Program and Local Arrangements Committees
Program Committee
For the joint 2026 conference, NCPH and AASLH each appointed a co-chair and three representatives to a steering committee to start planning earlier than our usual planning timelines. This steering committee has been meeting regularly since 2024, and will be joined by a larger Program Committee in fall 2025.
Kacie Lucchini-Butcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Campus History
NCPH Program Chair
Jennifer Saunders, New York State Museum
AASLH Program Chair
Melanie Adams, Smithsonian Anacostia Museum (AASLH)
Jamie Bosket, Virginia Museum of History and Culture (AASLH)
Modupe Labode, Smithsonian National Museum of American History (NCPH)
Sarah Marsom, Heritage Resource Consultant (NCPH)
Jennifer Ortiz, Utah Division of State History (AASLH)
William Walker, Cooperstown Graduate Program (NCPH)
Local Arrangements (Host) committee
For the joint 2026 conference, NCPH and AASLH each appointed a co-chair to head our Local Arrangements Committee.
Morgan Grefe, Rhode Island Historical Society
AASLH Host Committee Chair
Karin Wulf, Brown University
NCPH Local Arrangements Committee Chair
Becca Bertrand, Newport Historical Society
Sarah Carr, Rhode Island Historical Society
Liz Covart, Ben Franklin’s World
Trudy Coxe, Preservation Society of Newport County
Jim Donahue, Old Sturbridge Village
Lauren Fogarty, Rhode Island 250 (RI250)
Elizabeth Francis, Rhode Island Humanities
Jordan Goffin, Providence Public Library
Sheryl Hack, Preserve Rhode Island
Annalisa Heppner, North Burial Ground, City of Providence
Allison Horrocks, Slater Mill Historic Site, National Park Service
Leslie Jones, Preservation Society of Newport County
Carl Keyes, Assumption College
Marta Martinez, Rhode Island Latino Arts
Kelsey Mullen, Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
Ingrid Peters, Newport Historical Society
Jeannie W. Salomon, AAPI History Museum
Dan Santos, Historic New England
Lorén Spears, Tomaquag Musuem
Evelyn Sterne, University of Rhode Island
Elaine Stiles, Roger Williams University
Keith Stokes, State Historian Laureate
Theresia (Soni) Stokes, Rhode Island Black Heritage Society
Ken Turino, Independent Consultant
Kate Wells, Rhode Island State Library
Catherine Zipf, Bristol Historic Preservation Society