METRO is managed and governed by an elected Board of Trustees and program areas receive guidance from METRO’s Advisory Councils.
Shannon Mattern, President
Associate Professor
School of Media Studies
The New School
2016-2021
Nick Buron, Vice President
Chief Librarian
Senior Vice President
Queens Public Library
2017-2022
Joshua Greenberg, Treasurer
Program Director, Digital Information Technology
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
2012-2022
Greta Byrum, Secretary
Director of the New School’s Digital Equity Laboratory
The New School
2018-2023
Stephen Bury
Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian
Frick Art Reference Library
2017-2022
Valeda Dent
Dean, St. John’s University Libraries
St. John’s University
2018-2023
Donna Gibson
Director of Library Services
Memorial Sloan Kettering Library
2019-2024
Nicholas Higgins
Chief Librarian
Brooklyn Public Library
2019-2024
Melissa Jacobs
Director of Library Services
NYC School Library System
2020-2025
Brian Kenney
Library Director
White Plains Public Library
2019-2024
Caryl Matute
Interim Chief Library Officer
New York Public Library
2019-2024
Leah Meisterlin
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Columbia University
2016-2021
James G. Neal
University Librarian Emeritus
Columbia University
2011-2021
Kameelah Rasheed
2020-2025
Nate Hill
Ex-Officio
Executive Director
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
All meetings are 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. at METRO, unless otherwise noted.
Monday, November 18, 2019
September 24, 2019
July 29, 2019
May 2, 2019
February 28, 2019
December 17, 2018
November 19, 2018
September 17, 2018
July 19, 2018
April 30, 2018
February 28, 2018
December 11, 2017
November 6, 2017
September 7, 2017
July 28, 2017
April 27, 2017
February 27, 2017
December 8, 2016
September 15, 2016
September 9, 2016
May 23, 2016
February 22, 2016
December 4, 2015
September 3, 2015
May 28, 2015
February 17, 2015
November 17, 2014
September 9, 2014
May 12, 2014
February 10, 2014
November 14, 2013
September 10, 2013
May 10, 2013
January 22, 2013
September 7, 2012
May 7, 2012
February 10, 2012