Neill board appoints J. Bailey

Joanna Bailey has been appointed director of Neill Public Library in Pullman by the library’s board of trustees. The appointment was made at the board’s monthly meeting last Wednesday. She has served as the library’s interim leader for the past two years.

Ms. Bailey joined Neill Public Library in 2001 as an administrative assistant. Over the years, her duties and responsibilities expanded to the point when, following the previous director’s resignation in 2009, the board of trustees asked her to lead the library on an interim basis until a permanent director could be hired.

Her professional li...