Mandy has been a Law Librarian at the State Library for the last 21 years and also began working as a consultant a few years ago. She’s been a state agency librarian, an academic librarian, a public library director, an employee at a regional library, and has worked in different capacities at several public libraries. She really enjoys helping librarians, trustees and city officials identify, understand and apply library-related law. She's the author of Legal Pickle Tickler File articles and Library Law FAQs and is passionate about her work on the Iowa Access to Justice Commission. Born and raised in Muscatine, she has a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy. Her 1984 Master’s degree in Library and Information Science is from the University of Iowa. She's mom to three adults, a grandma to one, and loves to cook for family, friends and husband John.