Allen McGinley (he/him) is a public librarian in Union County, New Jersey. He currently serves as the Director of Westfield Memorial Library, and has previously served as the Director of Teaneck Public Library in Bergen County.
He is a responsive, community-oriented public library administrator with more than 18 years of experience working in diverse urban and suburban communities in New York and New Jersey.
McGinley has been elected to leadership positions for several nonprofit and membership-based organizations including STELLA (formerly Libraries of Middlesex Automation Consortium), the New Jersey Library Association, New Jersey Makers Day, and the Teaneck Rotary Club.
In 2021, Allen helped found the company Library Crossroads, LLC, where he continues to work as a consultant, assisting libraries and their governing boards with trustee training, strategic planning, and executive searches.