Board and Staff

Constance Barkley-Lewis

Executive Director

Constance Barkley-Lewis started her tenure as Interim Executive Director for the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation in February 2026. She has held leadership positions in corporate marketing, media and finance, non-profit foundations, and civic organizations. She is the author of Fairy Garden: Fairies of the Four Seasons, co-author of Oh My Wordle!, and the creator of two musicals and an award-winning one-act play.

Her love of reading, children, and her adopted Atlanta hometown makes her excited to step into this role. Her first career was as the founding director of the Metropolitan Area Committee Public Education Fund in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she worked with the Ford Foundation and the national Public Education Foundation to increase private support for public education.

Her position at AFPLF feels like a homecoming as she focuses on how to grow support for critical library programming made possible only by the Library Foundation as government support for public libraries declines.

Constance earned a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in English from UNC Chapel Hill. She is a member of Leadership Atlanta and has served in leadership positions on civic and non-profit boards including Invest Atlanta, The Historic District Development Committee, and the C.T. Vivian Leadership Institute. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, Dale Lewis.

Jennifer N. Artigue

Assistant Director

Jennifer Artigue has served as the Assistant Director for the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation since 2017. She has held positions in mental health services including a case manager for outpatient and residential services at Gwinnett, Rockdale, Newton’s Community Service Board and as a clinical coordinator for foster care children at Mentor, Inc. She later served as an administrative and volunteer services coordinator for Volunteers of America of Greater Baton Rouge. As an extension of her work with children and families, Jennifer accepted a position as the Director of Admissions at The Episcopal School in Baton Rouge and subsequently as the Director of Admissions at Sophia Academy in Atlanta.

Jennifer’s philanthropic efforts include serving as the philanthropy advisor for Kappa Delta sorority where she directs the local chapter’s annual fundraising project benefitting national and local child abuse prevention agencies. She has served to assist children, adolescents, and families throughout her career and strongly believes in the purpose and mission of libraries.

Jennifer earned a Master of Education in Counselor Education from the University of New Orleans and a Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University. She resides in Sandy Springs with her husband and son.