Executive Team

Portrait Image of John P. WilkinJohn Wilkin, Chief Executive Officer

John comes to Lyrasis from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he served as Dean of Libraries and University Librarian, and brings deep experience in building community-driven programs with a focus on increasing access to knowledge, a core tenet of the Lyrasis mission. Wilkin played a key role in the creation of HathiTrust, a nonprofit collaborative digital library that preserves and provides access to 17+ million digitized items, serving as its first Executive Director. He has long been an advocate for open source and open access initiatives, developing pioneering digital library systems and spearheading open access to content such as Making of America. Wilkin was the recipient of the 2011 LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology and the 2019 Hugh Atkinson Memorial Award.
Portrait Image of Takeya McLaurinTakeya McLaurin, Chief Human Resources Officer

Takeya McLaurin is currently the Chief Human Resources Officer at Lyrasis, a non-profit organization serving and supporting libraries, archives, museums, and cultural heritage organizations around the world. Prior to assuming this role, Takeya held a variety of HR leadership roles at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has also previously served as the Chief Human Resources Officer at the Richard Bland College of William & Mary. Takeya holds two professional HR certifications (SHRM-CP and PHR), a B.S. in Business Administration from Old Dominion University and an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology. In May of 2023, she obtained a Doctorate degree in Education from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Portrait Image of Erin TrippErin Tripp, Chief Operating Officer

Erin (she/her/hers) is the Chief Operating Officer. Previously, she served as the Senior Director of Research and Innovation and the Director of the DuraSpace Community Supported Programs Division at Lyrasis. Before coming to Lyrasis, Erin served as the Executive Director of DuraSpace. She has experience leading teams through change, supporting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives, stewarding community-supported open source technologies, and developing and maturing new business models. Erin currently serves on the Board of Directors for Legs for Literacy, a charity that organizes running events to raise funds for literacy initiatives. Prior to working in the library, archives, and museum communities, Erin graduated from the University of King’s College (BJH), worked as a broadcast journalist with CTV Globemedia and graduated from the Dalhousie University School of Information Management (MLIS) where she won the Outstanding Service Award in 2011.

Portrait Image of John McGarlJohn McGarl, Chief Financial Officer

John McGarl has been with Lyrasis since 2009 and transitioned to CFO March 1, 2026. He leads an experienced Fiscal Deptartment team made up of A/P, A/R, General Ledger and Payroll Specialists. John and his team provide back office functions not only for Lyrasis but also other institutions and associations. He and his capable staff can provide fiscal services including financial reporting, grant management, billing, collections, tax preparation and event registration management.

Prior to Lyrasis, John served in different Controllership and Treasurer positions in the Private Equity and Consumer Finance Industries. He holds a BA in Finance from the University of GA and is an active Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Certified Treasury Professional (CTP). In his spare time he enjoys fishing and tennis.