VAF Committees 2025-2026

* Non board member

Executive Committee

President: Jeffrey Klee 

1st Vice President: Phil Gruen 

2nd Vice President: Jillian Galle

Secretary: William Littmann 

Treasurer: Caroline Spurry 

Advocacy Award Committee

Chris Bell (Chair)*

Valentina Davila

Brian Clark Green*

Bishir Prize Committee

Sarah Scarlett (Chair)*

Angelika Joseph

Jerry Pocius*

Buchanan Award Committee

Catherine Lavoie (Chair)*

Tom Carter*

Dilruba Shuvra

Travis Olson*

Communications Committee              

Melanie Fueschel Millman (Chair)

Amanda C. Roth Clark

Susan Garfinkel*

Margaret Grubiak

Michelle Jones*

William Littmann

Gretchen Pineo

Conference Committee          

Jillian Galle (Chair)

Phil Gruen

Amanda C. Roth Clark

Anne Delano Steinert*

Carrie Rhodus*

Ian Stevenson*

Gretchen Pineo

Catherine Cyr*

Conference Fellowships Committee (Simpson, Ambassadors, and Access)

Jeronimo Roldan (Chair)

Jake Torkelson

José Vázquez

Conference Papers Committee 

Brian Goldstein (Chair)

Michael Ann Williams

Annmarie Adams*

Cummings Award Committee

Matthew G. Lasner (Chair)*

Anna Andrzejewski*

Cynthia Falk*

Education Committee

José Vázquez (Chair)

Kathleen Powers Conti

Bobby Cervantes*

Fieldwork Committee: Ridout Fellowship, Field Schools 

Beth King (Chair)

Kevin Barni*

Alison Luthern*

Finance Committee

PJ Carlino (Chair)

Caroline Spurry

Jeffrey Klee

Claudia Brown*

Future Vision Committee

Nicholas Vann (Co-chair)

Jake Torkelson (Co-chair)

Anna Andrzejewski*

Brannon Smithwick*

Susan Garfinkel*

Governance Committee

Kim Hoagland (Chair)*

Claire Dempsey*

Carl Lounsbury*

Abby Van Slyck*

Elaine Jackson-Retondo*

William Littmann

Mellon Field School Advisory Committee

Louis Nelson (Chair)*

Niya Bates*

Claire Dempsey*

Kwesi Daniels*

Kim Hoagland*

Jim Buckley*

Membership Committee

Windy Zhao (Chair)

Kathleen Powers Conti

Claudia Brown*

Nominating Committee

Phil Gruen (Chair)

Catherine Bishir*

Sarah Lopez*

Lisa Davidson*

Arijit Sen*

Staff Hiring Committee (ad hoc)        

Carter Hudgins (Chair)*

Will Moore*

Christine O'Malley*

Jennifer Baughn*