AIIP Board of Directors, 2012-2013

Reach any member of the AIIP Board at board@aiip.org

President

Scott Brown
Social Information Group
President@aiip.org

Scott Brown is owner of Social Information Group, an independent consulting and information practice focused on the effective use of social networking tools for finding and sharing information. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, government and non-profit organizations, and individuals to help them understand and effectively use these tools. He also provides coaching for information professionals. He has over 20 years experience in public, academic and corporate settings. Most recently, he was a Senior Information Specialist with Sun Microsystems, providing strategic research services and competitive intelligence information for many groups across the company. Scott is a founding Board member of the SLA CI Division, and adjunct faculty at San Jose State University in California and University of Denver in Colorado, USA. He is a frequent speaker on the use and evolution of social networking tools and information work. He received his library degree from San Jose State University in California in 1999 and holds a Masters in Counseling from Regis University in Colorado.

Immediate Past President

Cynthia Hetherington
The Hetherington Group

The founder of the Hetherington Group, based in Wayne, New Jersey (www.hetheringtongroup.com), Cynthia Hetherington has been providing online and Internet research to private investigators, security specialists, and law enforcement professionals since 1993.

She holds a Master’s in Library Science and a Master’s of Information Systems Management, is the author of “Business Background Investigations” and the “Manual to Online Public Records” and has co-authored articles and monographs on steganography, computer forensics, Internet investigations and other security-focused subjects.

President Elect

Jocelyn Sheppard
Red House Consulting

Principal Consultant at Red House Consulting, Jocelyn Sheppard provides feasibility studies, business plans, grant-writing, and new venture planning for clients in the business, nonprofit, and government sectors. Prior to founding Red House Consulting, she was a program manager at the National Technology Transfer Center where she designed and managed commercialization feasibility studies for NASA technologies. 

Jocelyn holds an M.L.S. and a Ph.D. in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She earned a BA in Comparative Literature from the University of Virginia. She has written articles and presented workshops on market and industry research, technology transfer tools, and effective writing.

Secretary

Joann M. Wleklinski
Wleklinski Information Services

Joann M. Wleklinski is principal and owner of Wleklinski Information Services, providing information research and editorial services to a variety of industries. Joann has over two decades of experience in technology, academia, business, and healthcare. She has been published in Online, Searcher, The Cyberskeptic’s Guide to the Internet, FUMSI, and has been featured in several books, including The Secrets of the Super Net Searchers. She is the current editor of AIIP Connections.

Joann holds an MLIS from Rosary College and a BA in English from Boston College. She is also a member of the Special Libraries Association and the Editorial Freelancers Association.

Treasurer

Marilyn Harmacek
MHC Info Solutions

Director - Membership Development

Arthur Weiss
AWARE
Membership@aiip.org

Director - Member Benefits

Susan Wald Berkman
Research-Ability
MemberBenefits@aiip.org

Susan is the CEO of Research-Ability.

Director - Marketing/Web

Debbie Wynot
Library Consultants, L.L.C
Marketing@aiip.org

Debbie Wynot is the founder and co-owner of Library Consultants, L.L.C. Based in New Orleans, the company provides research, library management, and consulting services to enhance the information needs of the legal community.

Debbie has lengthy management experience in  school, public, academic, and private law firm libraries. She has spoken to school groups on the basics of social media and has offered disaster preparation to small business. The company provides litigation support for law firms, current awareness services for attorneys, reputation management, and social media strategies. Debbie has a Master of Library and Information Science from Louisiana State University and a Bachelor’s degree in secondary education from the University of New Orleans.