Board of Directors

President 

Jason Wong

Executive Liaison to AALL, BIALL, IALL, SLA. Liaison for Representatives to: Legal Information Preservation Alliance (LIPA), Canadian Committee on Cataloguing, Library Advisory Committee (formerly the Depository Services Program Advisory Board), Canadian Federation of Library Associations, Bylaws Expert, Elections Committee, Nominations Committee, Resolutions Committee, Credentials Committee, Procedural Advisor 

Jason Wong is a competitive intelligence and legal research specialist with a major national law firm and is currently based in Vancouver. Prior to this, he was based in Alberta and held various law librarian and legal research roles in the law firm and courthouse environments, with additional librarianship experience in academic settings, serving a diverse range of faculties and departments including business, humanities, and social sciences. He has served on the executive of various local law library groups, leaning into his previous experience as the chairman of a registered charity and proprietor of his own event planning business. 

Past President 

Mary-Jo Petsche

Liaison to Canadian Abridgment Editorial Advisory Board, Copyright Committee, Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing, Vendor Liaison Committee, Association Archivist 

Mary-Jo Petsche is the Executive Director of the Welland County Law Association, where she provides legal research support and is responsible for the daily operations of the library and law association.  Prior to her work at the WCLA, Mary-Jo was a Knowledge Management Consultant at Nortel Networks and Architel Systems Corporation.  Mary-Jo graduated from the Library and Information Technician program at Sheridan College in 1997.  Mary-Jo has been a member of CALL/ACBD since 2001 and has served on the following committees and SIGS: Diversity, Inclusion & Decolonization, Website, Vendor Liaison, Mentoring, Preservation, Courthouse and Law Society Libraries.  She was also involved in the Conference Planning Committee for Hamilton (2020) and Winnipeg (2014) and a volunteer in Edmonton (2018).  Mary-Jo is a member of the Ontario Courthouse Libraries Association where she served as Chair from 2004 to 2006.  While serving as Chair of OCLA, she joined LibraryCo Inc. as a Director from 2004 to 2007.  Mary-Jo was a Library Committee Member for the County & District Law Presidents Association from 2007 to 2014.  In her leisure time, Mary-Jo enjoys playing the piano, listening to music, and spending time with family and friends.

First Vice President

Katarina Daniels

Liaison to the Communications Committee, Events and In Session Communications (with National Office), Social Media Coordinator, Website Editorial Board 

Second Vice President

Pia Williams

Liaison to the Conference Planning Committees, New Law Librarians Institute (new name pending), Professional Development Committee, Webinar Subcommittee 

Treasurer 

Catherine Cotter

Chair of the Financial Advisory Committee.

Secretary

Donna Sikorsky 

Liaison to all SIGs 

Donna Sikorsky is a Liaison Librarian at the E. K. Williams Law Library at the University of Manitoba. Previously she served as Acting Head of the E. K. Williams Law Library and as Reference Librarian. Prior to her position in an academic library, Donna was Librarian at Taylor McCaffrey LLP in Winnipeg, responsible for research support, collection management, and instruction. Donna has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Manitoba and a Master of Library and Information Studies from the University of Alberta. She has been a member of CALL/ACBD since 1998, serving as a member of the Scholarship and Awards Committee and the Professional Development Committee. She was Co-Chair of the Conference Planning Committee in 2014.

Member-At-Large 

Maggie Tadros

Member-At-Large 

Karen Sawatzky

Liaison to the Diversity Inclusion and Decolonization,   Eunice Beeson Memorial Travel Fund, Membership Development Committee, Scholarships and Awards Committee