{"id":45203,"date":"2024-06-12T14:12:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T18:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/?page_id=45203"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:45:09","slug":"rebecca-purdy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/colloquium-advisory-board\/rebecca-purdy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Purdy"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--media-float-right umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Colloquium Advsiory Board<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Rebecca <br>Purdy<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bio\">Bio<\/h2><p>&nbsp;Rebecca Purdy has served as Deputy Director for the Central Rappahannock Regional Library (CRRL) system since 2016. She has worked at CRRL in several Youth Services roles, including as Youth Services Coordinator, since graduating from the University of Mary Washington with a Bachelor&rsquo;s in English and receiving her Master&rsquo;s of Science in Library and Information Science from The Catholic University of America. Rebecca has&nbsp; served the Virginia Library Association (VLA) in many roles currently as Secretary on the organization&rsquo;s Executive Committee. She has also served on many&nbsp; American Library Association (ALA) Committees) and was selected for 2018 ALA Leadership Institute. In 2024 Rebecca was accepted to the Leading, Educating, and Developing (LEAD) at the University of Virginia&rsquo;s Weldon-Cooper Center.&nbsp; Rebecca is&nbsp; active in other community organizations and has served as Secretary on the Executive Committee for Smart Beginnings Ready Regions and on the Foundation&nbsp; Board for Stafford Rotary. 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