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Past Task Forces

Chair:
Stacey Akahoshi

EB Liaison:
Amy Kyung-eun Breslin

Members:
Caroline Chow

Co-Chairs:
Anna Coats
Victoria Sun

EB Liaison:
Azeem Khan

Members:
Crystal Chen
Anu Vedantham
Maria Lagasca

Charge: To organize APALA social events including field trips and social dinners/banquets at LibLearnX and ALA Annual Conference.

Co-Chairs:
Neil Ordinario
Nicole Fernandez

EB Liaison:
Neil Ordinario

Members:
Kristine Segura
Jade Dean
Joan Jocson-Singh
Hayley Park
Amanda He
Jen Woo
Maria McCauley

Chair:
Tatanisha "Tiki" Love

EB Liaison:
Danilo Baylen

Members:
Tony Nguyen

Co-Chairs:
Amy Pham
Jamie Lin
Regina Gong

EB Liaison:
Amy Kyung-eun Breslin

Members:
Timothy Chu
Jennifer SironMonnee Tong

Charge: To organize APALA social events including field trips and social dinners/banquets at LibLearnX and ALA Annual Conference.

Co-Chairs:
Jenay M. Dougherty
Danilo Baylen

EB Liaison:
Danilo Baylen

Members:
Alysa Cua
Chella Vaidyanathan

Charge: Identify APALA’s past and potential engagement opportunities with Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, and Central, South, Southeast and Southwest Asian American library workers who may or may not be APALA members.

Co-Chairs:
Jennifer Chan
Bernadette Birzer
Nicollette Davis

EB Liaison:
Danilo Baylen

Co-Chairs:
Sarah Okner
Jane Khaytin
Mimosa Shah

EB Liaison:
Keno Catabay

Charge: To organize APALA social events including field trips and social dinners/banquets at LibLearnX and ALA Annual Conference.

Converted to a Committee in June 2022.

Chair:
Angela Kent

EB Liaison:
Cynthia Mari Orozco

Members:
Sarah Cruz
Moonyung Kang-Larsen
Jackson Huang
Reanna Esmail

Co-Chairs:
Ariana Santiago
Johana Orellana Cabrera

EB Liaison:
Yen Tran

Chair:
Hannah Park
Kat Bell

EB Liaison:
Anu Vedantham

Members:
Young-Joo Lee
Rose Chou
Charisma Lee
Jennifer Quiambao

Members:
Candice Wing-yee Mack
Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada
Kat Bell
Ray Pun

Members:
Crystal Chen
Anastasia Chiu
Chella Vaidyanathan
Anu Vedantham

EB Liaison:
Rose Love Chou

Chair:
Melissa Cardenas-Dow

EB Liaison:
Jaena Cabrera

Members:
Hilda Loh-Guan
Sheeji Kathuria
Sunny Kim

Chair:
Charlene Hsu Gross

EB Liaison:
Lana Adlawan

Members:
Kathryn Blackmer
Ariana Lim
Janet Tom
Shazia Wilson
Cynthia Kiyotake

Co-chair:
Sherise Kimura
Eugenia Beh

EB Liaison:
Lessa Pelayo-Lozada

Co-chairs:
Annie Pho
Jenny Yap

EB Liaison:
Annie Pho

Chair:
Cat Phan

Members:
Ann Matsushima Chiu
Susie Quinn
Sine Jensen (UC Berkeley Liaison)

EB Liaison:
Ray Pun

Co-chairs:
Annie Pho
Jenny Yap

Members:
Tina Chan
Ann Crewdson

EB Liaison:
Brian Leaf

Chair:
Paolo Gujilde

Members:
Charlene Hsu Gross
Ximin Mi
Cynthia del Rosario
Tricia Sung

EB Liaison:
Peter Spyers-Duran

Co-chairs:
Ariana Lim
Anna Coats

Members:
Sayaka Suzuki
Ikumi Crocoll
Sarah Okner
Alvin Dantes

Literature Awards Liaison:
Ven Basco

Finance and Fundraising Liaison:

EB Liaison:
Anna Coats


Last updated 08/05/2026