Lomax served as the Library’s Deputy Director from 2006-2014. Prior to joining Pierce County, Lomax worked for the King County (WA) Library System, the Flathead County Library System and the Miles City Public Library, both in Montana. Lomax earned her Master of Library Science degree from the University of Washington and her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Washington State University. Lomax hails from Des Moines, Wash., and now resides in Sumner.
Lomax serves on the University of Washington iSchool Advisory Board and is President of Public Libraries of Washington. She also serves on the Board of the Sumner Community Food Bank. Lomax was named a “Mover and Shaker” by the “Library Journal” in 2010 and won the Allie Beth Martin Award from PLA in 2006.
Georgia has raced sailboats from Victoria to Hawaii and around Vancouver Island, been stranded by a flash flood while hiking on a mountainous Caribbean Island and lived for a year in Scotland. And while that all sounds very adventurous, she is just as happy on her couch with her cat and a good book (paper, audio or e-formats all are acceptable to her). She wants libraries to be prepared for whatever the future brings, and to be true to the needs of their unique communities, as that’s what keeps them relevant and valued.