The PALCI Board of Directors guides the work of the PALCI organization in collaboration with Members, business partners, and staff. Board Members serve 3 calendar year terms with the possibility of serving a maximum of two consecutive three-year terms.

The current Board Members are below with their term expiration dates:

DaVonne Armstrong (1st term expiring Dec 2027)
Library Director
Jefferson University

Faye Chadwell, (1st term expiring Dec 2027)
Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications
Pennsylvania State University
[appointed to complete the remainder of John Buschman’s second term]

Karen Diaz, Treasurer (2nd term expiring Dec 2026)
Dean of Libraries
West Virginia University

Adam Hess, Vice President / President-elect (2nd term expiring Dec 2027)
Library Director
Arcadia University

Anne Houston, (1st term expiring Dec 2026)
Director of Libraries and College Librarian
Swarthmore College
[appointed to complete the remainder of Scott Vine’s second term]

Joe Lucia (1st term expiring Dec 2026)
Dean of University Libraries
Temple University

Alexis Macklin (1st term expiring Dec 2025)
Director, Center for Digital Learning & Innovation
Carlow University

Boaz Nadav-Manes (2nd term expiring 2025)
University Librarian
Lehigh University

Ed Scarcelle, President (1st term expiring December 2025)
Associate Provost for Libraries, Collections & Academic Services
The New School

Please contact PALCI Board Members at any time for information about PALCI or with questions and issues our consortium needs to address.

PALCI Board members have access to the Basecamp Board Portal.