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
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
Legal Aid Attorney at Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid specializing in disability law
Michelle Filkins, Board Secretary
Professor and Reference and Instruction Librarian, Metro State University
Isuru Herath, Board Treasurer
Organizer and staff member for the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA)
Adam Bledsoe, Board Member
Director of Graduate Studies in Geography at the University of Minnesota, focusing on Black Geography and Black Studies
Kate Driscoll Derickson, Board Member
Professor in the Geography Department at the University of Minnesota
Cathy Hanson, Board Member
Retired postal worker and member of the APWU; co-chairperson of the ESFL Labor Advisory Committee
Warren Hanson, Board Member
Retired Founder, President, and CEO of Greater Minnesota Housing Fund, the Minnesota Equity Fund, and the NOAH Impact Fund
Will Leaver, Board Member
Ph.D. candidate at Metro State University in Applied Social Research and Consultant on carceral systems
Shiori Konda, Board Member
Registered Nurse and leader in the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA)
Selena Moon, Board Member
Independent scholar in Japanese American Mixed Race and Disability History
Cassie Williams, Board Member
Associate Director, Labor Education Service, University of Minnesota