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VAF Committees 2024-2025
* Non board member
Officers
Elaine Jackson-Retondo, President (2025)
Phil Gruen, 1st Vice President (2025)
Heather Barrett, 2nd Vice President (2025)
Caroline Spurry, Treasurer (2028)
Paula Mohr, Secretary (2025)
Elected Directors
Bobby Cervantes, Harvard University (2026)
Kathleen Powers Conti, Florida State University (2027)
Valentina Davila, Carleton University (2027)
Tara Dudley, University of Texas at Austin (2025)
Brian Goldstein, Swarthmore College (2026)
Willa Granger, Florida Atlantic University (2025)
Beth King, North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (2025)
Jeronimo Roldan, WA State Dept of Archaeology & Historic Preservation (2027)
Jake Torkelson, University of Pennsylvania (2027)
Nicholas Vann, Washington State Governor’s Office of Equity (2026)
José Vázquez, Miami Dade College (2026)
Wei (Windy) Zhao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2026)
Appointed Directors
Buildings & Landscapes Co-Editor - Michael Chiarappa (2024)*
Buildings & Landscapes Co-Editor - Margaret Grubiak, Villanova University (2025)
VAN Editor - Gretchen Pineo, Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. (2027)
Website Editor - Amanda Roth Clark, Whitworth University (2027)
Advocacy Award Committee
Samuel Palfreyman (Chair)*
José Vázquez
Tara Dudley
Bishir Prize Committee
Chad Randl (Chair)*
Kathleen Powers Conti '27
Tara Dudley '25
Buchanan Award Committee
Nick Vann '26 (Chair)
Willa Granger '25
Marcia Miller*
Conference Fellowships Committee (Simpson, Ambassadors, and Access)
Bobby Cervantes '26 (Chair)
Jake Torkelson '27
Jeronimo, Roldan '27
Conference Papers Committee
Wei (Windy) Zhao '26 (Chair)
Brian Goldstein' 26
Valentina Davila '27
Cummings Award Committee
Anna Andrzejewski (Chair)*
Matthew G. Lasner*
Cynthia Falk*
Education Committee
José Vázquez '26 (Chair)
Kathleen Powers Conti '27
Alec Stewart*
Fieldwork Committee: Ridout Fellowship, Field Schools
Beth, King '25 (Chair)
Jeronimo Roldan '27
Valentina Davila '27
Finance Committee
PJ Carlino (Chair)*
Caroline Spurry
Jeff Klee
Claudia Brown*
Ben Peterson, Ascensus LLC*
Jim Buckley*
Elaine Jackson-Retondo '25
Future Vision Committee
Nicholas Vann '26 (Co-chair)
Jake Torkelson '27 (Co-chair)
Anna Andrzejewski*
Elaine Jackson-Retondo '25
Brannon Smithwick*
Susan Garfinkel*
Governance Committee
Jim Buckley (Chair)*
Claire Dempsey*
Carl Lounsbury*
Abbey Van Slyke*
Elaine Jackson-Retondo '25
Claudia Brown*
Paula Mohr '25
Mellon Field School Advisory Committee
James Buckley / Louis Nelson (Chairs)*
Niya Bates*
Claire Dempsey*
Kwesi Daniels*
Kim Hoagland*
Membership Committee
Claudia Brown (Chair)*
Bobby Cervantes
Beth King
Nominating Committee
Phil Gruen, (Chair and 1st VP)
Brian Goldstein
Willa Granger
Publications
Editors Buildings & Landscapes: Michael J. Chiarappa* and Margaret M. Grubiak
Book Review Editor: E.G. Daves Rossell*
Illustration Editor: Laura Kilcer VanHuss*
VAN editor, Gretchen Pineo
Special Series Editor, vacant
Website Editor, Amanda C. Roth Clark
Communications Committee
Melanie Millman (chair)*
Amanda C. Roth Clark
Susan Garfinkel*
Margaret Grubiak
Michelle Jones (VAN/Conference)*
Paula Mohr
Gretchen Pineo
Conference Committee
Heather Barrett, 2nd VP
Michelle Jones, Conference coordinator*
Caroline Spurry
Michael Emmons (2025)*
Catherine Morrissey (2025)*