9:00am EDT
Keynote Address
Speakers
Director of Service Strategies, University of Rochester’s River Campus Libraries
Emily Clasper has worked with a wide range of libraries across the country, offering a unique skill set as a librarian, technologist, speaker, trainer, consultant, and certified Project Management Professional. She is currently the director of service strategies for the University...
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Tuesday June 15, 2021 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
Virtual
9:45am EDT
GALILEO Redesign and Program Update
Speakers
Executive Director, GALILEO
Lucy Harrison is assistant vice chancellor for academic library services at the University System of Georgia, as well as the executive director of GALILEO. She has served in her position since 2016. Before that, Harrison was the director of library services for the Florida Virtual...
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Assistant Director, GALILEO
Russell Palmer is an assistant director at GALILEO, where he is in charge of the support services team. He and his team work on the development of GALILEO, new integrations (such as OpenAthens), and system report requests. Prior to GALILEO, Palmer worked at LYRASIS for 14 years in...
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Tuesday June 15, 2021 9:45am - 11:00am EDT
Virtual
11:00am EDT
Tips and Tricks on How to Improve the Library Experience on a Budget
Speakers
Service Design Lead, OpenAthens
Vee Rogacheva is the service design lead for OpenAthens. With a laser focus on the users, Rogacheva and her team remove barriers to knowledge for millions of learners and researchers. They build the world's most user-friendly access management experience for libraries and their p...
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Director of Product Develoment and Marketing, GIDEON
Kristina Symes is a Director of Product Development and Marketing at GIDEON. She is passionate about helping scientists through information technology.Before GIDEON, Kristina worked for OpenAthens, helping librarians manage access to online resources. She is an author of an open access...
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Tuesday June 15, 2021 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Virtual
11:00am EDT
Digital Projects Showcase
Moderators
Assistant State Librarian for Innovation and Collaboration, Georgia Public Library Service
Angela Stanley is Assistant State Librarian for Innovation and Collaboration for Georgia Public Library Service, where she supports shared resources for Georgia's 60 public library systems, including tools and services like access to electronic databases, ebooks, and primary source...
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Speakers
Reference Librarian, Live Oak Public Libraries
Linda Bridges is a reference librarian at Live Oak Public Libraries in Savannah, Ga.
Youth Services, Program & Outreach Coordinator, Northeast Georgia Regional Library
Kim Cannon is youth services program and outreach coordinator for Northeast Georgia Regional Library.
Materials Services Manager, Forsyth County Public Library
Jeff Fisher is the materials services manager at Forsyth County Public Library in Cumming, Ga.
Digitization Intern, Roddenbery Memorial Library
Elizabeth Goggin is a student at University of Georgia and an intern at the Roddenbery Memorial Library in Cairo, Ga.
Asst State Librarian, Georgia Public Library Service
Talk to me about public libraries in Georgia. Talk to me about accessibility in libraries. Talk to me about Georgia Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled. And, folks, I am a talker!
Interim Director / Adult Services Librarian, Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
Melody S. Jenkins is interim director and adult services librarian at the Moultire-Colquitt County Library System in Moultrie, Ga.
Georgia Room Historian, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
Tina Monaco is the historian for the Georgia Room for the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System.
Executive Director, Marshes of Glynn Libraries
Geri Mullis is director of Marshes of Glynn Libraries, with locations in Brunswick and St. Simon's Island, Ga.
Director, Collection Management, Live Oak Public Libraries
Belle Reynoso is director of collection management at Live Oak Public Libraries in Savannah, Ga.
Archives & Special Collections Coordinator, Athens-Clarke County Library
Ashley Shull is the archives and special collections coordinator for Athens Regional Library System in Athens, Ga.
Tuesday June 15, 2021 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT
Virtual
1:00pm EDT
How OCLC’s New Smart Fulfillment can Optimize your ILL Workflows
Speakers
Senior Product Analyst, OCLC
Stacy Brunner is part of the OCLC Resource Sharing product team. Her work bridges the gap between libraries and the OCLC product development team that solves those problems. Brunner has been at OCLC for 19 years in quality assurance and product. isiting libraries is one of her favorite...
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Director, Strategic Accounts, OCLC
Suzanne Butte has been with OCLC for a number of years. As Director of Strategic accounts she supports various products and services to consortia like LOUIS, state libraries like the State Library of Louisiana, and ARL’s like LSU in 15 states in the Midwest. She enjoys meeting...
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Library Services Consultant, OCLC
Mary Miller is an OCLC library services consultant based in Georgia. Her MSLS is from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and she worked in a public, an academic, and a special library before she started helping libraries with software and services. She looks forward to meeting...
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Product Analyst, OCLC
Jenny Rosenfeld has an MLIS from San Jose State University and spent 12 years working in academic and public libraries before coming to OCLC (13 if you count fourth0grade volunteer work). At OCLC she started on the implementation services team helping libraries reach success with...
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Tuesday June 15, 2021 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Virtual
1:00pm EDT
Language is an Adventure - From the Library to the Classroom
Speakers
Account Manager, Mango
With more than five years of experience, Sabrina Richardson has guided over 300 clients to implement and successfully use Mango in classrooms, public libraries, and various other institutions. Richardson has a bachelor's degree in linguistics and Spanish from the University of Michigan...
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Tuesday June 15, 2021 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Virtual
2:00pm EDT
Better Than Making Do -- Curating a Spectrum of Views with GALILEO's Ebooks
Speakers
Reference and Instruction Librarian, Georgia State University Perimeter College Clarkston Campus Library
My official title is reference and instruction librarian at Georgia State University Perimeter College Clarkston Campus Library. GSU Perimeter College is a community college that is part of a research university, which means I have the pleasure of working with bright, curious, and...
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Tuesday June 15, 2021 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Virtual
2:00pm EDT
Reaching Out, Reaching In: K-12 Training and Outreach During a Pandemic
Speakers
Library Media and Resource Specialist, Georgia Department of Education
Donita Hinckley is a library media and resource specialist with the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE). In this role, she provides training and support for library media personnel across the state of Georgia while also working with resource management for GaDOE. She has been...
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Assistant Director, GALILEO
Russell Palmer is an assistant director at GALILEO, where he is in charge of the support services team. He and his team work on the development of GALILEO, new integrations (such as OpenAthens), and system report requests. Prior to GALILEO, Palmer worked at LYRASIS for 14 years in...
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Tuesday June 15, 2021 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Virtual
3:00pm EDT
Librarians Online: Expanding Virtual Library Services
Speakers
Library Services Director, Oconee Fall Line Technical College
I began my library career as a student worker at Middle Georgia College and fell in love with library services. I transferred to Valdosta State University to pursue my bachelor's degree in history and a Master of Library and Information Science. I came back to Middle Georgia State...
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Tuesday June 15, 2021 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Virtual
3:00pm EDT
eRead Kids - Over a Billion Words Read and Counting
Speakers
Regional Sales Manager, Baker and Taylor
Baker & Taylor is the largest supplier of library content, software and services to public and academic libraries in the US. Through its Publishers Services business, the company also provides sales, manufacturing, warehousing and distribution support to small and mid-size publishers...
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Tuesday June 15, 2021 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Virtual
9:00am EDT
NGE 3.0: Re-Introducing the New Georgia Encyclopedia
Speakers
Assistant Editor, New Georgia Encyclopedia
Stephanie Devine is the assistant editor of the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Before joining Georgia Humanities, she taught at Georgia State University and served as editor-in-chief of the literary magazine New South. Devine holds a bachelor’s degree in history and master’s degree...
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Managing Editor, New Georgia Encyclopedia
Before joining the New Georgia Encyclopedia as managing editor, Edward Hatfield was an instructor at Kennesaw State University and Emory University. He holds a doctorate in U.S. history from Emory University, and is a founding member of the editorial board at Atlanta Studies, an open...
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Wednesday June 16, 2021 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Virtual
10:00am EDT
Filling in the Gaps: Delivering Oral History Online
Speakers
Processing Archivist, The Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah
Stephanie Braddy have been a part of the Archives & Records Department at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah as a processing archivist for the past three years. Prior to that, she began her archival career as an intern with the Diocese of Savannah while she completed her Master...
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Senior Director of Archives, William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Jeremy Katz, senior director of archives at the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, holds a bachelor’s degree in history from The Ohio State University, a master’s degree in public history from Wright State University, as well as a certification from the Academy of Certified...
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Oral History Coordinator, University of Georgia Libraries
Since 2019, Sarah McCoy has been the oral history coordinator for the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia Libraries. She is responsible for processing, archiving, and making accessible all oral histories for the program, and manages...
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Wednesday June 16, 2021 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Virtual
10:00am EDT
Transforming from Advocate to Activist: Intentional Change in the School Library
Speakers
Library Media and Instructional Technology Coordinator, Innovation Academy
Martha Bongiorno is a national speaker and presenter, school library activist, and creator of possibilities. Currently serving as a school librarian in Metro Atlanta, Martha supports students and educators by pushing boundaries of traditional education to empower learners as thinkers...
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Wednesday June 16, 2021 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Virtual
11:00am EDT
Implementing a Purchase Request Link: User-Driven Collection Development at the Point of Need
Speakers
User Experience Librarian, University of Georgia
Chandler Christoffel is a user experience librarian at the UGA Libraries.
Subject Librarian, University of Georgia Libraries
Emily Hopkins is the librarian for art, classics, philosophy and religion at the UGA Libraries.
Director of Collection Development, UGA Libraries
Nan McMurry is director of collection development at the UGA Libraries.
Wednesday June 16, 2021 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Virtual
11:00am EDT
Ebooks for All: Supporting Students and Engaging Stakeholders
Speakers
Media Specialist, Indian Knoll Elementary School
Jennifer Lewis has been an educator for 24 years and is currently the media specialist at Indian Knoll Elementary School in Canton, Georgia. She is a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, Global Minecraft Mentor, Apple Teacher, Seesaw Ambassador, Flipgrid Student Voice Ambassador...
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Wednesday June 16, 2021 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Virtual
1:00pm EDT
PowerNotes: Maximizing your Library Resources and Improving Digital Learning
Speakers
Director of Business Development, Content and Instruction Consultant, PowerNotes
For over 30 years, I was the composition specialist for a leading college textbook publisher, a role I have reprised with PowerNotes. Our hope at PowerNotes is to collaborate with teachers of reading and writing at high schools and colleges - language arts and curriculum developers...
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Director of Business Development, PowerNotes
Kyle Zegarac supports PowerNotes subscribing institutions as the Director of Business Development & Account Management.
Wednesday June 16, 2021 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Virtual
2:00pm EDT
Engaging Patrons Virtually During a Pandemic and Beyond
Moderators
Assistant Director, Marketing and Communications, GALILEO
Joy Woodson is an assistant director at GALILEO in charge of marketing and communications. She has worked at GALILEO since 2019. Prior to that, she worked at Georgia State University's Center for State and Local Finance, where she was in charge of marketing and communications. She's...
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Speakers
Assistant Library Director, Clayton County Library System
Marquita Gooch-Voyd began her library career at the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System as a senior library assistant and then as the social media and web page coordinator at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, where she honed her skills for...
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Manager of Engagement and Marketing, EBSCO/Novelist
Angela Hursh helps libraries create effective and engaging ways to market their collection, both at her job with
NoveList and as author of the blog
SuperLibraryMarketing.com and host of the YouTube series
The Library Marketing Show. Her background includes more than six years in marketing for the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and more than 20 years as an Emmy-award winning broadcast TV journalist...
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President, OrangeBoy
Sandra Swanson is a principal at OrangeBoy, Inc. She has 30 years’ experience in marketing, data analysis, product development, customer segmentation, and strategic planning. Prior to joining OrangeBoy full-time in 2001, she started her career in fundraising and marketing in the...
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Wednesday June 16, 2021 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Virtual
3:00pm EDT
GALILEO Admin Overview and New Features
Speakers
GALILEO Support Services, GALILEO
Mike White is a GALILEO support analyst. In his role, Mike provides functional and technical support to library staff across Georgia, as well as managing services such as EBSCO Discovery Service. For the past 14 years, he has worked at the University System of Georgia, including nine...
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Wednesday June 16, 2021 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Virtual
3:00pm EDT
9:00am EDT
Georgia Public Library Service Update
Speakers
Assistant State Librarian, Georgia Public Library Service
Wendy Cornelisen is the assistant state librarian for library innovation and collaboration at the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia that is dedicated to empowering libraries to improve the lives of Georgians by fostering...
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Georgia State Librarian, Georgia Public Library Service
Julie Walker is Georgia’s state librarian and associate vice chancellor for libraries of the University System of Georgia. She has held professional positions in library systems in Athens, Georgia, and Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Asheboro, North Carolina. She is a past president...
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Thursday June 17, 2021 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Virtual
10:00am EDT
You Need CPR! Collaboration, Programming and Rapport
Speakers
Director of Library Services, Gwinnett Technical College
Deborah George is the Director of Library Services at Gwinnett Technical College. She has worked in public and academic libraries for many years in various roles. George earned a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master's degree in Library...
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Library Associate, GTC
Lakshmi Ramachandran is a library associate at Gwinnett Technical College. She worked at Gwinnett County Public Library for many years before joining Gwinnett Tech. She earned her Bachelor of Science in physics from Pondicherry University, India.
Assistant Director of Library Services, Gwinnett Technical College Library
Yvette Williams is the assistant director of library services at Gwinnett Technical College. She has worked at Gwinnett Technical College since 2006. Yvette Williams earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from the City University of New York, Herbert Lehman College, and a Master...
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Thursday June 17, 2021 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Virtual
10:00am EDT
11:00am EDT
OpenAthens Administration: Getting Started
Speakers
eLearning Experience Designer, EBSCO Information Services
Jaime Barrilleaux hosts online training sessions covering multiple EBSCO products. She also designs, delivers, and manages the production of videos for product lifecycles and eLearning paths. Prior to joining EBSCO in 2019, she worked in member support and engagement for a statewide...
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Thursday June 17, 2021 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Virtual
11:00am EDT
Local History in Context: Developing a Public Library Digital Exhibit Curators' Cohort
Moderators
Assistant State Librarian for Innovation and Collaboration, Georgia Public Library Service
Angela Stanley is Assistant State Librarian for Innovation and Collaboration for Georgia Public Library Service, where she supports shared resources for Georgia's 60 public library systems, including tools and services like access to electronic databases, ebooks, and primary source...
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Speakers
Reference & Genealogy Librarian, Dougherty County Public Library
Laureen Lee Alford is a Georgia native who holds a bachelor’s degree from Mercer University, a juris doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law, and a master’s degree in library and information science from the Florida State University College of Information. She practiced...
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Professor, University of West Georgia
Danilo M. Baylen is a tenured professor of instructional technology, media, and design at the University of West Georgia. He completed graduate degrees in instructional technology, elementary studies, library and information studies, and counseling. Before his faculty position, he...
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Exhibitions Graphic Designer, Emory University
Caroline Corbitt, a UGA honors graduate from South Georgia, is an exhibition graphic designer working with Emory University Libraries’ Campus and Community Relations Team in Atlanta, Ga. Corbitt’s primary role is assisting all levels of libraries and university curators in the...
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Head of Genealogy & Historical Room, MIddle Georgia Regional Library
Muriel M. Jackson is the head librarian of the Genealogical & Historical Room and the archivist for the Middle Georgia Archives. She began her library career at the Middle Georgia Regional Library System as a microfilm librarian in 1990. After three yearsm she was promoted to the...
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Manager of Facilities Operations and Planning, Ina Dillard Russell Library, Georgia College
Evan Leavitt is the library manager of facilities operations and planning at Georgia College. He has a diverse background of experience in archaeology, public history, oral history collection, video editing, graphic design, and exhibit curation. He holds bachelor’s degrees in history...
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Digital Library Federation Program Associate, Council on Library and Information Resources
Gayle Schechter is the program associate for the
Digital Library Federation (DLF) at the Council on Library & Information Resources (CLIR). Prior to joining the team at CLIR, she was the digital exhibitions coordinator for the GLAM Center for Collaborative Teaching & Learning at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. She holds a bachelor's...
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Thursday June 17, 2021 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Virtual
1:00pm EDT
DLG Technology Update
Speakers
Director, Digital Library of Georgia
Sheila McAlister is the director of the Digital Library of Georgia, an initiative of GALILEO and the University System of Georgia. She has worked at the Digital Library of Georgia for the past 20 years, including positions as associate director, assistant director and project manager...
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Thursday June 17, 2021 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Virtual
1:00pm EDT
Get to Know GALILEO's Newest Partners
Speakers
Account Manager, Thomson Reuters (Westlaw)
Stefanie Spivey is a government account manager for Thomson Reuters Westlaw. In her capacity as a trainer, she conducts multiple seminars on a monthly basis across Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina to state and local government law departments in order to demonstrate the intricacies...
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CEO, Third Iron
Kendall Bartsch is the co-founder and CEO of Third Iron who works with a terrific team to deliver LibKey and BrowZine to over 1,400 libraries around the world. Third Iron services deliver next-generation solutions that simplify and improve access to content, all while keeping the...
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Thursday June 17, 2021 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Virtual
2:00pm EDT
2:00pm EDT
OpenAthens Statistics: Talkin’ Attributes
Speakers
Systems Analyst, GALILEO - University System of Georgia
Ken Henslee has been with GALILEO support for 12 years and has been responsible for maintaining central GALILEO resources and GALILEO statistics. He has a degree in music performance from the University of Georgia.
Assistant Director, GALILEO
Russell Palmer is an assistant director at GALILEO, where he is in charge of the support services team. He and his team work on the development of GALILEO, new integrations (such as OpenAthens), and system report requests. Prior to GALILEO, Palmer worked at LYRASIS for 14 years in...
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Thursday June 17, 2021 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Virtual
3:00pm EDT
ArchivesSpace
Speakers
Archivist/ Division Manager, Fulton County Library System
Derek Mosley is the archivist/division manager at the Auburn Avenue Research Library. Mosley has spent the past five years at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta's first public library branch for African Americans. He initially wanted...
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Digital Conversion and Curation Librarian, Digital Library of Georgia
Mary Willoughby is the digital conversion and curation librarian at the Digital Library of Georgia, where she manages in-house digitization and preservation workflows and supports the digitization efforts of cultural heritage organizations around the state.
Thursday June 17, 2021 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Virtual
3:00pm EDT
Culturally Responsive Instruction in a Blended Learning Environment
Speakers
Sr. Education Consultant, Britannica Digital Learning
Laurel Greene has worked in education for over 15 years. Before joining Britannica, Laurel taught in a charter high school for 5 years as an academic recovery teacher. She then went on to work in program management both in private education and for a nonprofit's after school program...
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Education Consultant and Curriculum Project Manager, Encyclopædia Britannica
Jaime Perris is an education consultant and curriculum project manager. She is Australian born and has lived and worked in eight countries, including teaching in Australia, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Myanmar, the Bahamas, and the United States. Perris has worked on government...
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Thursday June 17, 2021 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Virtual