Elizabeth H. LaMacchia was sworn in as a Trustee of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County at the December 14, 1998 meeting of the Library Board. She was appointed to the Board by the Judges of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas. Mrs. LaMacchia served as the President of the Board in 2003 and as Vice President in 2002. She is currently Vice President of the Board, Chairman of the Development Committee, and serves on the Community and Public Relations and Finance and Audit Committees.
Mrs. LaMacchia was a director of the Friends of the Public Library from 1988–1998, and a book sale volunteer since 1984. She also served as the Book Sale Co-chair from 1987–1998, overseeing the seven used book sales conducted by the Friends each year, including the annual five-day tent sale on Fountain Square. Under her leadership, over $800,000 was raised to support the Library through the sale of more than 2 million used books.
A graduate of Catholic University of America with a BA in Biology, she received her master’s degree in Microbiology from the University of Maryland. Since moving to Cincinnati in 1983, she has been a member of the Great Rivers Girl Scout Council, serving in various capacities as troop leader, neighborhood director, board member, and fundraiser. Mrs. LaMacchia has also been the Capital Campaign Chair for the Friends of the College Conservatory of Music, a member of the Cincinnati Zoo Board of Trustees, and has served on the Board of Trustees for the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati and on the Board of Pendleton Heritage Center in the East End.
She has chaired numerous fundraisers in the past, including the Ohio Cancer Research Association, and was awarded the Philanthropic Award for Girls Scouts (1992), Girl Scout Distinguished Woman Award (1994), Philanthropic Award for Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (1995), and Finalist in the Post-Corbett Award for Individuals (1997). In 1998 she also received awards from the Cincinnati Zoo and the Civic Garden Center, and is a member of the Olave Baden-Powell Society. She was named an Enquirer Woman of the Year in 1998. Mrs. LaMacchia is a resident of Indian Hill.
