Board and Staff Members

2026 Board Meetings at 7pm:

Unless noted* , Library Board meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of each month  at 7pm at in Meeting Room B1 at 320 Main St. Fort Lee, NJ  07024.

2026
January 14  Agenda
February 11 Agenda
March 11
April 8
May 13
June 10
July 8
August 12
September 9
October 14
November 18
December 9

2025
*January 15* at the Richard A. Nest Adult Activity Center, 1st floor, located at 319 Main St, Fort Lee, NJ 07024 Agenda
February 12 Agenda
March 12 Agenda
April 9 Agenda
May 14  Agenda
June 11 Agenda
July 9  Agenda
August 13 Agenda
September 10 Agenda
October 8 Agenda
November 12 Agenda
December 10 Agenda

 

Board of Trustees

Paige Soltano – President
Monique Kim, Vice President & Fort Lee Lee Schools Liaison
Councilman Joseph Cervieri – Treasurer
Karen Sandberg – Secretary
Santo T. Alampi, Esq. – Board Attorney
Councilwoman Ila Kasofsky – Council Liaison
Eunju Hong
Peter Mertens
Helen Saitta
Susan Siegel
Marsha Sobel

Administration

Chris Yurgelonis
Library Director
yurgelonis@fortlee.bccls.org

Morris Balacco
Assistant Director 
morris.balacco@fortlee.bccls.org

ESL

Francesca Mararro
ESL Coordinator
francesca.marraro@fortlee.bccls.org

Children & Teen Department

Jessica Schneider
Head of Youth Services
jessica.schneider@fortlee.bccls.org

Arlinda LaBruno
Principal Library Assistant
arlinda.labruno@fortlee.bccls.org

Ellen Sladovich
Supervising Library Assistant
ellen.sladovich@fortlee.bccls.org

Reilly Grant
Children’s Library Associate
reilly.grant@fortlee.bccls.org

Kimberly Iacucci
Teen Librarian
kimberly.iacucci@fortlee.bccls.org

Kyle Whitmer
Senior Library Assistant
kyle.whitmer@fortlee.bccls.org

Circulation

Jeanette Shelley
Head of Circulation
jeanette.shelley@fortlee.bccls.org

Kevin Ceragno
Library Assistant
kevin.ceragno@fortlee.bccls.org

Jo-Ann Cimiluca
Supervising Library Assistant 
joann.cimiluca@fortlee.bccls.org

Cindy Gereb
Senior Library Assistant
cindy.gereb@fortlee.bccls.org 

Reference

Larissa Brookes
Head of Reference and Technology Services
larissa.brookes@fortlee.bccls.org

Brandy Neary
Programming/Reference Librarian
brandy.neary@fortlee.bccls.org 

John Campbell
Technology/Reference Librarian
john.campbell@fortlee.bccls.org 

Wei Guan
Reference Librarian
wei.guan@fortlee.bccls.org

Collection Development

Sophia Lee
Senior Library Assistant
sophia.lee@fortlee.bccls.org

Izumi Kameda
Senior Library Assistant
izumi.kameda@fortlee.bccls.org

Maintenance

Diego Benitez
Facilities Manager
Darian Fedash
Kevin Civil
FLPL will be closed on Monday, February 16 in observance of Presidents Day. Book drops will also be closed. All fines will be waived.