MaryKay became the LCLD Director in August of 2018. Prior to that she had worked at the State Library of Oregon for 22 years, King County (WA) Library System for 8 years, and the Albany (OR) Public Library for 4 years. She earned an MLS from the University of Washington School of Library and Information Science in 1984 and a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from Western Washington University. 

MaryKay will always be a youth librarian in her heart but has enjoyed the variety of her career in libraries large and small, in cities and rural communities.