Board of Trustees

Del Rankin has been a resident of the Yakima Valley since the early 1950s and a patron of YVRL for nearly 60 years. A graduate of Eisenhower HS & Whitman College (BA-History), his first full time job was at Yakima Valley Libraries as archivist for the Relander collection. An avid golfer, Del worked for several years as a golf professional before joining the family tire business where he worked for more than 20 years. After retiring from “tires”, he returned to the golf profession as a teacher. For the past 8 years he has been deeply involved in the formation, leadership, and implementation of The First Tee of Yakima, a “youth character development program based on the game of golf”. A longtime Rotarian in both Sunnyside and Yakima, Del has served on multiple boards and was deeply involved in Rotary Youth Exchange for more than 25 years. He looks forward to coming “full circle” by returning to Yakima Valley Libraries as a Board member. His second term will expire on December 31, 2022.

Glenn is from Selah – he graduated from YVCC and finished his BA in Political Science at WSU and completed his Master’s in Organizational Development from Central. He has worked with the Boy Scouts, the Yakima County Development Association, the Yakima County Boundary Review Board, the Yakima Basin Storage Alliance, the YVCC Foundation, and the Washington City-County Manager Association. He has special training in organizational development, is a retired Colonel in the USAF, and spent 30 years as an appointed public official – Assistant Yakima City Manager. Glenn is serving his second term on the Board. His term expires December 31, 2023.

Mary MacKintosh has been appointed to the YVL Board of Trustees.  Her grandmother, Jessie Ballard, was the first trained librarian to work in the Yakima Library, and later served on the Library Board as Jessie MacKintosh. Mary grew up in Yakima, graduating from Eisenhower High School.  She moved back seven years ago.  She earned her Masters in Library Science at the University of Washington and a MA and MFA in English Literature at Chapman University.    Mary worked as a college and university reference librarian for twenty plus years and served as the library director for an aerospace company as well as for three different campuses of DeVry University. She is a dedicated reader, and one of her earliest memories is getting her own YVL library card at the age of five, and how exciting that was. She is appointed by the Yakima County Commissioners to serve on the YVL Board until her term expires December 31, 2022.

Darline Charbonneau was raised in the lower Yakima Valley and graduated from Grandview High School. She and her husband Marc lived in Northern California for five years, where both their sons were born, before moving back to Washington to work in the family business at Rainbow Beach Resort on Twin Lakes, Washington. She became an EMT and volunteered for ten years while continuing to work at the resort. She and her family moved back to the Yakima Valley where Darline eventually earned her national certification in Professional Human Resources in 1999, then earned her advanced Senior Professional Human Resources in 2015. She was the Human Resources Director at Yakima Valley Libraries for nearly 11 years, retiring in 2019. She is a current member of the Yakima Symphony Chorus. She and her husband Marc, married 46 years, have lived in Terrace Heights for 18 years, and have 4 grandchildren. Darline was appointed by the Yakima County Commissioners to serve on the YVL Board of Trustees until her term expires December 31, 2024.

Bradley Liebrecht was born and raised in the Yakima Valley and graduated from West Valley High School. He graduated from Washington State University with degrees in History and Social Studies Education. Bradley has been a teacher in the West Valley School District since 2013 and most recently served as President of the Washington State Council for Social Studies. The Yakima Valley Libraries have always been very important to Bradley and he is looking forward to working with the Trustees and the Library Staff to continue the proud legacy of public libraries in Yakima County. The Yakima County Commissioners appointed Bradley to serve on the Yakima Valley Library Board for a term commencing January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026.

The Executive Director is responsible for overall administration, planning, budgeting, public service, and community relations for the Library District. In compliance with RCW 27.12.210(3) the Executive Director is the only employee hired by the Board of Trustees and reports directly to them for the operations of the Library District. Kim Hixson became the Interim Director in July 2008 and was appointed Executive Director in July 2011. She holds a Masters in Library and Information Science degree from San Jose State University and a Bachelor of Humanities degree from Washington State University. She has worked in public libraries since 1996. Prior to work in public libraries, she spent time working in the accounting field for governmental and not-for-profit organizations. She believes that libraries are integral entities providing open access to information and ideas for the entire community. Her vision for Yakima Valley Libraries is to build a sustainable library district that will be flexible and relevant meeting the information seeking needs of the local population.