Library Partners

We are an all-volunteer group that provides financial and volunteer support to our library so that it may fulfill its literary, educational, technological, community, and cultural purposes.

Fundraising

We work directly with library staff to fulfill day-to-day operating needs by supplying funding for programs, materials, and equipment.

The Friends of the San Diego Public Library is a California Tax Exempt Non-Profit Corporation under IRS 501(c)(3). FEIN: 95-3313747. Tax deductible membership dues and donations may be matched by the City of San Diego.

Advocacy

As a member of the LibrariesTransformSD coalition (San Diego Public Library, Library Foundation SD, the Friends of the San Diego Public Library, and the City of San Diego Board of Library Commissioners), we engage in advocacy at the City level.

President:  Bren Breithaupt

Bren Breithaupt (she/her) has been a resident of University Heights for 19 years. She has an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Grand Canyon University, and 22 years of local experience as a life agent, securities broker, and financial advisor. She has previously served as treasurer and board member of 3 non-profit organizations, worked in the Americas Marketing Center for Hewlett-Packard, and as a small business consultant for Michael Gerber (author of "The E-Myth).

Vice-President:  Pam Isaacs

Pam (she/her) has an AB from UCD in Psychology and Spanish and a Master’s in Education from SDSU.  She taught elementary school for close to 40 years in various states, in two foreign countries and for decades in San Diego. Positions she filled included Immersion Teacher, Bilingual Teacher and Resource Teacher. She also trained for and worked as a volunteer facilitator for Alternatives to Violence in various state and Federal prisons, for 4 years.  She has been retired completely since 2017.

Secretary:  Laura Camarillo

Laura (she/her) has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art from Otterbein University and is currently working towards her Masters of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University.  She helped launched a startup financial planning practice in 2014 where she performs a variety of duties as the Operations Manager, which include establishing the organizational structure and developing operating and information policies.

Treasurer:  Vivenne Esrig

Vivienne (she/her) has been a non-profit leader for the past 35 years at C-levels in finance, administration and operations. She has served on multiple boards.  In San Diego she is the Treasurer of Moxie Theater (since 2013) and Alliance San Diego (since2017).  Her education includes Continuing Education in nonprofit management, federal and state compliance, and personnel regulations; an MBA from Golden Gate University, San Francisco; and a BS in Management and Finance from San Jose State University.