NEWS RELEASE

The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) elected new officers to serve for FY2026 at its Board Meeting on July 10, 2025.

The Board elected Commissioner Vicky Biancolo to serve as Chair for a second term. Commissioner Biancolo was first appointed to the MBLC in 2020 by Governor Charles D. Baker, and reappointed by Governor Maura Healey in 2024. Ms. Biancolo is the Director of Library Services at Worcester Academy. She has served as executive board member of the Western Massachusetts Regional Library System, executive board member of the Massachusetts School Library Association, and member of the transition team and founding executive board of the Massachusetts Library System. Commissioner Biancolo is active in the Central Massachusetts Library Advocates and the Western Massachusetts Library Advocates, and currently serves on the MBLC Executive and Budget Committees

Commissioner Tim Cherubini was elected to serve as Vice Chair for a second term. Appointed by Governor Maura Healey in 2024, Mr. Cherubini has over three decades of experience in libraries and non-profits including work in academic libraries, regional and national library networks and consortia, as well as library centered associations and coalitions. He formerly served on the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Center for the Book. He also served as Executive Director of the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), an independent organization of the top library directors, officers and commissioners across the United States tasked with statewide library development and initiatives. He is currently MBLC Liaison to the Massachusetts Library Association (MLA) and Massachusetts Library System (MLS) and serves on the MBLC Executive and Budget Committees.

Commissioner Joyce Linehan was elected to serve as Secretary. Appointed by Governor Maura Healey in 2023, Ms. Linehan is the Assistant to the President for Special Projects at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and formerly served as a Trustee of the Boston Public Library. She currently serves on the boards of the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Interim House in Dorchester, Trustees of Charitable Donations for Inhabitants of Boston and on the advisory boards of the Max Warburg Courage Curriculum and the Rappaport Institute.  Commissioner Linehan was also appointed to the Massachusetts Cultural Policy Development Advisory Council by Governor Healey. She serves on the MBLC Construction Committee.

The elected positions of Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary form the Executive Committee of the MBLC. The Executive Committee is elected every July by the board for a term of one year. Commissioners can serve for two successive one-year terms in any office and after one year off the committee are eligible for election again.

Established in 1890, the MBLC was the first state library commission in the United States. The nine-member volunteer Commission is appointed by the Governor. The MBLC is the agency of state government with the statutory authority and responsibility to organize, develop, coordinate, and improve library services throughout the Commonwealth. The MBLC strives to provide every resident of the Commonwealth with full and equal access to library information resources regardless of their geographic location, gender, social or economic status, age, level of physical or intellectual ability or cultural background.