New board member spotlight: Blythe Keeler Robinson
The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation welcomes Blythe Keeler Robinson to our Board of Directors.
Blythe Keeler Robinson is an innovative and passionate leader with over 25 years of nonprofit management experience. She is an equity advocate and a nationally recognized leader in early education and two-generation approaches to educational success and economic security. Robinson is the President and CEO of Sheltering Arms Early Education and Family Centers in Atlanta, Georgia.
Prior to joining Sheltering Arms, Robinson served as the senior vice president & chief programs officer of the Early Learning Coalition of Miami‐Dade/Monroe, Florida. She was responsible for the management and implementation of early care and education programs providing services to more than 50,000 children and their families annually. Robinson is president of the International Women’s Forum – Georgia Chapter Board and Vice-Chair of the National Black Child Development Institute Board. She also serves on the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Southeast Governing Board, the Atlanta Speech School Advisory Board, and the PAACT (Promising All Atlanta Children Thrive) Founding Advisory Board and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. She was recognized as a member of the 2019 Academy of Women Achievers by the YWCA, named one of Atlanta Tribune’s 2018 Women of Excellence and received the 2017 Image Award from the 100 Black Men of North Metro (Atlanta), Inc. She has been named to the Atlanta Business League’s list of Top 100 Black Women of Influence for six years, Atlanta Business Chronicle’s list of “Atlanta’s 40 Under 40 Leaders” and South Florida’s “50 Most Powerful Black Professionals.”
Robinson holds a bachelor’s degree in Government and Politics with a certificate in African American Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a juris doctor from The Georgetown University Law Center.
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In 1867, Darwin Jones led the founding of the Young Men’s Library Association as a subscription library for white men. The Carnegie Library of Atlanta, one of the first public libraries in the United States, opened in 1901. In 1935, it evolved and was expanded into the Fulton County Library System, which was established to provide […]
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ATLANTA – January 13, 2025 – The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation announces several exciting changes to its board of directors: Jeff Steely and Michelle Taylor Willis assume leadership positions as chair and vice-chair; Jacqueline Edwards, Jessica Gellerstedt, Beverly Rice, Blythe Keeler Robinson and Matt Westmoreland join as new members; and Kayron Bearden, Nina Radakovich and […]