Staff & Board of Trustees

Vanessa Hall-Bennett, Director 

Marty Balbinot, Business Administrator

Ellen Mibbs, Assistant Director and Children’s Services Coordinator 

Jessica Hughes, Young Adult Coordinator 

Luke Baker, Patron Services Associate

The library currently employs four full-time and three part-time employees.  All full-time employees participate in IMRF.  For more information about IMRF, please see: https://www.imrf.org/en/about-imrf/transparency/employer-cost-and-participation-information

• Mark McGrew President
• Mary Ellen Simpson Vice President
• Mary Layton Treasurer
• Amanda Zueck Secretary
• Stephanie Howerter 
• Deanna Foutch
• Vacancy

The regular meeting of the Havana Public Library District Board of Trustees is held on the second Thursday of every month at 4:00 p.m. at the Havana Public Library Annex, 118 South Plum Street, Havana, Illinois.

July 14, 2022
August 11, 2022
September 8, 2022
October 13, 2022
November 10, 2022
January 12, 2023
February 9, 2023
March 9, 2023
April 13, 2023
May 11, 2023
June 8, 2023

All meeting agendas can be found on the Havana Public Library District website calendar.

Click here to view past Board Meeting Minutes.

Click here to view a PDF of the Bylaws of the Havana Public Library District.

Click here to view past Board Meeting Agendas.