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

Karen Elliott, Technical Services Coordinator

The library currently employees four full time and five part-time employees.  All employees working 20 hours a week or more 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
• Brian Lesemann Secretary
• Stephanie Howerter 
• Janis Hurley
• Cathy Toncray

The regular meeting of the Havana Public Library District Board of Trustees is held on the second Thursday of every month at 4:45 p.m. at the Havana Public Library Annex, 118 South Plum Street, Havana, Illinois.

January 14, 2021
February 11, 2021
March 11, 2021
April 8, 2021
May 13, 2021
June 10, 2021

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.