Board of Directors

At the top of our spiral staircase you'll find selected photos of past presidents* of the Mercantile Library Board of Directors.

Our first woman board president was Carol Allgood, elected in 1983 for a two-year term, after joining the Library’s Board of Directors in 1969. Until her death in 2019, she was also our longest tenured member, having joined the library in 1957.

*Except the one with the violin. That’s Norwegian composer & violinist Ole Bull. We’re not sure why it isn’t really Joseph Cox, Jr.

The Board of Directors

Executive Committee: 
Peter Niehoff, President
Kimberly Hamlin, Vice President
Bridgit Chayt, Treasurer
Ben Greenberg
Abby Moran

Jená Bradley
Mary P. Burns
Robert DiTomassi
Tom Freeman
Lynne Friedlander
Deborah Ginocchio
Tamara Harkavy
Laura Humphrey
Yalie Saweda Kamara
Jerry Kathman
Meera Kotagal
Elizabeth Pierce
Mike Prentiss
Greg Rhodes
Kitty Rosenthal
George Vincent
Elizabeth Warner
Kathy Wilkinson
Selina Yoon