Mary E. PiorunMary Piorun , PhD, is the Director of the Lamar Soutter Library and the Network of National Library of Medicine, Region 7 at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMass Chan). Before joining UMass Chan in 1999, Mary was a systems libraian at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Rockville, MD, and served in various other positions in libraries in Maryland and Washington, D.C. Mary received her MSLS from the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. and a Masters in Business Administration at Bentley University. In May 2008, Mary received the W. Michael Hoffman Prize for Business Ethics from the Bentley University, Center for Business Ethics. In January 2014, Mary completed a PhD in Managerial Leadership for the Information Professions at Simmons University. Mary is a member of the Medical Library Association, the American Library Association, and the Association of College and Research Libraries. Areas of Interest: library administration, leadership and management, strategic planning, grant oversight, program planning, implementation and evaluation, project coordination. Read More Read Less