Christine Lind Hage

In 1999, Christine Lind Hage was tapped to oversee the start-up of the Clinton-Macomb Public Library in suburban Detroit where she serves as library director. She started from scratch to develop and oversee personnel policies, benefit packages, public service policies, a budget, financial plan, investment plan, staff hiring and training plan, and library construction. From a budget of just over $100,000, the library now has a budget of $3.5 million, along with plans for a new $20-million main library. Formerly library director with Rochester Hills Public Library, she actively writes for and speaks to professional library associations. A past president of the Public Library Association, she has also been honored as Michigan Librarian of the Year. She holds her AMLS from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.