Leadership

Sandra Lovely

Assistant Director for Planning & Facilities

Email: slovely@dconc.gov

919-560-0168

Sandra has 31 years of library experience. As Assistant Library Director, she ensures that facility needs are met for the seven library locations that comprise the Durham County Library system. She works closely with facility managers to identify and resolve building concerns and needs and oversees various vendor contracts, including security and custodial contracts. She also oversees Durham County Library’s strategic planning process. Her favorite thing about working at Durham County Library is getting to know and work with the wonderful and talented staff.

Prior to working in the library profession, Sandra was a Cash Management Coordinator for Merrill Lynch Brokerage Firm. She loves reading cat fiction, and one of her favorite authors is Rita Mae Brown. She’s very mechanical and loves to tinker and fix stuff. If she were not a librarian, her second dream career would be as an aircraft mechanic. She would to like move to Italy and tour all the vineyards.

Kathy Makens

Assistant Director for Resources & Finance

Email: kmakens@dconc.gov

919-560-0187

Kathy oversees Library Technical Services, the North Carolina Collection, and the library budget. She has worked in public, academic, and special libraries for over 20 years. Specialties have included small business, legal reference, government documents, patents and trademarks, statistics, information literacy, working with low literacy populations, strategic planning, emerging technology, and gaming in libraries. She is an excellent rat trainer.

Pronouns: she/her

Stephanie Bonestell

Public Relations Officer

Email: sbonestell@dconc.gov

919-560-0151

Stephanie Bonestell, Public Relations Officer for the Durham County Library, brings over 20 years PR, communications, and marketing experience to the library system. She often provides a unique perspective to happenings around the library, as her background is from the pharmaceutical industry and not the library system. Stephanie’s favorite unique program at DCo Library is the Seed Library, and her all-time favorite book is Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. In her spare time, Stephanie enjoys spending time with her family and cast of crazy dogs.

David Green

Information Technology Manager

Email: davidgreen@dconc.gov

919-560-0128

David ensures Durham County Library has sustainable and robust technology that enhances services for a diverse community. Drawing from experience across public, academic, state, and non-profit library sectors, David offers a range of expertise in technology integration. He believes solving problems requires putting the people of Durham at the center of the development process. Beyond work, David enjoys spending time with friends and family, playing outdoors, and coaching his sons’ baseball teams.

Pronouns: he/him

Lakesia Farmer

Library Human Resources

Email: lfarmer@dconc.gov

919-560-0162

Lakesia Farmer has worked for Durham County Library since 2007 and has served as the Library’s HR person since 2012. She is an active member of the Triangle Society for Human Resource Management and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources. One of the things that Lakesia loves about working in HR is meeting new people. She often says that she tries to put the human in human resources. As part of her role, Lakesia oversees the library’s bi-annual Staff Development Days, helps train staff, serves on interview panels, and works with the library’s summer interns. Outside of work, Lakesia enjoys spending time with family. She and her husband can often be found cheering for their son at one of his many sporting events. She also loves traveling, reading, learning new things, and helping others.