Carla D. Hayden

Hayden has served as the 14th Librarian of Congress since September 2016. Earlier, she was chief executive officer of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland (1993-2016), deputy commissioner and chief librarian of the Chicago Public Library (1991-93), and library services coordinator for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago (1982-87) In 1995, she was the first African American to receive the Library Journal's Librarian of the Year Award in recognition of her outreach services at the Pratt Library, including an after-school center for Baltimore teens offering homework assistance and college and career counseling. She was president of the American Library Association in 2003-04. In 2010 President Obama appointed her a member of the National Museum and Library Services Board.