Director of Development and Community Relations
Hospicare & Palliative Care Services;
Former President of TCPL Foundation Board of Directors
"As a writer and former research editor and a frequent visitor to TCPL, I know how important a library can be to individuals and the vibrancy of a town. Libraries are so much: gathering places, peaceful spaces, play rooms for kids, sources of information and entertainment and other resources, and repositories of knowledge and art. We've been lucky to have such a great library in Ithaca, and it's an honor to have the opportunity to help steward it on behalf of our community."
Emily Sanders Hopkins, a graduate of West Virginia University and the Writing Seminars at the Johns Hopkins University, is a writer whose popular Substack newsletter Emily Writes Back features her essays, poems, cartoons, and short stories. She is the first Black woman known to have had her cartoons published in the New Yorker magazine (2004 - 2008), where she also worked as a fact checker. Her ten years working at Cornell University included a development position with the Cornell Prison Education Program. She has worked in magazine publishing and ghostwritten or edited several books including the award-winning From Willard Straight to Wall Street, by Tom Jones. She has served on the boards of the TCPL Foundation and Cinemapolis and is currently the Director of Development & Community Relations for Hospicare & Palliative Care Services. Emily has lived in Ithaca with her husband and daughter since 2007.
Term Expires December 31, 2027