New board member spotlight: Matt Westmoreland
The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation welcomes Matt Westmoreland to our Board of Directors.
Matt Westmoreland holds the Post 2 At-Large seat on the Atlanta City Council. Prior to his City Council election, Matt was the District 3 Representative on the Atlanta Board of Education, serving as chair of its Budget Commission and legislative liaison to the Georgia General Assembly.
An Atlanta native and proud product of its public school system, Matt received his bachelor’s degree in history from Princeton University, where he served as editor-in-chief of The Daily Princetonian. After graduation, Matt returned to Atlanta as a Teach for America Corps Member and taught history at Carver Early College High School in southeast Atlanta.
Matt previously served as program director for Horizons Atlanta, an educational nonprofit serving low-income students across Metro Atlanta through summer enrichment programs. He serves on the Board of Directors for HOPE Atlanta and of the Atlanta Regional Commission. He is a member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2025 and is a graduate of the Regional Leadership Institute and LEAD Atlanta.
The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation welcomes Matt to our Board of Directors.
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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 […]