President 

Tinsley Silcox, St. Mark's School, Dallax, TX

Email: SilcoxT@smtexas.org

Tinsley is Director of Libraries and Information Services and Director of the Upper School Choir at St. Mark's School of Texas. He formerly worked at Southern Methodist University, the University of Mississippi, the University of Tennessee and as Director of the Blues Archive. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Carson-Newman University, a Master’s in music from the University of Tennessee, a Master’s in Library & Information Science from the University of Tennessee, and the Certificate in Academic Leadership from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. Tinsley is a recipient of the National Black Music Foundation Award of Appreciation and the Certificate of Appreciation from the Afro-American Novel Project. He is a member of ALA, LAMA, the Association of Moving Image Archivists, the American Choral Directors Association, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Texas Choral Directors Association, and the Association of Anglican Musicians.

President-Elect

Emily Woodward, The Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, PA

Email: ewoodward@baldwinschool.org

Emily earned her MLIS at the University of Denver. She worked for several years in Colorado public libraries, in both urban and rural communities, before moving to Pennsylvania. For the past 10 years, Emily has been the Lower School Library Media Specialist at The Baldwin School, an all-girls independent school in Bryn Mawr, PA. During this time she has contributed to the rebranding of the library program and led the renovation of 2 of the school's library spaces, as well as overseeing the design and implementation of a lower school curriculum focused on digital literacy and citizenship. Emily has presented at various conferences on subjects including "Library Refresh and Branding" and "Take & Make Kits."

In her personal time, Emily loves to read (of course), knit, travel, and create stained glass. 

Sarah Davis, Viewpoint School, Calabasas, CA

Email:  Sarah.Davis@viewpoint.org

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Sarah joined the board in 2022 as a Member-at-Large and is currently serving as Secretary.

Treasurer-Elect

Carolyn LaMontagne, The Collegiate School, Richmond, VA

Email: clamontagne@collegiate-va.org

Carolyn serves as Head Librarian for the Middle School at Collegiate School in Richmond, VA. They earned their library degree from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2005, came to Richmond directly after, and have been happily living the sweet life of working with middle schoolers ever since. They enjoy writing (currently working on a memoir in essays), hanging out with their family (including cats Squirrel and Gracie), true crime podcasts (guilty pleasure), naps (especially on rainy days), and overusing parentheses (yep).  

Member-at-Large

Social Media and Scholarships

Patricia DeWinter, The Oakridge School, Arlington, TX

Email: pdewinter@theoakridgeschool.org

Tricia is the Head Librarian at The Oakridge School in Arlington, Texas where she has worked for the past ten years.  Previously, she was Head Librarian at St. Joseph's Catholic School and Nolan Catholic in Fort Worth. 

Tricia joined AISL in 2009 and is the President of the Dallas Association of Independent School Librarians as well as the Mentor Chair for AISL.  Tricia enjoys travel, yoga and music.

 Member-at-Large

Conference Liaison

Nancy Florio, Westover School, Middlebury, CT

Email: nflorio@westoverschool.org

Nancy is the Director of Library and Archives at Westover School in Middlebury, CT. Nancy has worked in private, independent schools for 26 years and was previously the library director at Rumsey Hall School (CT), Canterbury (CT), Berkshire School in Sheffield, MA, and most recently the Research Librarian at Kent School in addition to serving as an adjunct faculty in the master’s in library science program at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. 

Nancy joined the Board in 2019 as a Member-at-Large and and began her three-year term as Annual Conference liaison in 2023.  

Member-at-Large

Webmaster and Zoom Manager

Alissa Cornelius, Parish Episcopal School, Dallas, TX 

Email:  acornelius@parish.org

Alissa is the Director of Libraries and Middle and Upper School Librarian at Parish Episcopal School in Dallas, TX. She has 12 years of experience working in both independent and public school libraries in Texas and New York with 4 additional years of experience as a public librarian in Texas and Michigan. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Library and Information Technology from the University of Maine at Augusta, a Master’s in Library Science from Texas Woman’s University and a Master of Science in Instruction from Drexel University. She also maintains the Dallas Area Independent School Librarians Association listserv and was recently accepted into the Texas Library Association’s TALL Texas Leadership Development Institute. 

Alissa joined the Board as a Member-at-Large in August 2024.

Member-at-Large

Membership and listserv Manager

Abbie Digel, Graland Country Day School, Denver, CO 

Email:  adigel@graland.org

Abbie is in her 7th year as the Lower School Librarian at Graland Country Day School in Denver, CO. This is her 8th year as a certified school librarian. She graduated from Syracuse University School of Information Studies with her MLIS in School Media in 2017. She was the recipient of the Master's Award in School Media. Abbie currently serves as the President of the Colorado Association of School Libraries. At school, Abbie enjoys collaborating with Graland's innovation team and classroom teachers on research. Outside of school, Abbie loves spending time in the mountains with her husband, toddler son, and large redbone coonhound CJ, and traveling to new countries any chance she gets. 

Abbie joined the board in 2024 as a Member-at-Large.