SECRETARY

I believe that everybody’s history matters and that we cannot fully understand the present state of our world without looking to the events of yesterday and the yesterdays before.

MEMBER AT LARGE

I believe that heritage and education go hand in hand. The stories and values we ascribe to heritage are learned, whether at the knee of a grandparent, at the dinner table, in a museum gallery, or in a classroom.

TREASURER

The first time I fully realized how deeply heritage education and interpretation can affect people came during the run of a major Alaska history exhibition I organized for the Anchorage Museum of History and Art in 1997. I loved giving public walkthroughs of the exhibit, and found it really entertaining to just wander

MEMBER AT LARGE

My passion for embedding education in the practice of archaeology stems from three sources: public interest in field projects, involvement with K-12 students, and teaching introductory college courses.

CHAIR

I saw a moment when kids made the connection between the past and present and the feelings of living descendants. They achieved cultural understanding at a deep conceptual level. I knew then that cultural heritage education would be my life’s work and I have never looked back.

MEMBER AT LARGE

I participate in this work because public archaeology and heritage education are not just about professionals presenting their work to the general public, but about putting “people first”