Who We Are
Who We Are
Mission
& Purpose
The Berkeley Public Library Foundation amplifies the public investment to make a great public library extraordinary. The Foundation raises the funds needed for innovations, literacy projects, and building improvements that are not covered by bond measures and taxes.
About The
Foundation
Grants from the Foundation make new things possible. The Foundation outfits and refurbishes library buildings, resources dynamic new projects to advance STEM, the culinary arts, and reading. The Foundation secures literacy centered technology to keep the library creative, flexible, and ready to serve the public in an ever-changing digitized and interconnected world.
Leadership
BOARD
Christa Aboitiz
Santhi Analytis
Karen Bird
Joanne Carder
Hadley Dynak
Margaret Gutowski
Libby Hadzima Perkins
Tienne Lee
Erin McMahon-Lyman
Mary O’Neill
Lauren Schiller
Christine Staples
Jennifer Tang
Leslie Teicholz
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Kathy Huff
FOUNDATION COUNCIL
Rachel Anderson
Joy Carlin
Michael Chabon
Judy Fujimoto
Linda Schacht Gage
Trish Hawthorne
Karen Holtermann
Mollie Katzen
Maxine Hong Kingston
Carol & Tom Leonard
René Mandel
Malcolm Margolin
Janet Shohara McCutcheon
Rita Moreno
Michael Pollan
Matt Ross
Bryant Terry
Ayelet Waldman
Gordon Wozniak
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