ReShare is delighted to announce the election of three new members to the Project ReShare Steering Committee. The election was held from May 1 to May 15.
Our newly elected Steering Committee is bringing valuable expertise, energy, and fresh perspectives to drive ReShare’s mission forward. We’re excited for the collaboration ahead and confident that this momentum will lead us to continued success. If you have questions or are interested in becoming more involved with ReShare, please reach out to us – we’d love to connect with you!
New Steering Committee Members
Sae Ra Germaine is the Deputy CEO of CAVAL, an Australian not-for-profit library services organization, where she oversees digital platforms and member services. With two decades of expertise in resource sharing systems and open source technology, Sae Ra was a central figure in the successful 2025 national-scale implementation of ReShare for Australia’s Trove network, supporting nearly 300 libraries. She is a long-standing contributor to the ReShare community, currently serving on the Product and Subject Matter Experts Committees and co-authored strategic work on standards-based lending networks. Her extensive leadership background includes serving as Board Chair for numerous Australian open technology and library communities, providing her with deep experience in translating complex objectives into scalable open source solutions.
In her new role on the Steering Committee, Sae Ra is dedicated to contributing her strategic thinking and digital delivery expertise to support strong project governance and sustainability. She is motivated by the opportunity to work across international borders and bring diverse, global perspectives to ReShare’s strategic priorities. Sae Ra’s approach is collaborative and outcomes-focused, with a professional commitment to building the systems and structures that enable long-term community impact. As a passionate advocate for open technology, she is focused on ensuring transparent decision-making and continuous improvement as Project ReShare continues to expand its global reach.
Carl Piraneo is the Director of Resource Sharing & Member Services at PALCI, where he leads the consortium’s resource-sharing initiatives and manages EZBorrow, a service powered by Project ReShare. Carl brings a wealth of hands-on experience from his years working directly in libraries with interlibrary loan and has been a deeply engaged member of the ReShare community since joining PALCI. His expertise in open source governance and sustainability is further informed by his involvement with the Hyku institutional repository and an upcoming NISO open ILS working group. For the past year, Carl has provided critical continuity to the project by serving as the Product Committee liaison to the Steering Committee.
In his new role as an elected member of the Steering Committee, Carl is focused on stewarding Project ReShare through its transition toward a more modular, broker-capable architecture via the CrossLink integration. He is currently co-leading multiple PALCI working groups that address the technical and legal complexities of DRM-free eBook lending and cross-consortial resource sharing strategies—priorities that align closely with ReShare’s strategic roadmap. Carl is dedicated to ensuring that the platform’s strategic direction remains community-driven and that it continues to empower libraries with the agency required to meet the evolving needs of their patrons.
Mark Sullivan is the Executive Director of the IDS Network, a resource-sharing cooperative of 120 academic libraries, and serves as the Principal Investigator and Project Director for the CrossLink initiative. With over twenty years of experience in resource-sharing technologies, Mark brings a rare combination of deep technical expertise in servers and programming alongside a background in law, providing a multifaceted perspective on both software infrastructure and project governance. His leadership has been a driving force behind developing IDS Network’s Crosslink, a neutral, standards-based middleware designed to empower libraries with greater agency in the resource-sharing marketplace.
In his new role on the Steering Committee, Mark is dedicated to advancing the ReShare mission by focusing on the development of non-returnables and the strategic integration of CrossLink. He is also looking to integrate document remediation support using Arizona/Ohio States’ Remediation Server to ensure accessible documents for our members. Mark is an important member of the resource sharing community and will help Project ReShare achieve long-term sustainability while fostering deeper collaboration across the library ecosystem.
Thank you to departing members
We extend our deepest gratitude to our outgoing Steering Committee members – Charlie Barlow, Jill Morris, and Boaz Nadav-Manes – for their extraordinary leadership and instrumental contributions to Project ReShare. Each has played a vital role in advancing the project from its early stages into a legitimate and competitive alternative in the library resource sharing marketplace.