Meet the Staff
and our Staff Recommendations!

Director
GILLIAN ANDERSON

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Gillian joined the Milford library staff in August of 2014. She holds a BA in Public Relations from Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, and is originally from Emerson Iowa. Gillian enjoys working with technology and spending time outdoors. Email her at [email protected]

ASSISTANT Director
​Paige Stearns 

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Paige joined the Milford Library staff in December of 2018. She grew-up in Southern Iowa. Paige graduated with a BS in Business Administration from AIB College of Business. Paige lives in Spencer with her husband, Brian, and sons. She enjoys photography. Email her at [email protected]  

Library Assistant
Robyn Horswell

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Robyn joined our staff in December of 2009 after having worked in public libraries since 2003.  Before working in a library setting, Robyn was employed in manufacturing for many years.  Robyn finds being a librarian to be a labor of love.  In her spare time, she enjoys reading and all outdoor activities. Contact Robyn at [email protected]

Library Assistant 
​Jolene Leu

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Jolene is the newest library assistant. Previously, she worked at Okoboji Elementary for 30 years. She taught kindergarten. She also worked as a library associate at the school. Her husband, Bruce works for First Lutheran Church and they have two children. She loves to read and quilt.          E-mail her at [email protected]

Mia Bacco-Guidroz

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​Meet our newest Library Assistant, Mia Bacco-Guidroz.  She moved to Milford in January of 2022, after living in California, Alaska and Washington state.  She came to Milford to be close to her youngest son and his    beautiful, growing family.  The two words that she would use to describe herself:  incredibly blessed!  She has had many different jobs over the years as she raised her kids and took care of her parents.  Prior to coming to the library, she was a lunch lady at Okoboji Middle School.  She loved the young people there and misses them, so kids, please come by the library to visit!  She is excited to continue to serve the Milford community in her new position at MML, and work with the kind and dedicated library staff.