BOARD OF DIRECTORS

A seventeen-member Board, elected by the membership, governs NCPH with assistance from committees which address administrative or policy issues, investigate and advise the organization on developments in the field, and support initiatives that enhance the practice of public history. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else for service on the NCPH board, please fill out the form available here.

Officers
President: Nicole A. Moore, National Center for Civil and Human Rights and Independent Consultant
Vice President: Priya Chhaya, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Immediate Past President: Denise Meringolo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Treasurer: Sharon Leon, Digital Scholar
Secretary: Will Stoutamire, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Appointed Directors
Executive Director: Stephanie Rowe, National Council on Public History
Editor, The Public Historian: Sarah Case, University of California, Santa Barbara

Elected Directors
Elijah Gaddis, Auburn University
Alannah Graves, Bowling Green State University
Donna Graves (Executive Committee Member-at-Large), Independent Historian / Urban Planner
Skylee-Storm Hogan-Stacey, First Nations Information Governance Center
Abby Gautreau, Grand Valley State University
Tracy Neumann, Historic New England
Rebecca Pattillo, Duke University
Adrienne Burke, Community Planning Collaborative
Samuel Redman, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Kristyn Scorsone, Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis and Queer Newark Oral History Project
Amy Wilson (Treasurer-Elect), Independent Consultant

More information about our current board members is available here. You can contact the board at [email protected].  (Past officers and past members of the board are listed here).

COMMITTEES

Descriptions of the boards and committees appear below, and additional information can be found in the NCPH Bylaws (above).  Committee and committee chair appointments are made each year following the annual meeting. The Vice President makes the appointments with input from NCPH staff and committee chairs. Committee members serve for 2 year terms (with exception of the Nominating Committee and the various award committees, which serve 3 year terms) and committee chairs serve for renewable 1 year terms.

If you are interested in serving on an NCPH committee, please review the Committee Member Expectations, and then fill out this form: https://ncph.org/committee-service/ with a little information about yourself, and which committee(s) you are interested in serving on. Most committees have a vacancy or two; though we often have more volunteers than we can take.  We also encourage you to contact committee members with your ideas!

NCPH also appoints ad-hoc committees, task forces, and working groups.

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES

Board of Directors

Manages the business, property, and affairs of NCPH. The board defines and advances the NCPH mission, protects its financial and human assets, ensures adequate resources to carry out the mission, supervises and supports the executive director, and promotes the interests, programs, and reputation of NCPH. The Board of Directors includes the president, vice president, immediate past president, secretary-treasurer, and nine other elected members, with the executive director and the editor of The Public Historian serving as ex officio, non-voting members. The board meets during the NCPH Annual Meeting each spring and again in the fall.

Executive Committee

Has the authority and responsibility to conduct the affairs of NCPH on behalf of the Board of Directors, including taking action on advocacy issues, between board meetings. The committee sets the terms of employment for the executive director and reviews the executive office’s financial and other records.

  • Nicole A. Moore (2024-2028), National Center for Civil and Human Rights and Independent Consultant and NCPH Vice-President
  • Denise Meringolo (2022-2028), University of Maryland Baltimore County and NCPH President
  • Priya Chhaya (2026-2028), National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Sharon Leon (2018-2027), Digital Scholar and NCPH Treasurer
  • Will Stoutamire (2025-2028), University of Nebraska at Kearney and NCPH Secretary
  • Donna Graves (2026-2027), Independent Historian / Urban Planner and NCPH Member at Large
  • Stephanie Rowe (2015-Present; ex officio), NCPH Executive Director

Editorial Board of The Public Historian

Provides advice and contacts to the editors and editorial staff; recommends authors, reviewers, article topics, special issue themes, and general direction and policy for the journal; and reviews manuscripts.  The Editorial Board meets in-person twice each year.

  • Jerome de Groot (2022-2027), University of Manchester, UK
  • Mireya Loza (2022-2027), Georgetown University
  • Joanna Wojdon (2022-2027), University of Wrocław, Poland
  • Catalina Muñoz Rojas (2023-2028), Universidad de los Andes
  • Jennifer Stevens (2023-2028), Boise City Department of Arts & History
  • Michelle G. Magalong (2024-2026), University of Maryland, College Park
  • Angela Sirna (2024-2026), National Park Service
  • Stephen Vider (2024-2026), Bryn Mawr College
  • Bethanee Bemis (2025-2027), National Museum of American History
  • Evan Faulkenbury (2025-2027), University of South Carolina
  • Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan (2025-2027), Rutgers University – New Brunswick
  • Tara White (2025-2027), University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • Kristen Hayashi (2026-2028), Japanese American National Museum
  • Cheryl Jiménez Frei (2026-2028), University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire
  • Daisy Ocampo Diaz (2026-2028), California State University, San Bernardino
  • Richard Anderson (2026-2028), Moravian University

Special Editors

  • Sarah Case (Editor), University of California Santa Barbara
  • Shelley Bookspan (Contributing Senior Editor), LifeStory Productions, Inc.
  • Lindsey Reed (Contributing Senior Editor)
  • Randolph Bergstrom (Contributing Senior Editor), University of California Santa Barbara
  • James F. Brooks (Contributing Senior Editor), University of Georgia
  • Jennifer Dickey (Book Review Editor), Kennesaw State University
  • Emma Bianco (Assistant Review Editor)
  • Teresa Barnett (Special Editor), retired, UCLA
  • Jennifer Scott (Museum and Exhibitions Editor), Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlem
  • Taylor Stoermer (Film and Digital Media Editor), Johns Hopkins University

Nominating Committee

Identifies, determines the eligibility of, and recommends to the Board of Directors persons to be considered for elected offices of NCPH. Each October, the committee compiles the slate of candidates for the annual election.

  • Kristen Baldwin Deathridge (2024-2027, Co-Chair), Appalachian State University
  • Anne Lindsay (2024-2027), California State Parks
  • Lacey Wilson (2025-2028), Underground Railroad Education Center
  • Kacie Lucchini Butcher (2025-2028), Rebecca M. Blank Center for Campus History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Emiliano Aguilar (2026-2029), University of Notre Dame
  • Sierra Van Ryck deGroot (2026-2029), The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Denise Meringolo (2026-2028, Past President, ex-officio), University of Maryland Baltimore County and NCPH Immediate Past President

Governance Committee

The Governance Committee shall periodically review organization bylaws, committee structures, and committee responsibilities; orient, educate, and assess the Board; and otherwise advise the Board and committees on governance matters and best practices.

  • Will Stoutamire (2025-2027, Co-Chair, ex-officio), University of Nebraska at Kearney and NCPH Secretary
  • Daniel Vivian (2022-2026, Co-Chair), University of Kentucky
  • Denise Meringolo (2020-2026), University of Maryland Baltimore County and NCPH Immediate Past President
  • Charles Johnson (2023-2027), North Carolina Central University
  • Donna Graves (2024-2026), Heritage, Arts, and Cultural Planning and NCPH Board Member
  • Priya Chhaya (2021-2027), National Trust for Historic Preservation and NCPH Vice President
  • Teresa Goforth (2023-2027), Michigan State University
  • Cassie Sade Turnipseed (2023-2027), Mississippi Valley State University
  • Kelley Fanto Deetz (2024-2026)
  • Sara Patton Zarrelli (2025-2027), Museum Insights
  • Ann Bennet (2025-2027), Howard County Historical Society

Advocacy Committee of the Board

Consists of the members of the Executive Committee plus two to three additional non-voting members with special skills and interests in advocacy issues.  The committee reports to the Board of Directors on advocacy activities, which may include issuing public statements; and  supporting other organizations that mobilize support for funding history museums, historic sites, history education, historic preservation, and accessibility of historical resources; supporting open dialogue and informed discussion about history’s relationship to contemporary debates; and asserting the importance of professional public history practice.

  • Adrienne Burke (2021-2026, Co-Chair), Community Planning Collaborative
  • Rachel Boyle (2024-2026, Co-Chair), Omnia History
  • Michael Brown (2020-2026), Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Stephanie Rowe (2015-Present), National Council on Public History
  • Denise Meringolo (2022-2028), University of Maryland Baltimore County and NCPH Immediate Past President
  • Nicole Moore (2024-2028), National Center for Civil and Human Rights and Independent Consultant and NCPH President
  • Priya Chhaya (2026-2028), National Trust for Historic Preservation and NCPH Vice-President
  • Sharon Leon (2018-2026), Digital Scholar and NCPH Treasurer
  • Will Stoutamire (2025-2028), University of Nebraska at Kearney and NCPH Secretary
  • Donna Graves (2026-2027), Independent Historian / Urban Planner and NCPH Board member-at-large
  • Lacey Wilson (2023-2027), Underground Railroad Education Center
  • Christopher Cantwell (2023-2027), Loyola University Chicago
  • Courtney Hobson (2024-2026), Independent Historical Consultant
  • Tracy Neumann (2024-2026), Historic New England

Long Range Planning Committee

The NCPH Long Range Planning Committee works in consultation with the organization’s staff, Board of Directors, and membership to draft a long range plan for the NCPH, to guide institutional decision making during the period 2017-2022.

  • Abby Gautreau (2017-2026, Co-Chair), Grand Valley State University
  • Sam Opsahl (2019-2027, Co-Chair), Heartland Film
  • Stephanie Rowe (2016-present), National Council on Public History
  • Cheryl Dong (2022-2026), Bowling Green State University
  • Laurel Overstreet (2022-2026), Washington State Historical Society
  • Julius Jones (2023-2027), University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • Bethanee Bemis (2024-2026), National Museum of American History
  • Shae Nawoj (2024-2026), Log Cabin Village
  • Shine Trabucco (2025-2027), Loyola University Chicago
  • Chelsea Kiefer (2025-2027), North Carolina Archives and History

History@Work Editorial Committee

Advises the organization on the matters of editorial policy and content of History@Work. Members of the Editorial Committee shall: serve as editors for the blog; recommend blog content; encourage potential authors to contact the editorial team; and keep the editors informed about interesting developments within the public history profession.

  • Madeline Hellmich (2025-present, ex-officio), Publications and Marketing Coordinator, National Council on Public History
  • Rebecca Bush (2021-2026), Lead Editor, Columbus Museum (Georgia)
  • Meghan Gelardi Holmes (2021-2026), Lead Editor, Gibson House Museum
  • Jacqueline Hudson, PhD (2026-2029), Lead Editor, Filson Historical Society
  • Adina Langer (2012-2027), Lead Editor, Public Historian based in Decatur, GA
  • Sarah Lerch (2021-2026), Lead Editor, Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead
  • Stella Ress (2026-2029), Lead Editor, University of Southern Indiana
  • Modupe Labode (2016-2027), Lead Copyeditor, National Museum of American History
  • Rebekah Bryer (2026-2029), Affiliate Editor
  • Dana Congelosi (2026-2029), Affiliate Editor
  • Alyssa M. Garcia (2026-2029), Affiliate Editor
  • Kaiti Hannah (2021-2026), Affiliate Editor, Western Development Museum (Canada)
  • Doris Lanzkron-Tamarazo (2026-2029), Affiliate Editor
  • Taylor LaPoint (2023-2028), Affiliate Editor, US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Zoe Lee (2026-2029), Affiliate Editor
  • Devin Murray (2026-2029), Affiliate Editor
  • Mabel Rosenheck (2023-2028), Affiliate Editor, LancasterHistory
  • Samantha Snow (2026-2029), Affiliate Editor
  • Michael Wohl (2026-2029), Affiliate Editor
  • Stephanie Rowe (2015-Present, ex officio), National Council on Public History

OPERATIONS COMMITTEES

Finance Committee

Assists the secretary-treasurer and executive director in preparing an annual budget and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding the financial activities of NCPH, including the investment and management of endowment money and processes for utilizing these and other NCPH funds.

  • Rosalind Beiler (2017-2027, Co-Chair), University of Central Florida
  • Eric Nystrom (2016-2026, Co-Chair), University of Nevada, Reno
  • Sharon Leon (2017-2027, Treasurer, ex-officio), Digital Scholar
  • Stephanie Rowe (ex officio), National Council on Public History
  • Priya Chhaya (2026-2028, Vice President), National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Amy Wilson (2013-2026), Independent Consultant and NCPH Treasurer-Elect
  • Caren Oberg (2021-2027), Valdez Museum and Historical Archive
  • Jessica French (2021-2027), Maryland Historical Trust
  • Cassandra Good (2022-2026), Marymount University
  • Tom Scheinfeldt (2023-2027), University of Connecticut
  • Karen Christianson (2023-2027), The Newberry
  • Evan Kutzler (2024-2026), Western Michigan University
  • Whitney Stewart (2025-2027), Coastal Georgia Historical Society

Development Committee

Advises and assists the Board of Directors on and with fundraising activities for the organization’s Endowment, Annual Fund, and Digital Access Fund.

  • Elyssa Ford (2017-2026, Chair), Northwest Missouri State University
  • Bill Bryans (2015-2026), Oklahoma State University
  • Joseph Cialdella (2017-2026), University of Michigan
  • Marianne Babal (2017-2026), Wells Fargo, retired
  • Mariaelena DiBenigno (2022-2026)
  • Dee Harris (2022-2026), National Archives at Kansas City
  • Elijah Gaddis (2024-2026), Auburn University
  • Mark Canavera (2024-2026), University of South Carolina
  • Naomi Subotnick (2024-2026), Nemours Estate
  • Sharon Leon (2025-2027), Digital Scholar
  • Laura Miller (2025-2027), Historical Consultant

Membership Committee

Advises the Board of Directors and the Executive Office on membership matters, including marketing, assessing and serving the membership’s needs, evaluating membership trends such as retention and demographic shifts, and recruiting new members.  Committee members individually seek out prospective NCPH members at the local, state, regional, and/or national level by promoting NCPH membership when attending conferences and other professional events. The committee also helps to organize the New Member Welcome as well as other events at the annual meeting.

  • Chuck Welsko (2023-2027, Co-Chair), Kentucky Historical Society
  • Kate Okayasu (2018-2026, Co-Chair), University of Northern Colorado and NCPH Digital Public History Directory
  • Hilary Miller (2021-2027), Penn State University
  • Emma Lewis (2020-2026), Springfield Museum
  • Jenny Thompson (2022-2026), Independent Consultant and NCPH LinkedIn Manager
  • Brian Whetstone (2023-2027), University of Pennsylvania
  • Sarah Byrne (2023-2027), Jack Hadley Black History Museum
  • Ariana Cieslak (2023-2027), NCPH Facebook Manager
  • Christine Ridarsky (2024-2027), Rochester Public Library
  • Gus Rudnick (2025-2026), City of Greeley Museums and NCPH Instagram Manager
  • Rebecca Pattillo (2025-2027), Duke University
  • Jess Baloun (2025-Present, ex-officio), National Council on Public History

PROGRAMS COMMITTEES

Consultants Committee

Promotes the interests of NCPH members who provide historical services as consultants or contractors and assists the organization in keeping other public history practitioners informed about consulting activities and issues.  The committee organizes special sessions, workshops, and a reception during the annual conference and in other ways fosters discussion among individuals interested in consulting.

  • Kathleen Conti (2019-2027, Co-Chair), Florida State University
  • Julie Coco (2024-2026, Co-Chair), New South Associates
  • Cheri Szcodronski (2018-2026), Firefly Preservation Consulting
  • Morgen Young (2013-2026), Historical Research Associates, Inc.
  • Scott Miltenberger (2018-2026), JRP Historical Consulting, LLC
  • Michael Adamson (2021-2027), FTI Consulting
  • Jacqueline Hudson (2021-2027), Bowling Green State University
  • Nicole Belolan (2023-2027), Nicole Belolan Consulting
  • Frank Ordia (2024-2026), Clemson University
  • Dominique Luster (2024-2026), The Luster Company
  • Tiffany Dzuirman (2024-2026), Athena Research Consultants LLC
  • Sara Patton Zarrelli (2024-2026), Museum Insights

Committee for Government Historians

Promotes the interests of NCPH members who provide work as government or federal historians.

  • Melissa Queen (2023-2027, Co-Chair), United States Postal Service
  • Claire Jerry (2023-2027, Co-Chair), National Museum of American History
  • Rebekah Dobrasko (2018-2026), TxDOT
  • Jessie Kratz (2018-2026), National Archives
  • Owen Rogers (2023-2027), Veterans History Project
  • Olivia Williams (2023-2027), Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
  • Nick Sacco (2024-2026), National Park Service
  • Brian Murphy (2024-2026), Florence Arts and Museums
  • Kristin Ahlberg (2025-2027), US Department of State, retired
  • Jennifer Betsworth (2025-2027), Adirondack Architectural Heritage / Great Camp Santanoni
  • Michelle Delaney (2026-2028), Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee

The Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Committee is charged with promoting the inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility in all aspects of NCPH’s work; to support NCPH members whose identities have historically been underrepresented, discriminated against, or marginalized; and to advocate for inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility within the public history field.

  • Committee membership list is confidential

Curriculum & Training Committee

Monitors education standards and guidelines for the profession, develops ways of involving students in the functions of NCPH, and assists in promoting excellence in education and other training within the public history field. The committee organizes the Public History Educators Breakfast for the annual meeting, operates the Public History Educators email listserv, and conducts other initiatives of the organization.

  • Anne Lindsay (2019-2027, Co-Chair), California State Parks
  • Caroline Emmons (2022-2026, Co-Chair), Hampden-Sydney College
  • Stella Ress (2020-2026), Southern Indiana University
  • Andrea Burns (2018-2026), Appalachian State University
  • Jared Pack (2023-2027), York University
  • Claire DuLaney (2023-2027), University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • Elizabeth Belanger (2024-2026), Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  • Brigida Blasi (2024-2026), University of Wyoming
  • Jeannette Vigliotti (2024-2026), Flagler College
  • Tara White (2024-2026), University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • Ian Beamish (2025-2027), University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Professional Development Committee

Organizes the Speed Networking event at the annual meeting and reviews and makes recommendations about professional development and continuing education opportunities, such as workshops.

  • Vanessa Macias Camacho (2018-2026, Co-Chair), El Paso Community College
  • Jon Taylor (2021-2027, Co-Chair), University of Central Missouri
  • Sarah Soleim (2018-2026), Wake Forest University
  • Erin Lawrimore (2023-2027), UNC Greensboro University Libraries
  • Amanda Biles (2024-2026), Abilene Christian University
  • Gordon Steffey (2024-2026), Stratford Hall Historic Preserve
  • Caitlyn Jones (2025-2027), National Park Service
  • Melissa Rinehart (2025-2027)
  • Alana Rogers (2025-2027), University of North Alabama
  • Chelsee Boehm (2025-2027)
  • Kristine Navarro McElhaney (2025-2027), Voces Oral History Center, UT Austin

New Professional and Student Committee

Helps the organization consider issues, services, and questions of concern to both students and new professionals. It organizes efforts at the annual meeting, on the NCPH website, and elsewhere aimed at both of these important NCPH constituencies, as well as making resources available to facilitate the transition from student status to new professional.

  • Eleanor Shippen (2023-2027, Co-Chair), University of Delaware and Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library
  • Kathryn Morgan (2023-2027, Co-Chair), StoryCorps
  • Morgan Miller (2022-2026), University of Maryland Baltimore County
  • Alyssa Moore (2023-2026), New York University
  • Elliott Archer (2023-2027), University of Missouri – St. Louis
  • Katherine Quigley (2023-2027), New York University
  • Maddy Enlow (2023-2027), University of Kansas
  • Jada Furtick (20224-2026), New York University
  • Elise Schrader (2024-2026), Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Ummul Muhseneen (2024-2026), University of South Florida
  • Alannah Graves (2024-2026), Bowling Green State University
  • Aline Keledjian (2025-2027), Michigan Department of Education

Environmental Sustainability Committee

Addresses and advises on pressing environmental issues as they pertain to the work of public historians in their wide ranging venues of practice and that of the NCPH. The committee uses the broadly-accepted Buntland Commission definition of sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” as its working principle. In an era defined by climate change, a growing world population, and the need to live and work with finite natural and financial resources, the committee seeks to advance environmental sustainability as a core principle of public history practice on par with other long-recognized principles such as shared authority and community empowerment.

  • Wendy Soltz (2022-2026, Co-Chair), Ball State University
  • Carolyn Barske (2017-2027, Co-Chair), University of North Alabama
  • Philip Levy (2015-2027), University of South Florida
  • William Ippen (2015-2027), Loyola University Chicago
  • Leah Glaser (2015-2027), Central Connecticut State University
  • David Glassberg (2015-2027), University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Carolyn Barske (2017-2025), University of North Alabama
  • Andy Kirk (2018-2026), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Chuck Arning (2020-2026), NPS retired
  • Donna Graves (2022-2026), Heritage, Arts, and Cultural Planning
  • Aislinn Pentecost-Farren (2023-2027), University of Pennsylvania
  • Sasha Coles (2023-2027), Penn State University
  • Wilmarie Medina-Cortés (2023-2027), Humanities Action Lab – Hunter College
  • Melody Hunter-Pillion (2023-2027), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Joie Grandbois (2025-2027), Historic New England
  • Isabella Bartels (2025-2027), North Carolina State University
  • Jennifer Betsworth (2025-2027), NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Advisory Committee on National Park Service Collaboration

The committee advises and assists with the cooperative agreement between NCPH and the National Park Service (NPS), by consulting on the selection of projects and project participants (but not selecting), advising the Board and NCPH staff on NPS issues, publicizing the program, and advocating for NPS within the organization.

  • Ann McCleary (2021-2026, Co-Chair), University of West Georgia
  • Anne Mitchell Whisnant (2021-2027, Co-Chair), Duke University
  • Janet Ore (2021-2027), Montana State University
  • Jessica Taylor (2024-2026), Virginia Tech
  • Brittani Orona (2024-2026), Hoopa Valley Tribe/University of California Davis
  • Lindsey Weaver (2025-2027), HistoryWeaver LLC
  • Jackie Gonzales (2025-2027), Mirandola Research LLC
  • Stephanie Rowe (2021-current, ex officio), NCPH
  • Turkiya Lowe (2024-current), NPS

AWARDS COMMITTEES

Book Award Committee

Helps to promote the award, evaluates submissions, and selects and reports on the recipient and any honorable mentions.

  • Jessica Taylor (2023-2026, Chair), Virginia Tech
  • Donna Sack (2023-2026), Glass Pathways
  • M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska (2025-2028), American University

Outstanding Public History Project Award Committee

Helps to promote the award, evaluates submissions, and selects and reports on the recipient.

  • Amy Durrell (2024-2027, Chair), History Afoot Atlanta
  • Lauren Cohen (2023-2026), National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Callie Hawkins (2023-2026), Lincoln’s Cottage
  • Cheryl Jimenez Frei (2025-2028), University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

Grassroots Public History Award Committee

Helps to promote the award, evaluates submissions, and selects and reports on the recipient.

  • Marcus Smith (2024-2027, Co-Chair), University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Jenn Edginton (2024-2027, Co-Chair), Public Historian
  • Lauren O’Brien (2023-2026), African American Historic Places Los Angeles Project
  • Mariana Brandman (2023-2026), Smith College
  • Andrea Manolov (2024-2027), Minnesota Historical Society

G. Wesley Johnson Award Committee

Helps to promote the award, and in conjunction with the Editorial Office of The Public Historian, evaluates all articles from the eligible volume year, and selects and reports on the recipient.

  • Harvee White (2024-2027, Chair), South Carolina Arts Commission
  • Ayanna Goines (2025-2028), South Carolina Department of Archives and History
  • Jessica Dauterive (2025-2028), Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies
  • Sarah Case (ex officio), University of California, Santa Barbara

Excellence in Consulting Award Committee

Helps to promote the “Excellence in Consulting” award, evaluates submissions, and selects and reports on the recipient(s).

  • Richard Josey (2024-2027, Chair), Collective Journeys LLC
  • Taylor Brookins (2023-2026), National Park Service
  • Rory Krupp (2025-2028), Owens & Eastlake Ltd
  • Ivy Weingram (2025-2028), IMW Independent Museum Works

NCPH Diversity Travel Award

Helps to promote the award, evaluates submissions, and selects and reports on the recipients.

  • Monique Davila (2024-2027, Chair), Utah Historical Society
  • Skylee-Storm Hogan Stacey (2024-2027), First Nations Information Governance Center
  • Elizabeth DeBord (2024-2027), International Museum of the Horse

NCPH and HRA New Professional Awards Committee

Helps to promote the awards, evaluates submissions, and selects and reports on the recipients.

  • Ann Abney (2024-2027, Chair), University of South Florida
  • Susan Asbury (2023-2026, Middle Georgia State University
  • Stephanie Gray (2025-2028), Duquesne University

Robert Kelley Award Committee

Helps to promote the award, evaluates submissions, and selects and reports on the recipient.

  • Marla Miller (2025-2028, Chair), University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Bill Willingham (2023-2026), Independent Consultant
  • Sharon Babaian (2023-2026), Retired

Michael C. Robinson Prize for Historical Analysis

Helps to promote the award, evaluates biennial submissions, and selects and reports on the recipient.

  • Greg Donofrio (2024-2027, Chair), University of Minnesota
  • Christine Lamberson (2024-2027), Federal Judicial Center
  • Chris Haley (2022-2025), Maryland State Archives

Student Project Award and Graduate Student Travel Award Committee

Helps to promote the awards, evaluates submissions, and selects and reports on the recipients.

  • LaQuanda Walters Cooper (2023-2026, Chair), George Mason University
  • Ari Green (2022-2025), University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
  • Tamara Feinstein (2023-2026), Murray State University
  • Monica Mercado (2023-2026), Colgate University

AD HOC COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES

Board-Led Subcommittee on Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment

  • Kristen Baldwin Deathridge (2019-present, Co-Chair), Appalachian State University
  • Lara Kelland (2019-present, Co-Chair), University of Missouri – St. Louis
  • Mary Rizzo (2019-present), Rutgers University – Newark
  • Modupe Labode (2019-present), National Museum of American History
  • Joan Zenzen (2019-present), Independent Historian
  • Tyler Putman (2019-present), Museum of the American Revolution
  • Gregory Samantha Rosenthal (2019-present), Roanoke College
  • Kristyn Scorsone (2019-present), Rutgers University – Newark
  • Hope Shannon (2019-present), Loyola University Chicago
  • Nicole Moore (2020-present), National Center for Civil and Human Rights & Independent Consultant
  • Chel Rose Miller (2020-present), Government Law Center at Albany Law School
  • B. Erin Cole (2022-present, Board Rep), Independent Historian

Labor Task Force

  • Sarah Marsom (2024-present, Co-Chair), Heritage Resource Consultant
  • Amanda Tobin Ripley (2024-present, Co-Chair), Ohio State University
  • Alena Pirok (2024-present), SUNY Cortland
  • John Fulton (2024-present), Minnesota Historical Society
  • Andy Urban (2024-present), Rutgers University – New Brunswick
  • Lacey Wilson (2024-present), Underground Railroad Education Center
  • Bonnie McDonald (2024-present), Landmarks Illinois
  • Adam Rizzo (2024-present), University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Union Organizer
  • Sierra Van Ryck deGroot (2024-present), Museum Hue
  • Heather Bruegl (2024-present), The Henry Ford
  • Alaina Scapicchio (2025-present), University of South Florida

Council of Past Presidents

Advises NCPH Officers, the Board of Directors, and the Executive Office on a variety of matters involving the organization’s past and its future direction.

Chairs

  • Jack Holl (1984-1985)
  • Arnita Jones (1987-1988)
  • Barbara Howe (1988-1989)
  • Ted Karamanski (1989-1990)

Presidents

  • Brit Allan Storey (1991-1992)
  • Martin Melosi (1992-1993)
  • Philip Scarpino (1993-1994)
  • Patricia Mooney-Melvin (1994-1995)
  • Jeffrey Brown (1995-1996)
  • Dwight Pitcaithley (1998-1999)
  • Michael Devine (1999-2000)
  • Alan Newell (2000-2001)
  • Patrick O’Bannon (2001-2002)
  • Rebecca Conard (2002-2003)
  • James Gardner (2003-2004)
  • Sharon Babaian (2004-2005)
  • Robert Weible (2005-2006)
  • Bill Bryans (2006-2008)
  • Marianne Babal (2008-2010)
  • Martin Blatt (2010-2012)
  • Robert Weyeneth (2012-2014)
  • Patrick Moore (2014-2016)
  • Alexandra Lord (2016-2018)
  • Marla Miller (2018-2020)
  • Gregory Smoak (2020-2022)
  • Kristine Navarro-McElhaney (2022-2024)

REPRESENTATIVES TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

  • Stephanie Rowe (NCPH), American Association for State and Local History, US 250 Task Force
  • William F. Stoutamire (University of Nebraska at Kearney), American Council of Learned Societies Delegate (1/2023-12/2026)
  • Greg Smoak (American West Center, University of Utah), International Federation for Public History 2024 Annual Meeting Program Committee