Bonnie Lawlor, Executive Director
(215)-893-1561, ext. 15
blawlor@nfais.org
Bonnie
Lawlor is NFAIS Executive Director. Prior to this, she was Senior
Vice President and General Manager of ProQuest's Library Division
where she was responsible for the development and worldwide sales
and marketing of their products to academic, public, and government
libraries. Before ProQuest, Bonnie was Executive Vice President,
Database Publishing at the Institute for Scientific Information
(ISI - now Thomson Reuters Healthcare & Science) where she was
responsible for product development, production, publisher
relations, editorial content, and worldwide sales and marketing of
all of ISI's products and services.
Bonnie is active in the American Chemical Society, currently
serving as a Councilor for the Division of Chemical Information and
as a member of the Council Policy Committee. She is currently
on the Boards of LYRASIS, one of the major library consortia in the
Unites States, and the Philosopher's Information Center, the
producer of the
Philosopher's Index. She has served as a Board and
Executive Committee Member of the Information Industry Association
(IIA), and as a Board Member of the American Society for
Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T).
Ms. Lawlor earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Chestnut Hill
College (Philadelphia), an M.S. in chemistry from St. Joseph's
University (Philadelphia), and an MBA from the Wharton School,
(University of Pennsylvania).
Jill O'Neill, Director of Communication and
Planning
(215)-893-1561, ext. 14
jilloneill@nfais.org
Jill O'Neill is the NFAIS Director of Planning & Communication. She has been a part of the information community for approximately twenty years, holding positions with firms such as Elsevier, Thomson Scientific (now Thomson Reuters Healthcare & Science), and John Wiley & Sons. Her focus is on the emergence of Web-based applications for the creation, discovery and dissemination of content and the potential value of those tools to the global information community. She has been blogging about books, more or less regularly, for the past four years. She actively participates in online communities, such as LibraryThing, and maintains a profile on major social networks, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo, and Google.
Margaret Manson
Manager, Member and Customer Services
(215)-893-1561, ext. 16
mmanson@nfais.org
Margaret Manson is Manager, NFAIS Member Support and
Customer Relations. Prior to joining NFAIS in 1995, Margaret held a
variety of office management, executive assistant, secretarial and
bookkeeping positions.
Margaret was graduated from Fayetteville State University
with an Associate Degree in Secretarial Science. She completed
further studies at Philadelphia Community College in accounting.