A month before the American Association of Law Libraries is set to convene in Portland, Ore., for its annual conference, its executive director, Vani Ungapen, announced today that she will leave at the end of August to purse a new professional opportunity. Ungapen has been the AALL\u2019s executive director since October 2018. An AALL announcement [\u2026]<\/p>\n
A month before the American Association of Law Libraries<\/a> is set to convene in Portland, Ore., for its annual conference<\/a>, its executive director, Vani Ungapen<\/a>, announced today that she will leave at the end of August to purse a new professional opportunity.<\/p>\n Ungapen has been the AALL\u2019s executive director since October 2018. An AALL announcement of her departure credits her with strengthening the association\u2019s membership, financial stability, and operational agility.<\/p>\n During her tenure, the announcement said, AALL expanded its member base and diversified its revenue streams, resulting in a 70 percent increase in assets. It credited her for leading the association through a rapid and successful transition to a virtual environment during the COVID-19 pandemic, organizing two virtual conferences and spearheading the return to in-person conferences, beginning with the AALL\u2019s 2022 conference in Denver.<\/p>\n She also introduced AALL\u2019s first learning management system and oversaw the relocation of AALL headquarters to a more cost-efficient space, the association said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are incredibly grateful to Vani for her nearly seven years of dedicated and exceptional service,\u201d said AALL President Cornell H. Winston. \u201cHer ability to lead through change while keeping the association focused on strategic priorities has positioned AALL for continued success.\u201d<\/p>\n