Meet some of MCPL's new staff members!
Joe-Edouard “Ed” Edmond, joined MCPL on April 30, 2017. Before joining MCPL, Ed entered the county government workforce in October 2000 as a principal administrative aide in the Department of Finance. In 2005, Ed joined the Office of Human Resources (OHR) as a fiscal assistant. He was promoted to an administrative specialist I in 2010 with the Core/Records Management team of OHR. This experience enabled him to quickly transition to his position as the administrative specialist II in MCPL’s Human Resources unit. Ed is an easy to work with kind of person.
Patrick Fromm joined MCPL as the branch manager of Little Falls in May 2017. Previously, he worked at Baltimore County Public Library for 10 years, starting as a page and moving through the circulation and information jobs to assistant branch manager. He geeks out about managerial topics like continuous improvement, cost-benefit analysis, and emotional intelligence, all of which makes him really fun at parties. He is super psyched to be working with the awesome Little Falls’ team! He lives in Catonsville with his one baby, one wife, and zero cats.
Cindy Gil is one of two senior librarians at the Silver Spring branch. Cindy joined MCPL in January 2017. Before joining MCPL, she was a senior librarian at the New York Public Library where she worked with children, parents, and teachers as the children’s librarian in the Bronx, NY. Prior to this, she worked at the Reference Department at the Bronx Library Center as a librarian trainee until she graduated from library school in 2002. She served in different capacities at other neighborhood branches since 1996. Cindy enjoys reading and singing to the kids during bilingual storytime at the branch, taking walks in the park with her family, and getting good bargains when shopping!
Elizabeth Lang joined MCPL in 2016 as the assistant facilities and accessibility program manager. She assists with facilities and space management, and leads MCPL’s efforts related to accessibility services. She came to MCPL from the District of Columbia Public Library, where she served as the Manager of the Center for Accessibility. Before moving to the DC metro area, she was the deputy director for public services at Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library in Missouri, and before that worked in retail bookstores throughout the Midwest. She is a nerdy bookworm, and spends her leisure time reading, gaming, quilting, watching hockey, hanging out with her husband and kids, and dreaming of the day when she can buy a farm in rural Delaware and raise goats.
