Angela Craig has been executive director of the Charleston County Public Library since April 2019. Under her leadership CCPL has been consistently ranked among the top libraries in the U.S. in Library Journal’s Index of Public Library Service. In 2022, CCPL received the coveted five-star rating in its peer group, the highest star rating awarded by the Library Journal, and is the only five-star library in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, or Florida. 

Craig started with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in 2005 and has worked in almost all departments within public libraries. While adept at working with all populations, Craig has specialized in increasing library access to vulnerable populations and underserved communities. In 2013, she published Serving At-Risk Teens: Proven Strategies and Programs for Bridging the Gap, culminating in a visit to South Korea as their keynote speaker for the International Youth Symposium in 2015.

In addition to her leadership of CCPL, Craig is currently an American Library Association Counselor-At-Large and chair of the Public Library Association’s Digital Literacy Committee.

She proudly holds a master’s degree of Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina (class of 2009) and a Bachelor of Science in Recreation Administration from Texas State University (class of 2002).

She has been married to her wonderful husband, Donovan Craig, for 19 years, and is a mother of two awesome children, Claire and Benjamin.