Staff
Amy Brugh, Interim Executive Director
Michaela Day, Project Manager: Community Digital Repository
Kristyn Seo Taff, Operations Manager
Clarence White, Associate Director
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
- Keren Gudeman, Next in Nonprofits
- Bruce Willms, Librarian
- Gretchen Corniea, Facilities
- Michaela Corniea, Communications
- Geordie Flantz, Communications
- Katherine Grimm, Communications
- Ismail Khadar, Housing Justice
- David McAllister, Facilities
- John Sielaff, Cataloging
- Kristi Wright, Website Administration
Board of Directors
Jennings Mergenthal, Board President
Community Engagement Specialist, Science Museum of Minnesota
Research and Puppeteer
Wilt Hodges, Vice President
Author/Advocate
State of Minnesota Public Servant/Columbia University Alum
Michelle Filkins, Board Secretary
Professor and Reference and Instruction Librarian, Metro State University.
Isuru Herath, Board Treasurer
Sarah Degner Riveros, Member of the Board
Lecturer, Languages & Cross-Cultural Studies, Augsburg University
Warren Hanson, Member of the Board
Rick Macpherson, 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.
Becca Seidel, Member of the Board
Deputy Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota.
Cassie Williams, Member of the Board
Associate Director, Labor Education Service, University of Minnesota