Loretta Parham is the CEO/Library Director of the Atlanta university Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library. She is highly respected by the library and higher education communities as she worked to transform the Robert W. Woodruff Library, shared by Clark Atlanta University, the Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College, and Spelman College, into a modern 21st century research facility known for its distinctive spaces and service. Loretta has expanded the library’s stewardship of historically significant special collections, such as the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection, acquired by Morehouse in 2006 and housed in the Woodruff Library.

In addition to her work transforming the Woodruff Library, Loretta is known as a champion for librarianship and higher education, advocating with passion and clarity for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), their significant special collections, and their value regionally, nationally, and globally. She has personally served as a mentor to hundreds of librarians and is the co-founding director and founding Board Chair of the HBCU Library Alliance.