Career Counselors

We have several Career Counselors available to assist you. Please read through the Counselors' biographies below, then make an appointment with a specific Counselor. Click on the Schedule an Appointment button at the bottom of the page. If you need help with the scheduling application please visit the Appointments page for detailed instructions.

Cara Bertram (she/her), Archives Program Officer, American Library Association Archives, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Specialties: Archival processing, Collection Management, Collection Management Tools, Digital Archives, Donor relations, Metadata and Description, Project Management, Reference, Social Media, Writing and Publishing
Institutional Experience: Academic
Career Development Areas: Professional Development, Job Search, Early career development
Years in the Profession: 11-15 years

Anne Foster (she/her), Bureau Archivist, National Park Service (Gardiner, MT)
Specialties: Archival processing, Collection Management, Instruction, Project Management, Reference, Security, Supervision and Management, Grant writing and management, Copyright, Appraisal
Institutional Experience: Government, Academic, Museums
Career Development Areas: Professional Development, Navigating Promotion and Tenure, Job Search, Early career development, Mid-career development
Years in the Profession: 15+ years

Michelle Ganz (she/her), Director of Archives, Dominican Sisters of Peace
Specialties: Archival processing, Assessment, Collection Management, Continuing Education and Training, Digital Archives, Digital Preservation, Donor relations, Exhibits, Solo Archivist, Religious Archives
Institutional Experience:Academic, Museums, private archives, for-profit archives, Government, Public Library
Career Development Areas: Professional Development, Networking, Job Search, Changing Careers, Changing Professional Focus, Navigating difficult workplace conversations/situations, Accessibility/disability, Archival Trauma
Years in the Profession: 15+ years

Marcella Huggard (she/her), Hosting Services Onboarding Coordinator, Lyrasis
Specialties: Archival processing, Collection Management, Collection Management Tools, Metadata and Description, Privacy and Confidentiality, Project Management, Supervision and Management, Visual Materials, Writing and Publishing
Institutional Experience: Academic, Government, Non-profit, Historical Society, Museum
Career Development Areas: Professional Development, Networking, Navigating Promotion and Tenure, Job Search, Changing Professional Focus, Early career development
Years in the Profession: 15+ years

Sasha Kim(she/her), Head Librarian, Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University
Specialties: Archival processing, Assessment, Collection Management, Collection Management Tools, Consulting/Freelance work, DEAIB taskforce work, Digital Archives, Digital Preservation, Donor relations, Instruction, Solo Archivist, Metadata and Description, Outreach, Project Management, Reference, Security, Social Media, Supervision and Management, Visual Materials, Writing and Publishing
Institutional Experience: Academic, Government, Museum
Career Development Areas: Professional Development, Networking, Job Search, Navigating difficult workplace conversations/situations, Early career development, Mid-career development
Years in the Profession: 15+ years

Jen King (she/her), Collections Coordinator, George Washington University
Specialties: Archival processing, Collection Management, Collection Management Tools, Donor relations, Facilities, Instruction, Solo Archivist, Metadata and Description, Project Management, Reference, Supervision and Management
Institutional Experience: Academic, Public Library
Career Development Areas: Professional Development, Job Search
Years in the Profession: 15+ years

Meredith Kite (she/her), Collections Archivist, Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries
Specialties: Archival processing, Assessment, Collection Management, Collection Management Tools, Continuing Education and Training, DEAIB taskforce work, Digital Archives, Media Preservation, Metadata and Description, Privacy and Confidentiality, Reference, Supervision and Management
Institutional Experience: Academic
Career Development Areas: Professional Development, Networking, Job Search, Changing Careers, Early career development
Years in the Profession: 6-10 years

Katy L. W. Klettlinger (she/her), Program Leader for Consulting Services, Lyrasis
Specialties: Archival processing, Assessment, Collection Management, Continuing Education and Training, Consulting/Freelance work, Digital Archives, Digital Preservation, Donor relations, Facilities, Outreach, Project Management, Reference, Security, Supervision and Management, Records Management
Institutional Experience: Academic, Government, Non-profit, Historical Society, Public Library
Career Development Areas: Professional Development, Networking, Job Search, Changing Professional Focus, Navigating difficult workplace conversations/situations, Early career development
Years in the Profession: 15+ years

Christine Liebson (she/her), Archivist, Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University
Specialties: Archival processing, Facilities, Solo Archivist, Metadata and Description, Project Management, Reference
Institutional Experience: Academic, Non-profit, Public Library
Career Development Areas: Professional Development, Job Search, Changing Careers, Changing Professional Focus
Years in the Profession: 3-5 years

Lindsey Loeper (she/her), Reference and Instruction Archivist, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Specialties: Archival processing, Continuing Education and Training, Exhibits, Instruction, Media Preservation, Metadata and Description, Navigating Accommodations, Project Management, Reference, Social Media, Supervision and Management, Visual Materials, Writing and Publishing
Institutional Experience: Academic
Career Development Areas: Professional Development, Navigating Promotion and Tenure, Changing Professional Focus, Early career development, Mid-career development
Years in the Profession: 15+ years

Samantha Meier (she/her), Archivist for Discovery, Northern Arizona University
Specialties: Archival processing, Assessment, Collection Management, Collection Management Tools, Continuing Education and Training, Donor relations, Exhibits, Instruction, Metadata and Description, Project Management, Reference, Supervision and Management, Writing and Publishing
Institutional Experience: Academic, Government, Non-profit, Community Archives
Career Development Areas: Professional Development, Job Search
Years in the Profession: 3-5 years

Amy Schindler (she/her), Director of Archives and Special Collections / Full-time, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Specialties: Archival processing, Assessment, Collection Management, Continuing Education and Training, Donor relations, Exhibits, Facilities, Instruction, Metadata and Description, Navigating Accommodations, Outreach, Privacy and Confidentiality, Reference, Security, Social Media, Supervision and Management
Institutional Experience: Academic, Government
Career Development Areas: Professional Development, Networking, Navigating Promotion and Tenure, Job Search, Changing Professional Focus, Navigating difficult workplace conversations/situations, Early career development, Mid-career development
Years in the Profession: 15+ years

Tamar Zeffren (she/her), Director of Archival Partnerships, AJHS
Specialties: Archival processing, Assessment, Collection Management, Continuing Education and Training, Consulting/Freelance work, Digital Archives, Digital Preservation, Donor relations, Outreach, Privacy and Confidentiality, Project Management, Supervision and Management
Institutional Experience: Academic, Non-profit
Career Development Areas: Professional Development, Networking, Job Search, Changing Careers, Professional Development, Networking, Navigating Promotion and Tenure, Job Search, Changing Professional Focus, Navigating difficult workplace conversations/situations
Years in the Profession: 11-15 years