Seattle Library names new CEO:California woman the 'clear choice'
Seattle PI: Nov 24, 2008 by Jon Naito
The candidate selected for the top position at The Seattle Public Library is an experienced executive who currently leads the nation's largest state library.
Susan Hildreth, the state librarian of California, was the unanimous choice of the library's board of trustees to become its new city librarian and chief executive officer, according to a news release Monday.
Hildreth was chosen after a nationwide search. The other finalists were Jane Light, director of the San Jose Public Library in California and Rivkah Sass, director of the Omaha Public Library in Nebraska.
Each of the finalists spent a day last week meeting with the library's board, its administration and staff, and members of the Library Foundation and Friends.
Hildreth, who will assume her post early next year, succeeds Deborah Jacobs, who left the library in July to accept a position with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. READ MORE
