Digital Matters Director of the J. Willard Library at the U of U

Rebekah Cummings is the Digital Matters Director at the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah and Co-Director of the 2025 Summer Institute for Higher Education Faculty. A former President of the Utah Library Association and Chair of the Utah State Library Board, Rebekah has championed library funding and issues since 2018. Her library advocacy has been recognized by the American Library Association, Utah Library Association, the League of Women Voters, ACLU of Utah, and the Utah Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. In 2024 she was the first librarian in the United States to run for Lt. Governor on a major party ticket.