Board of Directors
The Board of Directors oversees the mission of the The Freedom Library. They are all respected members of the community, serving in different capacities. If you are interested in joining and supporting the fight to keep America free, please e-mail Howard J Blitz.
| Howard J. Blitz Founder & President read bio |
J.P. Melchionne Retired Meteorological Technician U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds Yuma School District #1 Board of Education |
| Julianne P. Calvet Secretary-Treasurer |
Mary Melchionne Yuma Union High School Board of Education |
| James Coil Attorney Yuma County |
John Minore Attorney |
| Susan Marler Retired Yuma County Recorder |
Michaela Roth School Board Member Mohawk Valley School District Teacher – Dateland School District |
| Kevin Swearingin Administrator Cibola High School |
Lori McKenna Business Owner |
| Ellen Farr Teacher |
Dale Marler Fleet Manager – Yuma Sector Border Patrol |
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The Mission: To promote an understanding and acceptance of the Freedom Philosophy and the principles of liberty as expounded in The Declaration of Independence and The United States Constitution, including the concepts of free markets, private property and limited government and the moral and intellectual principles which form the basis of a free society.




