CANTON ROTARIAN TENA WILSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STARK COUNTY LIBRARY, WILL BE OUR FEATURED SPEAKER THIS THURSDAY!

​Tena Wilson, executive director of the Stark County District Library, changed course in the middle of her career. After working in marketing and sales for Matthews Specialty Vehicles of Greensboro, North Carolina, and OBS Specialty Vehicles in Canton, Ohio, she returned to school for her Masters of Library Science.

 

She quickly rose through the ranks in libraries, serving first as the Young Adult Programmer for the Stark County District Library - Lake Community Branch, then moving to Cleveland Public Library where she served successively as a Branch Manager, Marketing and Communications Administrator and Public Services West Team Manager, before leaving to become director of the Winnetka-Northfield Library District in Winnetka, Illinois.

 

She returned home to lead the Stark County District Library as executive director in September 2012, where she hit the ground running, leading the library through a successful political campaign to pass a new operating levy and secure the library’s funding.

 

She is a member of the Ohio Library Council, American Library Association, and Public Library Association. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Secondary Education from Tennessee Temple University and a Master of Library and Information Science from Kent State University.

 

She volunteers in the community as a board member of the Canton Symphony Orchestra. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Canton. She is a founding member of Women’s Impact and chair of their RENEW book club. She is a graduate of the 27^th Signature Class of Leadership Stark County and now serves on the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Stark County Board.

 

She and her husband John have two daughters and are grandparents to two beautiful boys, Nathan and Cole.