Cathy Delneo

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Catherine Delneo is an American librarian, the State Librarian of Vermont. [1]

Prior to this role, Delneo was the chief of branches at the San Francisco Public Library, a system in which she started working in 2006. [1] Her first professional job was at the Somerset County Library System in Bridgewater, New Jersey, where she was a librarian for children and teens and later worked as a training coordinator for the system. [2] As the state librarian, Delneo is also the commissioner of the Vermont Department of Libraries, overseeing a budget of $3.2 million in 2022. [3]

Delneo was born and raised in South Burlington, Vermont. [1] [3] She has a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Vassar College and a Master of Library and Information Science from Rutgers University. [1] She played cello in the Vermont Youth Orchestra from grades 6 through 12. She is also an avid open water swimmer and ice swimmer. [4] [5] [3] She was the first woman documented to complete a round trip swim around Angel Island in San Francisco in 2013, and has circumnavigated Manhattan in a 12-hour marathon. [6] [3]

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