Leadership shaped by the field
The Library Support Network is led by people who understand public library fundraising from direct experience.
Our board, staff, advisors, and volunteer leaders help guide LSN as it builds support for the people raising money for public libraries.
Leadership approach
Built with the people doing the work
LSN’s leadership model reflects the way the Network itself is being built: peer-led, practical, collaborative, inclusive, and responsive to what library fundraisers say they need.
That means LSN prioritizes useful tools over theory, broad access over exclusivity, shared learning over one-way instruction, and field-level benefit alongside member value.
Founder and CEO
Jonna Ward
Jonna Ward leads LSN’s work to build the field of public library fundraising. She brings more than two decades of experience in public library fundraising and foundation leadership, including her longtime role with the Seattle Public Library Foundation.
Through that experience, she saw how much public library fundraisers needed community, trusted peers, and fresh ideas. That need helped spark the International Public Library Fundraising Conference, Library Giving Day, and the LSN pilot community.
Board of Directors
Governed by leaders in public library fundraising
LSN is guided by a Board of Directors with experience in public library fundraising, foundation leadership, governance, strategy, and field-building.
Dawn Coppin, Ph.D.
Executive Director, San José Public Library Foundation
Natalie Ganz
Chief Strategy and Engagement Officer, Library Foundation SD
Jenni Gaisbauer, CFRE
Executive Director, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation
Tina Gills, CFRE
Development Director, Richland Library
Jonna Ward
Founder and CEO, Library Support Network
Ways to serve
Help shape what LSN becomes
LSN is built with the field, not simply for the field. As membership grows, there will be opportunities to help shape programs, share expertise, advise on tools, contribute resources, and support peer learning.
Serve on a committee
Help guide programs, membership, field initiatives, or organizational development.
Plan programs
Support webinars, convenings, conference sessions, or peer learning opportunities.
Lead peer learning
Help facilitate affinity groups, roundtables, or informal conversations.
Share practical tools
Contribute templates, examples, case studies, or lessons learned from your work.
Advise field projects
Support benchmarking, shared case-building, research, or other field-level work.
Welcome new members
Help connect people to peers, resources, and meaningful ways to engage.
Service and participation
Serve with the Network
LSN grows stronger when members and sector leaders share their experience, open doors for others, and help build what public library fundraising needs next.