Firestone Appointed Director of East Brunswick Library
At a special meeting on June 23, the East Brunswick Public Library Board of Trustees voted to appoint MaryEllen Firestone to the position of Library Director effective July 1, 2009. Firestone has been serving as assistant director for the past seven years, and has been an employee since January 1990.
Firestone spent many years of her career working as a special librarian in law, advertising and banking firms. She has also served as president of the Board of Directors of Literacy Programs of New Jersey for the past four years. When announcing the appointment, Board President Elaine Lee Kessler said “The board is delighted to promote a long-term employee and talented professional to the position of Director. MaryEllen has a deep knowledge of the library’s programs and services and her leadership skills have been honed over the past few years. She brings her knowledge of the fiscal challenges that face our institution and her community roots to the role of director. The board is confident that MaryEllen will guide the institution competently and creatively at a time when we must do more with fewer resources.”