Tribute Resolution for Carol Vaughan Kissane

Library Trustee Forum (LTF)

June 4, 2025

On April 10, 2025, the ILA Library Trustee Forum Board unanimously approved a tribute resolution for Carol Vaughan Kissane.

TRIBUTE RESOLUTION FOR CAROL VAUGHAN KISSANE

LIBRARY LEADER, LIBRARY ADVOCATE, LIBRARY PARTNER

WHEREAS Carol Vaughan Kissane was first elected to the Brookfield Public Library as a Trustee in 1981 and was re-elected ten more times, most recently in April 2021, and

WHEREAS during her terms of service on the Brookfield Library Board, Carol Vaughan Kissane has been a leader in the developing of the new library building in 2021, and

WHEREAS Carol Vaughan Kissane brought her love of library advocacy to the Illinois Library Association’s (ILA) Library Trustee Forum where she served for thirty-five years as a member of the Trustee Forum Board and served as the Board’s President and Secretary, and

WHEREAS Carol Vaughan Kissane was the recipient of the 2012 ILA Trustee of the Year, and

WHEREAS Carol Vaughan Kissane was a member of the 2015 ILA-AISLE joint Conference Program Committee and the 2018 ILA Annual Conference Program Committee, and

WHEREAS Carol Vaughan Kissane has been confirmed as an Illinois Library Luminary by the ILA Executive Board on February 27, 2025, and

WHEREAS for forty-four years, Carol Vaughan Kissane has continuously served in various positions of leadership in local, regional, state, and national library associations, and providing support to those who govern and advocate, and

WHEREAS Carol Vaughan Kissane has served as a role model for library trustees at all levels of governance and has been a valuable member of each Board on which she has served, and

WHEREAS Carol Vaughan Kissane is an exemplary citizen and tireless volunteer in the library community, always ready to lend a helping hand, welcoming new trustees, and share her knowledge of libraries and governing boards with others,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the ILA Library Trustee Forum takes this opportunity to celebrate Carol Vaughan Kissane’s numerous contributions to libraries and honor her today for her dedicated service.

With a motion by Linda Lin, seconded by Ginger Kearney, this resolution was unanimously approved by the ILA Library Trustee Forum Board on April 10, 2025.

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