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  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • WHO ARE THE FRIENDS?
    • IMPACT REPORT
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  • HOW YOU CAN HELP
    • BUDGET TOWN HALL 2025
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    • 75TH ANNIVERSARY
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FoDPL seeks an Executive Director to lead fundraising, community engagement, and support for DPL.

Join us as our new Executive Director!

The Executive Director will provide strategic leadership, oversee fundraising and community engagement initiatives, and ensure the success of our libraries. This is an exciting opportunity for a proven nonprofit leader who is passionate about libraries, education, and making a lasting impact in the Dallas community.

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  • Dallas Morning News - Dallas residents push back as city weighs library budget cuts | August 22, 2025
  • Dallas Weekly - Dallas Public Libraries Face $4.5 Million Budget Cut: Why It Matters for Our Communities | August 19, 2025
  • Preston Hollow Advocate - Neighborhood women making a difference: Mary Wilonsky | July 1, 2025
  • Modern Luxury - Dallas’ 2025 Power List - Nicole Paquette & Anne Besser | May 22, 2025
  • Dallas Doing Good - A Legacy of Literacy: 75 Years of Friends of the Dallas Public Library | May 8, 2025
  • Advocate Lake Highlands - LH Women's League distributes funds to nonprofits and schools | May 7th, 2025
  • KRLD Radio - Making the case for reading and libraries - CEO Spotlight | April 4, 2025
  • Dallas Observer - Author Ben Fountain Says Books Are 'Thought Machines, Reflection Machines' | April 3, 2025
  • D Magazine - Author Ben Fountain to Keynote 75th Anniversary of the Friends of the Dallas Public Library | April 2, 2025
  • My Sweet Charity - Friends Of The Dallas Public Library’s Literary Lions Luncheon Is Roaring To The Finish Line | April 1, 2025
  • Dallas Observer - Friends of the Dallas Public Library's Archives To Be Displayed at Downtown Branch | March 13, 2025
  • NBC DFW - 5 Talk Street: Reading With You – North Texas Library Giving Day | March 9, 2025
  • Dallas Morning News - Ben Fountain is keynote speaker at event to support Dallas libraries | Feb. 28, 2025
  • Paper City Magazine - Friends of the Dallas Public Library Presents Literary Lions Luncheon with Author Ben Fountain 
  • MySweetCharity - JUST IN: Friends Of The Dallas Public Library’s 75th Anniversary Kicked Off At Tiffany’s Newest Gem | Jan. 16, 2025
  • Preston Hollow Advocate - Author Rena Pederson presents ‘A Diamond Date’ at Dallas Museum of Art | October 5th, 2024
  • Katy Trail Weekly - Unsolved Jewelry Thefts Center of Sparkling Story | Sept. 20, 2024

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