American Library Association, 1989--present
ACRL Popular Culture Committee, 2010--2018
Booklist, Fiction and Audiobooks Reviewer, 2004--present
Booklist, Advisory Board, 2005-2012, 2016-2020
Booklist, Blogger, Book Group Buzz, 2008--2015
Library and Information Technology Association, 2011--2015
Library Leadership and Management Association, 2012--2015
Public Library Association, 1998--present
Reference and User Services Association, 2004--present
Young Adult Library Association, 2007--2020
Other Professional Memberships and Activities
Adult Reading Round Table (ARRT), 2000--present
American Culture Association, 2014-present
Association of Book Group Readers & Leaders, 2002--present
Audies Award judge, 2010--present
Audio Publishers Association, 2016-present
Foreword Books of the Year Award judge, 2012--present
“Good Reading You May Have Missed” segment, BetterKC Show, KCTV5, 2012--present
"Good Reads for Kansas City" segment, Morning Show, Fox4, 2012-present
“Book Doctors,” The Walt Bodine Show, KCUR 89.3, 2007-2011
“Book Doctors,” Up to Date with Steve Kraske, KCUR 89.3, 2011--2015
"Bibliofiles," Central Standard with Gina Kaufmann, KCUR 89.3, 2015-2020
"Bibliofiles," Up to Date with Steve Kraske, KCUR 89.3, 2020-present
IndiePicks magazine, nonfiction reviewer, 2017-2019
Kansas Library Association, 1985--present
LibraryReads Steering Committee, 2012--2019
Metro-Area Readers’ Round Table (MARRT), Founding member, 1999--2017
Missouri Library Association, 2000--present
Mountain Plains Library Association, 2003-present
National Book Critics Circle, 2004--present
Penguin Random House Library Advisory Board, 2014--20
Popular Culture Association, 2014-present
Sisters In Crime, 1999-2004
Spur Awards judge, 2011-2013
Thorndike Peer Picks Committee, January-March 2018.