Presid

Cindy Ray - Acting President

 I am Cindy Ray. I have spent most of my life in Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa. I was a student at the Iowa Orientation and Adjustment Center for the Blind when the library was very new—1964-1965--and Florence Grannis was the librarian. I have always been an avid reader, and I love Braille.

Music is my love, and I received an organ performance degree from the University of Kansas. Then in 2001 I went to seminary to become a Presbyterian pastor. I have done a number of things such as chaplaincy at Broadlawns, preach in pulpit supply, studied spiritual direction and Stephen Ministry. Currently I write quite a bit of the liturgy used at our church, Windsor Presbyterian.

I am studying the NLS Braille Proofreading Course and look forward to its completion.

I am very happy to be a part of Friends.

Don Wirth - Secretary

I am a life long resident of the Ames area having attended Gilbert High  School and Iowa State University.

I had a nearly 40 year career in financial management with the State of Iowa Department of Revenue, WOI radio and TV and Iowa Public Radio.

Since I retired in 2010, I have been involved in a number of blind organizations and activities including ICUB, NFBI, Ames Low Vision

Support Group, Iowa Library for the Blind Consumer Advisor Council and now Friends of the Library.