Boone Tree Officers 2008-2010
President
Theresa McMahan, President
Theresa McMahan, Director
Sullivan County Public Library
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Phone: 423.279.2714
Bio: Theresa is the Director of the Sullivan County Public Library in Blountville, Tennessee. She graduated from the Public Library Management Institute in 2005 and is considered a Certified Public Library Manager. Her Bachelors degree is in Business Administration from Milligan College. She has a Masters in Public Administration from East Tennessee State University. Before becoming director at Sullivan County, she was assistant director for four years.
She is currently enrolled as a Distance Education student at the University of Tennessee in the School of Information Science. One of her recent projects was a practicum which she completed at Northeast State Community College. She worked with the staff to create on-line tutorials for the library catalog as well as several other databases. To view a sample of her work, go to the following link: http://www.northeaststate.edu/library/video/index.shtml.
She has been married over 20 years to her husband, Frank. She has one son, Marcus and one grandson, Jared. She loves animals and owns six dogs, two cats, and two horses.
Vice President
Amy Lippo, Vice President
Amy Lippo, Assistant Director
Sullivan County Public Library
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Phone: 423.279.2714
Bio: Amy is the Assistant Director of the Sullivan County Public Library in Blountville, TN. She has an Associate’s Degree from Cottey College, a Bachelor’s Degree in Genetics from Iowa State University, and a Master of Arts in Teaching from ETSU. She is currently in the MLIS program at UT. Before becoming Assistant Director, Amy was the branch manager at the Bloomingdale Branch Library.
Amy has been married for 9 years to her husband, Beau. Her four-legged daughter Gracie (a black and tan miniature dachshund) is 9 years old. Amy enjoys needlework, scrapbooking, reading, movies, and mixed martial arts, especially the UFC.
Secretary
Amy Hopkins, Secretary
Amy Hopkins, Library Assistant II
Basler Library, Northeast State Community College
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Phone: 423.354.2421
Bio: Amy Hopkins is a library assistant at Northeast State’s Wayne G. Basler Library. She has a bachelor’s degree in English from ETSU and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Information Science from UT. Amy lives in Piney Flats, TN with her family, Ben the chinchilla, a Quarter Horse named Buck, and Scruffy- an Australian Shepherd/Terrier mix. Her hobbies include spending time with her family, cooking, reading, traveling, and playing on the internet.
Treasurer
Virginia Salmon, Treasurer
Virginia Salmon, Librarian
Basler Library, Northeast State Community College
Email: vlsalmon@northeaststate.edu This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Phone: 423.354.2523
Bio: Virginia is a librarian at Wayne G. Basler Library, Northeast State Community College, in Blountville, TN. She has Bachelor’s degrees in History and Social Science from James Madison University, a Master’s degree in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech, and a Master’s of Science in Library Science degree from the University of Kentucky. Her responsibilities at Northeast State include staffing the reference desk and maintaining the periodicals collection, as well as book repair and filling in at the circulation desk when needed.
Virginia lives in Gray with her three mixed breed shelter dogs, Lucy, Linus, and Toby. In her spare time, she enjoys doing crafts, reading, sewing, and watching movies.
Webmaster (Ex Officio)
Chris Demas, Webmaster
Chris Demas, Librarian
Basler Library, Northeast State Community College
Email: cddemas@northeaststate.edu This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Phone: 423.354.2454
Bio: A 2001 graduate of the LIS program at UNC-G. Chris works at the Wayne G. Basler Library at Northeast State Community College in Blountville, TN. He lives in Jonesborough, TN with his beautiful wife Robin and their son Jonah.
