Jennifer Stasinopoulos. Photo courtesy of the City of Flagstaff.
FLAGSTAFF — The City of Flagstaff has named Jennifer Stasinopoulos as the new Library Director for City and County Services. She will begin this role effective April 12, 2026.
Economic Vitality Director Heidi Hansen said “Jennifer has over a decade of library leadership experience and has had great success overseeing library city services since 2024. She is ready for this next step with directing both the city and county library district. She was selected from a pool of 27 qualified candidates and participated in a rigorous recruitment process, including a screening interview, an in-person panel interview, and a community meet and greet. I am excited to have Jennifer in this new role, I know she will do wonderful work.”
Jennifer is currently serving as the deputy library director for city services for the Flagstaff City-County Public Library. She served as the library director for the Ted & Grace Bachhuber Memorial Library from 2020 to 2024 and held a variety of library roles since 2013. Before working for libraries, Stasinopoulos also served as an educator working as an adjunct faculty member for several colleges. She has a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, as well as a master’s and bachelor’s in English from Ohio State University.
Jennifer shared “I am excited and honored to step into this role leading a library system with such a tradition of outstanding service to the diverse communities we serve. Since joining the library team in 2024, I have seen firsthand the dedication of our staff to providing free and open access to information and creating welcoming, active community spaces where early literacy, lifelong learning, and intellectual freedom thrive. I approach this role with a deep sense of responsibility and am eager to build on this strong foundation as we grow and expand our services to meet the evolving needs of our communities.”