The NCBLA Board of Directors

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Mary Kemper

Mary Kemper has had a long and avid interest in children's literatureand literacy issues. While raising her family, she actively volunteered in schools and libraries gaining knowledge and multiple perspectives on literacy, literature, and library issues. Once her three daughters were launched into the world, she worked in children's bookstores acting as a liaison between schools and the retail world, planning and managing children's book fairs for schools, as well as managing in-store author events. Currently, she works and resides in New York as a paralegal and executive assistant.