Executive Management Team (EMT)

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Manager/Lead
Email
maddelynh@multco.us
  • Human Resources Manager
  • Equity and Inclusion Manager
  • Library Deputy Director
  • Location Services Director
  • Integrated Service Director
  • Finance & Facilities Director
  • Community Services Director
  • Kim Sutton
    Director of Marketing and Communications
    Marketing & Communications Director
  • Library Director of Digital Strategies

About

EMT's purpose is to develop, prioritize and coordinate systemwide projects and initiatives to further Multnomah County Library's mission and strategic priorities. EMT subteams are future-oriented and focus on high-impact, systemwide issues. They research and respond to a problem or question assigned by the director of libraries.

Executive management team charter

Our purpose

The library’s executive management team (EMT) develops, prioritizes and coordinates systemwide projects and initiatives to further Multnomah County Library’s mission and strategic priorities. 

Our values

  • Inclusive workplace: Value, respect and leverage diversity and individual differences in experience or perspective in support of our mission and goals.
  • Learning and improvement: Measure, assess and learn from success and failure.
  • Accountability: Hold ourselves and others accountable for reaching goals.
  • Customer service: Give consistent, outstanding patron and internal service.
  • Communication: Keep each other informed, ask for input and consider multiple viewpoints and work styles in the spirit of collaboration and alignment.
  • Collaboration: Offer and receive knowledge and skills freely for ongoing learning.

Our work 

Strategic priorities: Identify, assess and monitor library’s strategic priorities based on community needs and aspirations.

Project prioritization: Develop and apply methods to prioritize projects and initiatives.

Sponsorship: Own and lead identified systemwide projects, delegating authority and gathering feedback from people and groups as appropriate. 

Subteams: Form ongoing or limited-duration action-oriented subteams to research and recommend solutions for specific needs. Read more about EMT subteams.

The decisions we make

  • Review and analyze project proposals and decide if they will move forward.
  • Director and deputy director have authority for policy and budget recommendations.
  • Changes to the library’s strategic priorities.

Our tools

  • Strategic priorities
  • Decision-making steps and training (TBD)
  • Community engagement (TBD)
  • Staff engagement and committee recommendations
  • Capital planning framework (TBD)

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