of Youth Advocates Editorial Advisory Board and served as President of the Young Adult Library Services Association and Chair of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards. She received the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Practitioner Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Library Association in 2015.

Jonathan L. Zittrain, Appointee for Member, National Museum and Library Service Board: Jonathan L. Zittrain is a Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the George Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School, positions he has held since 2010 and 2008, respectively. Zittrain is also Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at the Harvard Law School Library and Co-Founder and Faculty Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, positions he has held since 2012 and 1997, respectively.