Rachel Shankles served as President of AAIM twice and her high school library won the Outstanding Media Program Award twice while she was LMS at Lakeside High in Hot Springs. She is currently President of Arkansas Library Association. Rachel recently retired as the Practicum Coordinator and adjunct for UCA on the Leadership Studies Dept. As an International Vice President for Alpha Delta Kappa teacher organization, she travels a lot. Her most recent awards were the 2021 Frances P Neal Award from ArLA, the AR Violet Award from AR ADK, and the Herb Lawrence Leadership Award from AAIM.