A Queens, N.Y., librarian has been selected as the new CEO of the Hartford Public Library. She was confirmed at a board of directors meeting on Friday.
Bridget Quinn-Carey, who will earn $160,000 annually, is expected to start April 11. She was one of three finalists for the position.
Quinn-Carey is interim president and CEO of Queens Library, which has 65 locations in the New York City borough that has a population of 2.3 million people. Queens Library has a $130 million annual operating budget and 1,300 full-time staffers. Quinn-Carey was executive vice president and chief operating officer in Queens from 2011 to 2014 when she moved into her current position.
Hartford Public Library has 10 branches in a city with a population of 125,000. In 2015, its annual budget was $10.2 million. It has 77 full time staffers.
Quinn-Carey attended Aarhus University in Denmark, earned a BA in literature and rhetoric from Binghamton University, and MLS and MBA degrees from St. John’s University.
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