The ALTA Board meets four or five times a year mainly via conference calls. At its Annual General Meeting, generally held in spring, the Board reports to the membership, adopts a budget, and considers resolutions. The Association President and regional Directors are elected at the following Board meeting.
The ALTA Board consists of:
- President, elected annually from the entire membership.
- Vice-President and Treasurer, elected at the first meeting after the AGM from among the Directors.
- One Director from each of the eight regions on the map below. Even and oddnumbered regions elect Directors in alternate years.
- One Director each from Edmonton and Calgary Public Library Boards, appointed annually.
Current Board
President - Barb Gilliat - 2026-2027
Barb Gilliat - President
Barb is the Deputy Mayor for the Village of Alix and is just starting her second year as Chair for Parkland Regional Library System. She has been part of the PRL Board since first elected in 2017. Barb has also been a part of the PRL Advocacy Committee since it’s inception.
Area 1 - Peace - Brad Pearson
Brad Pearson
Hello, my name is Brad Pearson, I am a family man and grandfather who cherishes all that life has to offer. Retirement from a successful career in the oil and gas sector has allowed me time to give back to my community on many boards and committee’s enriching the rural lifestyle, should you choose it. From camping, fishing, hunting, and all other activities nature can provide us with, I do wholeheartedly enjoy them all. A very important aspect of a healthy community with both populations, large and small, is your local library. Libraries with effective programming and environments from which all ages and ethnicities can learn and help us keep up with our ever-changing world, provide the vessel that transport knowledge to us all.
Alternate: Now open
Area 2 - Yellowhead Regional Library - Harold Pawlechko
Harold Pawlechko
Harold has been a Councillor for the Town of Stony Plain since 2017 and was appointed in 2023 to the Yellowhead Regional Library Board of Trustees and the Town of Stony Plain Library Board. He is also on the YRL Executive Committee.
Alternate: Bridgitte Coninx
Bridgitte has been a Councillor for the Town of Onoway since 2021 and became Mayor in 2025. She was appointed to the Yellowhead Regional Library Board of Trustees and the Town of Onoway Library Board in 2023 and was elected to the YRL Executive Committee in 2024. She became the Chair of the Onoway Library Board and Vice Chair of YRL in 2025.
Area 3 - Parkland - Barb Gilliat
Barb Gilliat
Barb is the Deputy Mayor for the Village of Alix and is just starting her second year as Chair for Parkland Regional Library System. She has been part of the PRL Board since first elected in 2017. Barb has also been a part of the PRL Advocacy Committee since it’s inception.
Alternate: Open
Area 4 - Marigold - Robert Schindler
Area 5 - Chinook Arch - Open
Area 6 - Shortgrass - Open
Area 7 - Metro Edmonton - Open
Area 8 - Northern Lights - Open
Edmonton Public - Mark Hoosein
Mark Hoosein
Mark is in his second term as a trustee for the Edmonton Public Library. Mark is the CEO of the Alberta Construction Safety Association and has experience as a senior executive working for large, complex non-profits, innovating solutions in a regulated environment, and experience with governance, strategic execution, real estate, project management and government relations. Mark believes strongly in the need for public libraries, especially in their role to protect intellectual freedom.