About the Manchester City Library Foundation

Edit Hamidovic serves as Chair of the Manchester City Library Foundation, where he leads the Board in advancing its mission to support and promote the Manchester City Library through fundraising, advocacy, and community partnerships. A Manchester native, Edit graduated from Memorial High School and Southern New Hampshire University. Professionally, Edit works in cyber fraud detection at Fidelity Investments, helping protect individuals and the organization against emerging threats.

Jesse Keel serves as Secretary of the Manchester City Library Foundation. She works as a Preservation Specialist at the Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover, MA helping libraries, museums, archives across the country. She holds an MA in English Literature from the University of Vermont and an MLIS from Simmons University. A life-long dedicated reader, Jesse is excited to bring her passion for books to advocating and fundraising for the library. 

Shane serves as Treasurer of the Manchester City Library Foundation and also leads the Financial Committee. As a financial services professional, Shane Duffy, helps individuals, families, and business owners create, build, and preserve wealth. Through his work with New York Life, Shane offers a variety of products around insurance and financial needs, including, but not limited to college funding, retirement, managing costs for extended periods of care and lifetime income strategies. 

Steven is happy to provide supplemental help to the library so that they may provide a variety of technology resources available for our patrons, including computer access, free Wi-Fi, and printing and scanning services. The library also offers classes on basic computer skills and software programs.

Kourtney serves as a board director of the Manchester City Library Foundation. With experience in program management and community relations, Kourtney is enthusiastic to be supporting and advancing the Foundation's mission by serving on the Events Committee. Coupling Kourtney's professional experience with her personal values of being a forever learner and holding a Masters in Business Administration, she is excited to bring forth unique and impactful events and programming to the foundation.