The Naperville Public Library has named John G. Spears as Library Manager of the 95th Street Library, the largest and newest of the three Naperville Public Library facilities.

Prior to joining the Naperville Public Library, Spears was Manager of Community Branches and Adult Programming for the St. Charles City-County Library District. This county-wide library district, part of the greater St. Louis area, operates 12 library facilities. He was responsible for the operation of five branches and the coordination of adult programming throughout the entire library district. St. Charles City-County Library District is a HAPLR ranked library, having been ranked seven consecutive times among the top 10 in its population category of 250,000 to 499,999. Within the same library district, Spears was also Business/Public Management Information Resource Manager, a position that involved assisting governmental agencies, business start-ups, and existing businesses in areas such as planning, demographic research, and marketing. Previously, he was a Branch Manager and reference librarian with the St. Louis County Library, the largest library system in the state of Missouri.

Spears earned a master of science degree in library and information science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is working on a master of science degree in public policy administration with an emphasis in policy research and analysis from the University of Missouri at St. Louis. His undergraduate degree is in music history.

While employed with the St. Charles City-County Library District, he was a member of the Fort Zumwalt School District Vocational Education Committee, the St. Charles School-Business Partnership, and the St. Charles County Economic Development Roundtable.