Brigitte Blanton
Library

Email
Phone: 336-373-2716

219 North Church St.
Greensboro, NC 27401-2941

Work Experience

• Public Library, City of Greensboro | 1988 to present
  • Director, 2012 to present
  • Senior Assistant Director, Information Operations/Administration and Branch Management, 2007-2012
  • Assistant Director, Head of Public Services and Technology, 1999-2007
  • Project Manager, 1997-1999
  • Branch Manager, 1995-1997
  • Library Associate, Computer Coordinator, 1988-1995
  • Library Associate, Desk Manager, 1988-1995

Professional Organizations & Memberships

• American Library Association
• Public Library Association
• National Forum of Black Public Administrators
• NC Public Library Directors Association

Community and Public Service

• Present
  • iAlign Dance Company
  • Guilford County Partnership for Children
• Past
  • Communities in School of Greater Greensboro
  • Building Stronger Neighborhoods Coalition
  • Healthy Relationships Initiative Steering Committee
  • Greenhill Center for NC Art
  • University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) Institutional African-American History Project

Certifications

• Challenge Greensboro
• City of Greensboro Management Program

Awards & Recognition

• 2020 NC Public Library Directors Association Director of the Year
• 2016 Kovacs Award for Outstanding Achievement, UNCG Library and Information Studies Alumni Association
• NC Library Association Roundtable for Ethnic Minority Concerns 2015 RoadBuilder Award

Education

• Master of Library Science, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Bachelor of Arts in administration of criminal justice, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill