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Bonnie Hammersley

Bonnie Hammersley was Orange County's manager for ten years, from June 2014 to July 2024, after five years as county administrator in Muskegon County, Michigan, and two decades with Dane County, Wisconsin. Her tenure took in the county's response to the pandemic and projects including the Northern Campus and the Southern Branch Library in Carrboro. In July 2022 she made Erin Sapienza the library's director.

Source: Orange County government: News Flash Archive - Manager Bonnie Hammersley Announces Plans to Retire in July

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  1. Lucinda Munger resigns as Orange County library director Munger resigned as director of the Orange County Public Library in October 2021, and County Manager Bonnie Hammersley named assistant director Erin Sapienza interim director while the county searched for a successor. People: Lucinda Munger, Bonnie Hammersley, Erin Sapienza Place: Hillsborough · Also mentions: Orange County Public LibrarySearch the index · Orange County, NC: Orange County Names Sapienza as Library Director (July 18, 2022)
  2. Ground is broken for the Southern Branch Library in Carrboro Carrboro and Orange County broke ground at 203 South Greensboro Street for the Orange County Southern Branch Library and civic building known as The 203 Project, after both boards gave final approval on March 15, 2022. Mayor Damon Seils led the program, with remarks by commissioners' chair Renee Price, County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Town Manager Richard J. White III and Nerys Levy of the Friends of the Southern Branch Library. People: Randee Haven-O'Donnell, Damon Seils, Renée Price, Bonnie Hammersley Place: Carrboro · Also named: Richard J. White IIITown of Carrboro news: Groundbreaking for The 203 Project (May 2022)
  3. Erin Sapienza is named director of the Orange County Public Library County Manager Bonnie Hammersley named Erin Sapienza library director after she had served as interim director since October 2021, when director Lucinda Munger resigned. Sapienza joined the library in June 2013 as a branch manager, became community services librarian in October 2015 and assistant director in March 2020. People: Lucinda Munger, Bonnie Hammersley, Erin Sapienza Place: Orange CountyOrange County news release: Orange County Names Sapienza as Library Director (July 18, 2022)

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