Emily Sheketoff
Thursday, 01 May at 1:45 p.m.
Emily Sheketoff is the Associate Executive Director of the American Library Association (ALA), managing the Washington Office. In that capacity, she directs lobbying efforts before Congress and the Executive Branch, and works on initiatives important to the library community such as family literacy, public access to government information, first amendment protection, and intellectual property and copyright issues. Ms. Sheketoff also oversees the policy work done by the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP), an office that promotes the development and utilization of electronic access to information as a means to ensure the public’s right to a free and open information society.
Prior to coming to the ALA Washington Office, Ms. Sheketoff was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, where she ran the day-to-day operations of this government enforcement agency, working with the staff to be more responsive to the public and small business.