Organization: The Cooperative Children’s Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tessa Michaelson Schmidt is the Director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tessa previously served as the Assistant State Superintendent of the Division for Libraries and Technology at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and as the Youth and Inclusive Services Consultant. She also worked as a public librarian, assistant library director, school librarian, and teacher. Tessa chaired the 2019 Batchelder Award Committee, served on the 2016 Caldecott Committee, and has chaired or served on several national committees. Tessa was the Wisconsin Library Association Librarian of the Year in 2014.