Experience

THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER TOLEDO

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President, Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Vice President - Senior, Family and Social Services Vice President - Senior, Family and Social Services



Rotary International

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• President, Sylvania Rotary

  • Jul 2021 - Present



OHIO LIBRARY COUNCIL

• United States
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Author and Speaker Coordinator for OLC Annual Conference(s)

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  I have coordinated and overseen the inclusion of the following authors and speakers for the Ohio Library Council's Annual Conference(s): Jacqueline Woodson, Shaka Senghor, Gayle Forman, Cara Black, Karin Slaughter, Roxane Gay, Kwei Quartey, Jim Beard, Matt Kish, Mick Herron, Stuart Neville, Mindy McGinnis, Lydia Netzer, Adam Silvera, Jasmine Warga, Shelley Shepard Gray, Mary Curran Hackett, Dot Christenson, Marian Spencer, Michelle Houts, and Julie Rubini, amongst others. I have coordinated and overseen the inclusion of the following authors and speakers for the Ohio Library Council's Annual Conference(s): Jacqueline Woodson, Shaka Senghor, Gayle Forman, Cara Black, Karin Slaughter, Roxane Gay, Kwei Quartey, Jim Beard, Matt Kish, Mick Herron, Stuart Neville, Mindy McGinnis, Lydia Netzer, Adam Silvera, Jasmine Warga, Shelley Shepard Gray, Mary Curran Hackett, Dot Christenson, Marian Spencer, Michelle Houts, and Julie Rubini, amongst others.



Library Journal

• Freelance contributor/reviewer

  • Jan 2007 - Present



Toledo Lucas County Public Library

• United States
• Libraries
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sylvania Library Manager

  • Aug 2018 - Nov 2021

• Media Relations Coordinator

  • Apr 2016 - Nov 2021

  As the Media Relations Coordinator, Ben serves as the primary media contact and spokesperson for the library, as well as lead content writer for the Marketing Department; promoting the Library’s brand, programs and events via digital and print platforms. Ben is also responsible for the coordination of Authors! Authors!, as well as other special events and projects.

• Humanities Department Manager

  • Jan 2013 - Nov 2021

  Story matters at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. We collect them, celebrate them, preserve them, project them, and most importantly, connect people with them. By nurturing textual, visual, digital, and technological literacy abilities in our community, we hope to stimulate interest and involvement in peoples’ own personal narratives and enrich their lives.

• Coordinator Authors! Authors!

  • Jan 2013 - May 2018

  The Toledo Lucas County Public Library has hosted the Authors! Authors! and Open Book lecture series for over 20 years. Simply stated, our primary intension is to inspire the community by hosting exciting and talented individuals. Our community enthusiastically supports this series and their library (we regularly sellout our events). Guests included: Alan Alda, W. Kamau Bell, Bill Nye, Sarah Vowell, John Hodgman, Tucker Carlson, James Carville, Gloria Steinem, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Matt Groening, Doris Kearns Goodwin, David McCullough, Anna Quindlen, Stan Lee, Anita Hill, Ron Chernow, Isabel Allende, Neil Gaiman, Sebastian Junger, Nicholas Sparks, Bob Woodward, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Ray Bradbury, John Updike, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., P.J. O'Rourke, Sherman Alexie, Zadie Smith, Henry Winkler, Sue Grafton, Marjane Satrapi, Elizabeth Gilbert, Cokie Roberts, Sandra Cisneros, Mark Z. Danielewski, Lee Child, and Jacques Pepin, to name a few.



Ypsilanti District Library

• United States
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adult Services Librarian

  • Jan 2005 - Jan 2013

  programming, collection development and management, cataloguing, tech. instruction and support, database instruction, community relations and outreach, reference, and research. programming, collection development and management, cataloguing, tech. instruction and support, database instruction, community relations and outreach, reference, and research.



COCAAN- Central Oregon Community Action Agency Network

• Emergency Food Program Operations Coordinator

  • Jan 2001 - Jan 2002



Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) Northwest

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Americorps Volunteer

  • Jan 2000 - Jan 2002



Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers - Phoenix Cafe

• Developer and Operator

  • Jan 2000 - Jan 2002