Jessica Allyson Hudson Appointed
Fairfax County Public Library Director
At
its meeting last night, the Fairfax County Library Board of Trustees
appointed Jessica A. Hudson as the next director of the Fairfax
County Public Library,
effective Monday, June 13. Hudson
succeeds Edwin "Sam" Clay III who retired March
22. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is expected to confirm the appointment at its next meeting.
Hudson has served in increasingly responsible positions in California
library systems. She is currently the county librarian
for the Contra Costa County
Library in Pleasant
Hill, Calif., where Hudson oversees
26 public libraries
with a budget of $28 million annually
and staffof 350. As part of her responsibilities, she works with 19 separate
communities to assess needed updates and
improvements in services,
facilities, staffing levels,
technology and materials
Prior to her current position, Hudson
was the county librarian for the Nevada
County Library in Nevada City, Calif., from December 2011 to April2014. There she worked with the county leadership to ensure that the citizen feedback loop was open, wrote and administered grants and implemented a lean staffing
model for a new technology center. From January
2011 to December 2011, she was the county librarian for Tehama County
Library in Red Bluff, Calif.
Hudson began her library career
as a library aide in 2001. She moved up as a library assistant
and branch manager before becoming
a county librarian in January 2011.
Hudson has a master's
in library science
from San Jose State University and a bachelor's
of business administration from California State University, Sacramento.
Fairfax County
is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability
in all county programs, services
and activities. To request this information in an alternate
format, call 703-324-8380, TTY 703-324-8365.
Fairfax County Public Library
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 324
Fairfax, Virginia 22035
Media Contact: Mary Mulrenan
23-16
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