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Minutes of the Atla Business 
Meeting
Friday, June 15, 2022
Leslie A. Engelson, Murray State University, Atla Board Secretary

The Annual Business Meeting of the Association was convened by 
Board President Jérémie LeBlanc at 12:32 p.m. US Central Standard 
Time. A quorum was declared.

President LeBlanc explained the process for voting during the 
meeting so that both in-person and virtual members could be counted.

Leslie Engelson presented the Secretary’s report. Members of the 
2023 Teller’s Committee were Ryan Shrauner (chair), Maria Garcia, 
and Suzanne Smith. The Committee received the election results via 
email from Survey & Ballot Systems and verified that 244 (or 41.43%) 
of the 589 eligible members cast valid ballots. The membership elect-
ed Kerrie Burn, Leslie Engelson, Beth Kumar, and Karl Stutzman to 
the board class of 2023–2026.

David Schmersal moved to accept the Secretary’s report, and Jen-
nifer Ulrich seconded. The motion was approved.

President LeBlanc welcomed new board member Beth Kumar 
and re-elected board members Kerrie Burn, Leslie Engelson, and 
Karl Stutzman. He then thanked outgoing board member Michelle 
Spomer for her service on the board. President LeBlanc thanked the 
2022–2023 board officers and announced the incoming 2023–2024 
board officers. Jérémie LeBlanc will be President; Susan Ebertz will 
be Vice President; Kris Veldheer will be Treasurer, and Matthew 
Theisen will be Secretary.

BUSINESS REPORTS



2  ATLA 2023 PROCEEDINGS

President LeBlanc invited colleagues from other theological library 
associations around the globe to join him on the stage so we could 
acknowledge them. Representatives from ANZTLA (Siong Ng), BETH 
(Stefano Malaspina), BETH & ABTAPL (Hannie Riley), and ForATL 
(Arnel Faller) offered their welcome to the new Executive Director.

The meeting adjourned at 12:58 p.m. US Central Standard Time.


