Staff & Board

Staff

Wilt Hodges, Interim Executive Director

Michaela Day, Community Digital Repository Project Manager

Camila Leiva, Program & Operations Manager

Wordsworth Musinguzi, Community Digital Repository Project Assistant

Lucid Thomas, Housing Justice Manager
Collaborators

The East Side Freedom Library is proud to be supported by a range of contract and volunteer collaborators who support our staff, board, and mission. 

  • Steve Boland, Next in Nonprofits
  • Beth McCray, Next in Nonprofits
  • Bruce Willms, Librarian
  • Gretchen Corniea, Facilities
  • Michaela Corniea, Communications
  • Katherine Grimm, Communications
  • David McAllister, Facilities
  • John Sielaff, Cataloging
  • Kristi Wright, Website Administration
Board of Directors

Rick Macpherson, President

Michelle Filkins, Board Secretary
Professor and Reference and Instruction Librarian, Metro State University. 

Isuru Herath, Board Treasurer

Warren Hanson, Member of the Board

Selena Moon, Member of the Board
Independent scholar in Japanese American Mixed Race and Disability History
Masters of Arts in History, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bachelors of Arts in History, Smith College

Dr. Najaha A. Musse, DO, Member of the Board 
Physician in Family Medicine & Community Health. 

Cassie Williams, Member of the Board
Associate Director, Labor Education Service, University of Minnesota