[Michlib-l] Muskegon Area District Library - New Director Announcement

[Sandy Irwin]

Congratulations Ron!

Sandy Irwin
Royal Oak Public Library Director
she/her/hers
222 E Eleven Mile Rd. Royal Oak, MI 48067
sandy at ropl.org
248-246-3710



On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 8:00 AM Mariel Chandler via Michlib-l <
michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
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> We are excited to share that our new Director, Ron Suszek, started at the
> Muskegon Area District Library on Monday, June 20th! He is not new to
> Michigan but has been out of the area for the past several years. Please
> help us welcome him back and congratulate him on his new role. I included
> the press release info below for more information.
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> *New Library Director Selected at Muskegon Area District Library*
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> MUSKEGON, MI, May 17, 2022 - The Board of Trustees of the Muskegon Area
> District Library is pleased to announce the selection of Ron L. Suszek, II
> as the new MADL Library Director. He will join MADL June 20, 2022.
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> Suszek has extensive experience working in public libraries, including a
> seventeen-year career in leadership positions. He has managed a wide range
> of services including public programming, technology, collection
> development and logistics.
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> Most recently, he served as Library Services Administrator with the San
> Antonio Public Library, (SAPL) in San Antonio, Texas. At SAPL, he worked to
> overhaul the digital experience for library users by developing services
> and collections to meet the needs of a growing and culturally diverse
> community of nearly two million. He was actively involved in San Antonio’s
> digital inclusion network and worked to provide essential access to support
> digital literacy efforts in one of the nation’s least connected cities.
> Prior to his five-year service with SAPL, he worked at Grace A. Dow
> Memorial Library in Midland, Michigan for ten years.
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> The selection of Mr. Suszek concludes a six-month nation-wide search and
> several Board Special Meetings to interview highly qualified candidates.
> “Mr. Suszek has extensive experience initiating and sustaining partnerships
> with community organizations and has been successful in raising
> stakeholders’ awareness of the library, its employees, and services as well
> as the importance of funding and supporting its mission,” says Doug Hughes,
> Chair, MADL Board of Trustees.
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> “I am excited to be a part of the Muskegon Area District Library, working
> with the dedicated people at MADL who serve the community in such
> meaningful and transformative ways,” says Suszek. “Muskegon is such a
> diverse and unique community and the Library has so much potential to
> impact everyone in the community, helping everyone achieve success
> together. The amazing work that MADL has been doing to support the
> community is why I first started working in public libraries nearly twenty
> years ago.”
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> Suszek holds a Master of Science Degree from the School of Information
> Sciences, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a
> bachelor’s degree from Hope College, Holland, Michigan. He is originally
> from northern Michigan, has lived and worked in west Michigan and Chicago.
> He is an avid tennis player, runner, and cyclist.
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> https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2022/05/muskegon-area-district-library-announces-new-director.html
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> Much appreciated,
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> Mariel
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> *Mariel Chandler*
> HR/Payroll Manager
> 231-737-6248 x112 | madl.org <http://www.madl.org>
> 4845 Airline Rd. Suite 5 | Muskegon, MI 49444
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