Cindy Hohl

Director of Policy Analysis
The Kansas City Public Library

Cindy Hohl, MBA/MLIS, is a member of the Santee Sioux Nation and director of policy analysis and operational support at the Kansas City Public Library She is a past president of the American Indian Library Association and committed to focusing her work around creating welcoming spaces where library workers know that they belong there. In her work on the DEIA committee with theNational Information Standards Organization and as a North American representative to the International Federation of Library Associations Indigenous Matters Section she works with librarians to share information across the globe. Cindy serves as treasurer on the executive board of the Freedom to Read Foundation and on the steering committee for the Joint Council of Librarians of Color conference. As an ALA Spectrum Scholar, she strives to increase diversity in the library field through mentorship, recruitment, and advocacy. She currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Spectrum Advisory Groupand on the PLA Membership Advisory Group. Cindy is also on the ballot running for President of the American Library Association and with 55,000 members, is the largest and most influential library association in the world.

Cindy holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Friends University, a Master of Business Administration degree from Baker University and a Master of Library and Information Science degree from Wayne State University.

Presentation(s):

• Carole Lindstrom and Steph Littlebird

  Saturday, January 28, 2023
  10:30 AM – 11:30 AM