NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program 2024-2025

Lindsay Blake, EdD, MLIS, AHIP
Clinical Services Coordinator
Professor Adjunct Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine
Division of Research and Evidence-Based Practice
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

Mentor: Melissa L. Rethlefsen, MSLS, AHIP
Executive Director & Professor
Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM

Francisco J. Fajardo, Ph.D., MLIS, MPA, MA, AHIP-D
Assistant Director, Public & Information Services
Medical Library
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Florida International University
Miami, FL

Mentor: Michelle Kraft, MLS, AHIP, FMLA
Director, Cleveland Clinic Libraries
Cleveland, OH

Shalu Gillum JD, MLS, D-AHIP
Head of Public Services
Associate Medical Librarian
Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Health Sciences Campus
Orlando, FL

Mentor: Amy Allison, MLS, MPH, AHIP*
Associate Provost for Library Services
Geisinger College of Health Sciences and Geisinger Health
Scranton, PA

Brian Leaf, MS
Executive Director, Region 3
Network of the National Library of Medicine
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX

Mentor: Anne K. Seymour, MS
Associate Dean and Director, Welch Medical Library
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine-
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Section
Johns Hopkins University & Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Faith Steele, MLS, AHIP
Interim Executive Director, Region 1
Network of the National Library of Medicine
Health Sciences and Human Services Library
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Mentor: Joy Summers-Ables, MLIS, AHIP
Director, Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library
Professor & Chair, Health Sciences Library and Information Management
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Oklahoma City, OK