Executive Board elections for LLAM officers and board members are coming soon! Please watch your email for a link to the ballot, which will be sent on Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Below is the slate of candidates:

Vice President/President-Elect: Sara Billard

The Vice-President/President-Elect serves as a member of the LLAM Board of Trustees, coordinates LLAM programming, performs such duties as are assigned by the President, and serves the following year as LLAM President.

Sara Billard is the Director of Research and Information Services at Miles & Stockbridge, PC. She was previously the Research Director at Gordon Feinblatt LLC, another mid-sized Baltimore law firm, for over 15 years. Sara has been a LLAM member since 2005. She served as the chair of the LLAM membership committee for the last several years, and previously served as LLAM President in 2011.

Secretary: Sara Denbo

The Secretary serves as a member of the LLAM Board of Trustees and attends and keeps minutes of all Board meetings.

Sara Denbo is a Research Librarian at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Thurgood Marshall Law Library. This is her first year of law librarianship, prior to which she earned her MLIS at the University of Washington and JD at the University of Michigan. She joined LLAM in Fall 2023 when she started at Maryland Carey Law and currently serves as co-chair of the Placement Committee.

Board Member: Julia Roberts

Board members serve as members of the LLAM Board of Trustees, attend Board meetings, and participate in its discussions and deliberations.

Julia Roberts recently accepted the position of Head of Reference Services at the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library (TMSLL). Previously, she served as TMSLL’s Collection Management & Reference Librarian, providing legal reference services and managing the Library’s Scanned Collections. Prior to joining TMSLL, Julia worked as a Library Associate at the Anne Arundel County Public Library. She received her MLS from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Julia has been a LLAM member since 2018 and served on the Board from 2020-2022.