Trustee Hope Marable, President
Term ends June 30, 2026
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Hope’s first library was the “upstairs nook of my grandparents home in Henderson, North Carolina”, when spending childhood summers away from Mount Vernon, New York. The remainder of the season was usually spent with her maternal grandparents in Fauquier County, Virginia, where far less time was devoted to the adventures found in books. Virginia was a place of wide open spaces, fit for exploring the wonders of nature with her three siblings and “dozens of cousins”. According to Hope, it was the best of both worlds. North Carolina was a refuge; a place where she came to appreciate solitude and “me time”. It all began by memorizing every syllable and verse of Watty Piper’s, “The Little Engine that Could”. Hooked on words since the ripe ol’ age of 3, Hope went on to write her very first poem, “Today is Sunday”, while a fourth grader in Mrs. Brown’s class at Robert Fulton School; now named in honor of her former Principal and mentor, the late Edward Williams. Fueled by a quiet passion for reading, Hope’s spare time from late teens through young-adulthood was spent as a Literacy Volunteer at the Mount Vernon Public Library, where she has served as a Board Trustee since on or about June 2020. Like countless others from a far away era in time, Hope admits to having come a long, sharp distance from the “upstairs nook”. “…while for me, the little engine may have lost its luster, I am now in awe of worldwide educators whom, by embracing today’s technology, inspire new generations to fall in love as I did, with the beauty of literary works”. She believes the fostering of global partnerships, initiatives, and expansion of public library services, will eventually empower us to define cultures and redefine communities. Hope Marable is a lifelong resident of Mount Vernon, New York and is an alumna of New York University. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Behavioral Science, and Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Studies. She is a published songwriter, and Licensed ASCAP Music Publisher.
Trustee Kim Harper, Vice President
Term ends June 30, 2029
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Trustee Cynthia Dickerson, Secretary
Term ends June 30, 2028
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Trustee Cynthia Dickerson is the CEO of her parent’s namesake, Jack & Ellen Dollhouse, Inc. Inspired by her family’s love for children and animals, “Jack & Ellen Dollhouse” provides pet therapy for students K-12 at the green spaces of Trustee Dickerson’s Mount Vernon home. Trustee Dickerson is an alumna of Westchester Community College. A longstanding employee of Mount Vernon City School District, she was recently awarded “Most Compassionate Monitor”, Grimes Elementary School. Trustee Dickerson believes quality programs are the amongst the Library’s best services and is an advocate for program resources and funding.
Trustee Cynthia Crenshaw,
Term ends June 30, 2030
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Trustee Crenshaw, PTA President of Cecil H. Parker School, is a retired budget analyst for AT&T Communications. Twice awarded in 2023 for Mount Vernon Community Advocacy, Trustee Crenshaw lends that same passion to the Library since appointed in November of 2024. Trustee Crenshaw is a longstanding District Leader and Executive Committee Member of the NAACP, Mount Vernon Branch. She is an alumna of Iona University where she received a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science. Trustee Crenshaw is a proud Mom and Grandmother of children being educated, as she was, in the Mount Vernon City School District.
Trustee Loretta Thomas
Term ends June 30, 2027
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Born and raised in Mount Vernon, New York, Loretta Thomas is the youngest of 11 siblings. Ironically, Trustee Thomas’s Mother, the late Rosalie Swain-Thomas, was the first of William and Queenie Phelps-Swain’s 12 children to be born in the City of Mount Vernon, after the family’s 1929 arrival from North Carolina. Trustee Thomas, a product of the Mount Vernon Public School District, is an alumna of Mount Vernon High’s graduating class of 1984. She is a lifelong resident of the City, and proud District Leader of 55, Mount Vernon. Ms. Thomas has an Associate degree in Accounting from Monroe College, as well as an Associate degree in Secretarial Science from Monroe Business Institute. Her 30+ years of career experience in the field of finance and accounting, enables her to boast of the following credentials:
– Audit procedures for internal controls.
– Internal controls; positive pay.
– Implementation of policies and procedures.
– Hiring, development, and evaluation of staff performances.
– Payroll administration; 401k, Health benefits.
– Full cycle accounts payable management.
– Staff accounting and management.
– Cash Sheets, Bank reconciliations, Journal entries.
– Y/E 1099’s, Month-end close.
– Trustee Thomas is a licensed notary (01TH6265161), and is the long-standing employee of a nonprofit organization based in Westchester County, New York.
Timur Davis, Executive Library Director
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My name is Timur A. Davis, the Executive Library Director of the Mount Vernon Public Library . I worked in public libraries for over 30 years from Library Page to the current administrative position as Library Director. Along the way, I mentored many aspiring Professional Librarians in New York and New Jersey throughout my career who are now working as Professional Librarians. I was mentored by the late Dr. John Henrik Clark, Dr. Robert Manley – CEO of Center for Global Responsibility, the late Suzzanne Douglas (actress), the late Paul William – Librarian, Dr. Lenworth Gunther – Professor Emeritus, Dean C. David Williams, Hisani Dubose, CEO/Producer, and Filmmaker of SenGen Media, and many other noted scholars in academia. I managed a group of 50 staff members and supervised a nearly $ 5 Million-dollar budget at the Mount Vernon Public Library in Westchester County, New York. I secured music distribution deals for Hip-Hop artists at Blingnot/Sony, and Empire Distribution and negotiated a synchronization publishing deal with Warner Chappell for the AzIzz from the music group Outsidaz. I was a researcher for film writer Hafiz Farid for the film entitled Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel. I am a producer of the following films: Pillar of Salt featuring the late Dr. Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant former columnist for Essence Magazine and author of The Best King of Loving: A Black Woman’s Guide to Finding Intimacy, and Sekyiwa Shakur (Tupac’s sister), The Presumption of Guilt (Foremost Productions) featuring Anita Hill, Tim Wise, and Alan Derkowitz; and a documentary film entitled Maya Angelou: Reflections of a Blessed Soul (Foremost Productions), Circle of Woman: docu-series that highlights the extraordinary women in the life of the Iconic young artist Tupac Amaru Shakur; written and directed by Hafiz Farid and Yaasmyn Fula, Darfur: Too Dark, Too Far: This film reveals the central thread that runs through all genocides throughout history. Whether it’s Darfur, the African Slave trade, Nazi Germany, the Native American atrocities, Cambodia, Armenia, Bosnia, Rwanda and beyond, there is a reason that it keeps occurring. I received my Associates of Arts in Liberal Arts from Essex County College, Bachelors of Arts in History/ African American Studies from Jersey City State College, in Jersey City, New Jersey; and my Masters of Science in Information Library Science from Pratt Institute: Graduate School of Information Library Science in Brooklyn, New York. I received a second Masters in National Security Studies from American Military University in Charles Town, West Virginia, and a third Masters in Administrative Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ.
Jay Vosler, Treasurer
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Jay Vosler was born in New Rochelle, New York and raised in the Village of Larchmont. His father was an Alumnus of Mount Vernon, New York’s graduating class of 1952 at A.B. Davis High School. Jay was educated at Westchester County’s Iona College, (now Iona University) with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and is a QuickBooks Advanced ProAdvisor. Following an early apprenticeship with Ernst & Young, Jay Vosler has since acquired more than 35 years of career-related experience with a concentration in small business start-up companies and corporations. Diverse industries such as biotechnology, renewable energy and music performance agencies, served as a catalyst to Jay’s expertise in financial restructuring, non-profit organizations, corporate consulting and private client services. Jay is a proud “Dad” of two. His spare time is often spent enjoying the rigorous schedules of his children’s travel baseball, and travel softball team clubs.
