Bound to Stay Bound Scholarship Past Winners . . .
What Are They Doing Now?
The very FIRST BTSB Scholarship Winner from 1985 was Megan McDonald.
Megan has become a well-known children's book author! You may recognize her name from the popular Judy Moody series.
• Susan Veltfort has retired from her position as children’s material coordinator for the King County Library System, Washington.
1989
• Alice Hinterman is the school library media specialist at Cornerstone Elementary School in Dexter, Michigan. She designed and selected a collection for when the school opened in 1995.
• Tamara Boggus is a media specialist at Harmony Elementary School in Jasper, Georgia.
1990
1991
1992
• Michelle Glatt is a junior high school librarian in Normal, Illinois.
• Shannon VanHemert is head of the children’s department at Columbine Public Library in Colorado.
1993
• Janice Wall is a library consultant for the Idaho Commission for Libraries in Boise, Idaho.
• Melissa Depper is a supervisor for early literacy specialists at Arapahoe Library District in Englewood, Colorado.
1994
1995
1996
1997
• Kathleen McDowell is a faculty member of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois. She is also on the board of trustees at Urbana Free Library.
1998
• Helen Moore is head of youth services at Richmond Public Library, British Columbia.
1999
• Caitlin Augusta is a youth services librarian at Stratford Library in Stratford, Connecticut.
2000
2001
2002
• Melissa Kerrigan is the children’s librarian at the Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library, Illinois.
2003
2004
• Corinne Hatcher is an elementary school librarian in Evanston, Illinois
• Jeanette Moore Hammons is a library director at Elko-Lander-Eureka County Library System in Elko, Nevada.
2005
2006
2007
• Esther Mortensen is teen librarian at Ashland Branch Library in Ashland, Oregon.
• Jessica Breslin is branch manager at the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Parma, Ohio.
2008
• Evan Michael Bush is assistant director of children’s services at Piedmont Regional Library System in Jefferson, Georgia.
2009
• Kristin Edstrom is children’s librarian at the university branch of the Seattle Public Library in Seattle, Washington.
• Jessica Ammons is a school library media coordinator at Olds Elementary School in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• Megan Bannen is a youth services librarian at Johnson County Library in Overland Park, Kansas.
2010
2011
• Nancy Colleen Graves is library media specialist at Lamar Middle School in Flower Mound, Texas.
2012
2013
• Casey Fox is library fund development officer at Knox County Public Library in Knoxville, Tennessee.
2014
• Omar Ramirez is a youth services assistant at Elmwood Park Library in Elmwood Park, Illinois
• Callen Taylor is a teacher librarian at Visitacion Valley Middle School in San Francisco, California.
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
• Lola Edwards Gomez is currently a graduate student at Texas Woman’s University studying Library and Information Science, and has accepted an internship position working for Tomorrow’s Leaders Today Inc., a non-profit organization that provides leadership training for youth.
