The Kent Memorial Library Staff
Sarah Marshall
Library Director
Since her arrival in 2006, Sarah has held several roles at the Kent Memorial Library. She was Co –Director and Director of Children’s Services for 11.5 years, focusing on children’s and teen programs and collection management. Sarah became Director of the Library in 2018 and oversees all operations. A resident of Kent since 1995, Sarah and her husband live in the village of Kent after spending more than 25 years on the campus of the Marvelwood School where they met as teachers, married, and raised their two grown children. Sarah enjoys reading, fitness, cooking, gardening and New York Times Crossword puzzles.
Education – Teachers College, Columbia University, Master of Educational Administration (Private School Leadership)
Dickinson College, Bachelor of Arts
Brittany McAllister
Adult Programs and Special Events Director
Brittany joined the Kent Memorial Library staff in 2021, after managing development events for the New York Public Library. She is most happy when bringing together the community for engaging, meaningful conversation and new experiences. At the beginning of 2020 Brittany and her husband settled in West Cornwall just before having their son, Hugo. She is a lover of reading, dance, French language, and travel.
Eliuth Breton
Administrative Assistant
In 2022, after 20 years in Oaxaca, Mexico, Eliuth returned to his birthplace, Connecticut, to live in Kent. Today he belongs to “TheVillager” restaurant family, to the Literacy on the Green community, and since March 2023, to the Kent Memorial Library team as an administrative assistant. He graduated from the”Benito Juarez” University of Oaxaca with a degree in Public Accounting. He always seeks to learn and improve himself and is grateful for his beliefs and his loved ones that are the roots of his life.
Lucy Pierpont
Graphic Designer
Woodbury resident Lucy has worked part-time at the Kent Memorial Library since 2010. In January 2020, she passed her Director’s hat to Brittany McAllister, the new Marketing and Special Events Director. She now servies as staff graphic designer for all Adult promotional and graphic materials. Lucy has been a graphic designer since 1977 when she graduated from Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. Her career began in a small ad agency during her senior year at Hartwick and she has worked in the marketing/graphic design field ever since, beginning in the public relations department at the college, in printing production and sales, her own marketing company, and in advertising production at the Litchfield County Times. Her other part-time job is in the Washington Depot Office of Klemm Real Estate doing graphic design & public relations. She enjoys the theatre, art, traveling, and very long walks. She is married and has one cat.
Kate Zarin
Director of Youth Services
Kate received a B.A. from Skidmore College with a double major in International Affairs and French Language and Literature. She spent time in France working as an English Language Teaching Assistant before joining the Library in 2021 as Co-Director of Youth Services. When not at the Library, she enjoys music, painting, cooking, traveling, and spending time outdoors.
Dorothy Shackelford
Youth Services
Dorothy joined the Kent Library Youth Services staff in 2023 after being a regular attendee at Rhythm and Rhyme with her own kids. Originally from New Hampshire, she has a BS in Early Childhood Education from Plymouth State University and worked as a nanny before her oldest child was born. Dorothy and her family have lived in New Milford since 2015. When she’s not at the Library or chasing her kids, she enjoys baking, crochet, video games, and, of course, reading.
Libby Mueller
Technical Services / Circulation Supervisor
Libby is a Connecticut native, and has worked in a variety of library settings—academic, museum, school and public—for more than four decades. She holds BFA, MLS, and MS.Ed degrees and recently moved to Kent from Ridgefield where she and her husband Michael raised their two children. She enjoys writing and traveling to where the mountains meet the sea.
Bethel Carlson
Circulation Assistant
Beth is a lifelong Litchfield County resident and has lived in Warren with her husband since 1983. A recently retired graphic artist, she is now pursuing the fine arts. Beth paints landscapes in oil and shows her paintings at local art organizations. In addition to painting, Beth enjoys growing perennials and reading biographies.
Beth attended Paier College of Art in Hamden and studied graphic design at Northwestern Connecticut Community College in Winsted. Most recently she was employed by the The Litchfield County Times where she was involved in the production of many award-winning publications.
“The Kent Memorial Library is a wonderful place to work. I am surrounded by art and literature and have met so many nice people.”