Tony became CEO on June 1, 2013 for a 5 year renewable term.  He is a management consultant with more than 20 years of experience advising businesses in Lethbridge and southern Alberta.  He holds Chartered Accountant and Certified Management Consultant designations.  He also has significant experience with several community organizations as a volunteer and is a life-long southern Alberta resident.  He says, "Our Library is a key community service in Lethbridge for a really broad group of people, and I see huge potential to not only reinforce that aspect, but build on it.  While the skills I can bring to the Library are different from those of the professional librarians, administrators, and support staff, they have already demonstrated their passion for the Library by creating a very dynamic and actionable business plan. I am really excited about helping everyone make the plan work, looking for opportunities to develop new relationships with community organizations, and to have some fun in the process."

 

 

 

 

On January 22, Emily Wilton shared with the Sunrise Club her experiences at the AGU Fall Meeting last month, and talked about her Masters' research.  Emily is completing her master's degree in biology at the University of Lethbridge, under the supervision of Dr. Larry Flanagan.  She had the opportunity to present her research at the AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall Meeting in San Francisco in December 2014.  She is researching the effects of increased temperature on a native prairie grassland ecosystem, in an attempt to determine the future consequences of global climate change.