Staff & Board

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Board of Trustees

President

bot@kentlib.org

Board of Trustees

Board Members

The Board of Trustees consists of seven members appointed by the Kent County Commissioners from nominees submitted by the Board of Trustees.

Trustees must be residents of Kent County and are chosen on the basis of character, ability, and demonstrated interest in library matters. Trustees are appointed for an initial term of five years.

Name	Position
Ms. Rachel Durso	President
TBD	Vice President
Dr. John Murphy	Treasurer
Ms. Erin Counihan	Secretary
Clara Rankin	Member
Deborah Westerland	Member
Bruce Riedel	Member

The trustees may be contacted by mail sent to:

Board of Trustees of Kent County Public Library
408 High Street
Chestertown, Maryland 21620

or via email at bot@kentlib.org

Updated: March 12, 2025

Board Documents

Bylaws of the Board of Trustees (pdf)

Statement Against Racism (pdf)

Trustee Guide for Maryland Libraries

Board Meeting Minutes

Meetings of the Board of Trustees are open and the public is welcome to attend.

*Starred dates indicate a Closed Meeting Statement.

All links open as (pdf).

FY26

7/11/25	7/28/25	8/18/25*	9/3/25	9/10/25
9/29/25	10/27/25	11/17/25*

FY25

7/29/24	8/19/24	9/30/24	10/21/24	11/25/24
1/6/25	1/28/25	2/25/25	3/31/25	04/29/25
5/27/25*	6/30/25

FY24

7/31/23	9/18/23	10/30/23	11/27/23	1/8/24
1/30/24	2/26/24	3/25/24	4/30/24	5/28/24
6/24/24	6/24/24*

FY23

7/25/22	10/3/22	10/31/22	11/28/22	1/9/23
1/30/23	2/27/23	3/27/23	4/24/23	5/30/23
6/26/23

FY22

8/3/21	8/30/21*	9/27/21	10/25/21	11/29/21
1/10/22	1/31/22	2/28/22	3/28/22	4/25/22
6/6/22	6/27/22

FY21

7/27/20	8/3/20	8/31/20	9/28/20	10/26/20
11/30/20	12/7/20	12/14/20*	12/21/20*	1/14/21
1/25/21	3/2/21	3/10/21	3/29/21	4/26/21
6/28/21

FY20

8/2/19	8/12/19*	8/26/19	9/23/19	11/4/19
11/25/19	12/16/19	1/27/20	2/24/20	3/30/20
4/27/20	5/26/20	6/10/20	6/10/20*	6/29/20

Finance Committee Minutes

All links open as (pdf).

FY26

10/14/25

FY25

6/11/24	7/16/24	9/17/24	11/12/24	2/11/25
3/18/25	5/13/25	6/2/25	6/26/25

FY24

7/18/23

9/7/23

10/17/23

FY23

10/18/22	2/14/23	3/14/23	4/11/23	5/16/23
6/13/23

FY22

8/13/21	9/22/21	10/20/21	11/17/21	3/15/22
4/12/22	5/17/22

FY21

7/27/20	8/31/20	9/28/20	10/26/20	11/30/20
12/14/20	1/25/21	2/22/21	3/8/21

FY20

Library Administration

Natalie Hagan

Executive Director

admin@kentlib.org

Facilities, Patron & Administrative Services

Christopher Walmsley

Chief Operations Officer

info@kentlib.org

Michael Sampson

Patron Services Manager

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Programming, Outreach & Publicity Services

Annie Woodall

Chief Public Officer

public@kentlib.org

Honey Raines

Public & Youth Services Manager

youth@kentlib.org

Technical, Collection & Reference Services

Natalie Hagan

Chief Information Officer

tech@kentlib.org

Sara Richards

Collection & Technical Services Manager

tech@kentlib.org

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