Mary Riley Styles Public Library Foundation Board 2022-2023

JESS SABO
Chair
2022-2025

Jess Sabo has experience working as the Executive Director of a non-profit and as a part-time Library Aid at the Circulation Desk of MRSPL.   She is currently a homemaker, has three daughters in school, and has lived in Falls Church since 2013.  She loves sci-fi and non-fiction, and the library's summer reading program for kids (they are so excited for the local coupons they get at the end!).​

DONALD CAMP
Vice-Chair & Treasurer pro tempore
2018-2024

Donald Camp is a retired Foreign Service Officer who has lived in Falls Church for 25 years.   He is an avid user of the Library and has served on the Library Board of Trustees.   He does all his online purchasing at www.smile.amazon so that the Foundation will receive a portion of those sales. ​

JENNIFER CARROLL
Library Director
Ex-Oficio Board Member

Jenny Carroll joined the library staff in 2007 and completed a MIS (Masters of Information Science) from University of Tennessee in 2010.  She served in the Circulation Department and Youth Services department; appointed director in 2017.  Prior to the library, Jenny worked in child protective services and public schools as a social worker.  The library was always her favorite space growing up!    

DEANE DIERKSEN
Board Member
2019-2024

Deane Dierksen served as Director of MRSPL for 22 1/2 years, retiring in June 1999.  During her tenure she lead staff in accomplishing many exciting and useful projects: most importantly, automating the library and its catalog, and renovating and expanding the library in 1991-1992.  She loves many things about the library, especially the excellent staff.

ANDREW A. PAINTER
Board Member
2022-2025

Andrew A. Painter is a partner with Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh, P.C., a Northern Virginia land use law firm.  Andrew has spent much time traveling and writing about Virginia’s land development and viticultural history.  He received an award from the Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Association for his review of enduring rural landscapes in Fairfax County.  Andrew has served as an adjunct professor of political science at both the University of Richmond and the University of Mary Washington. He is a member of the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the Celebrate Fairfax, Inc. Board of Directors, the Home Builders of Virginia Board of Directors, the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association Board of Directors, and the Fairfax County Agricultural and Forestal District Advisory Committee. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Mary Washington College, a Masters in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia, and a juris doctor from the University of Richmond’s T.C. Williams School of Law. Andrew is the author of a 2018 book chronicling the history of the Virginia wine industry, Virginia Wine: Four Centuries of Change, published by George Mason University Press and distributed by the University of Virginia Press. He and his wife, Mary Anne, founded Falls City Threads, a local t-shirt company celebrating local Falls Church scenes. They reside in the Greenway Downs neighborhood of Falls Church, and have a daughter and twin boys.​

AMY SONDERMAN
Secretary
​2022-2023

​Amy Sonderman is currently the Director of Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement at U.S. Pharmacopeia, where she leads U.S. advocacy efforts as well as builds and manages relationships with organizations representing patients, practitioners, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Amy also serves as a member of the board and Chair of the Fund Development Committee for the National Network to
End Domestic Violence. Amy lives in the City of Falls Church with her husband, daughter, and golden retriever. Her daughter, Avery, had a book in her hand before she learned to crawl. They are all frequent visitors of Mary Riley Styles Public Library.