New Executive Director Announced!

Susan Harman has been selected as the Fairfax Library Foundation’s new Executive Director. Harman previously served as Secretary of the Foundation’s Board of Directors and has been part of the Library team for over three years. Harman’s hiring comes after nine months of searching for a full-time replacement for Bobbi Longworth, who served as Executive Director for nine years and who recently accepted a position as Executive Director of the Fairfax County Park Foundation.

Harman will immediately focus her efforts on a number of the Foundation’s upcoming programs and events, specifically the Library Jubilee, the Foundation’s Signature fundraising event, scheduled for October 15th at the Thomas Jefferson Library. Harman will also set her sights on some of the Foundation’s sponsored events scheduled for later on this year, Fall for the Book, Changing Lives Through Literature, Ready to Read, an early literature outreach program, and Fairfax Library Foundation Month.

“I am excited to be working with Susan. Through her work on the Foundation Board, we already have a great working relationship. I look forward to the future direction of the Foundation under her leadership.” says Martina Murphy, Finance & Resource Manager for the Fairfax Library Foundation.

Harman is set to officially start on May 9.

It takes the collective contributions of individuals, businesses, and organizations, to support the Foundation’s sponsorship of multiple Fairfax County Public Library programs and services including the All Fairfax Reads project, Changing Lives through Literature, the Fall for the Book festival, Scholarships, the Summer Reading Program, and Ready to Read early literacy outreach.