VAF Board of Directors, 2020-2021

Officers

President: Claire Dempsey, Independent Scholar, Medford, MA (2021)

First Vice President: Christine O’Malley, Historic Ithaca (2021)

Second Vice President: Kim Hoagland, Michigan Technological University (2022)

Treasurer: Claudia Brown, N. C. State Historic Preservation Office (retired) (2024)

Secretary: Paula Mohr, Independent Historian  (2025)

President-elect: James Buckley, University of Oregon

Elected Directors

Heather Barrett, Maryland Historical Trust (2021)

Vyta Baselice, George Washington University (2023)

Jennifer Baughn, Mississippi Department of Archives and History (2022)

P J Carlino, The New School/Parsons (2023)

Máire O'Neill Conrad, Montana State University (2021)

Daniel De Sousa, Heritage Documentation Programs, National Park Service (2023)

Brent Fortenberry, Texas A&M University (2021)

J. Philip Gruen, Washington State University (2022)

Philip Herrington, James Madison University (2023)

Emilie Johnson, Monticello (2021)

Myron Stachiw, Historical Consultant and Preservation Educator (2022)

Zachary Violette, The New School (2022)

Appointed Directors

VAN Editor

Christine Henry, University of Mary Washington

Buildings & Landscapes Editors

Lydia Mattice Brandt, University of South Carolina

Carl Lounsbury, College of William & Mary

Special Series Editor

Tom Carter, University of Utah

Website Editor

Hayli Ballentine Reff, University of Oregon

Other Positions

Archivist: Laura Driemeyer, Preservation Company, NH

Conference Planner: Michelle Jones

2021 Conference Coordinator (San Antonio, TX): Brent Fortenberry

2022 Conference Coordinator (Plymouth, MA): J. Ritchie Garrison