SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH - Key Persons
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- Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania
Adriana Petryna, professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and an SAR summer scholar in 2014, published an op-ed essay in the July 10, 2022, issue of the Los Angeles Times that builds on her recent book, Horizon Work: At the Edges of Knowledge in an...
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2026
Alaka Wali's career has been focused on the anthropological approach that engaged rather than studied Indigenous communities. Using this approach, Alaka became one of the first to advocate for collaboration in the museum field. She was hired in 1995 as the founding director of the Center for Cultural Understanding and Change at the Field Museum in Chicago. In 2012, she was named curator of North American Anthropology. It was largely under Alaka's leadership that Native communities were brought into the development of the Field Museum's renovation of the Native North American Hall, which opened in 2022.
Alaka received her doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University and her bachelor's degree from Harvard.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2025
Alex Barker joined the SAR Board in August of 2022. Alex is a Michigan-trained anthropological archaeologist whose doctoral research focused on Coles Creek-era polities just across the border in northeastern Louisiana. His d
issertation, "Chiefdoms and the Economics of Perversity," compared prehistoric settlement sizes by period relative to their catchment productivity to model changing rates of mobilized resources moving through a prestate political economy; the work received the 2000 Society for American Archaeology Dissertation Award. He received his undergraduate degree from Marquette, a Jesuit university in Milwaukee, and earned a masters at Wichita State University with a thesis examining the increasing complexity of ceramic design motifs (based on information density statistics) at settlements with larger numbers of face-to-face inhabitants across St Helena Phase sites in northeastern Nebraska. Interested in archaeology from a very young age, Barker began archaeological fieldwork while in high school through the Northwestern University program at Kampsville, Illinois, including seasons at Worthy-Merrigan and Macoupin. He went on to work across the Southeast, Midwest and Plains, including two seasons at Cahokia and one season teaching high school students at Hogpen Hill, an early Moundville lower-order center, through the Alabama Museum of Natural History Expedition program.
Job Titles:
- VP for Finance and Administration
Alex Kalangis, VP for Finance and Administration kalangis@sarsf.org 505-954-7226
Job Titles:
- Creative Services Manager
Alexia is a graphic designer and illustrator living in Santa Fe. Before moving to New Mexico, she was based in Los Angeles designing for entertainment industry events including NATPE Miami, NATPE Budapest International, The Iris Awards, and The Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards. She received a bachelor of fine arts degree in graphic design from California State University, Fullerton. Alexia has illustrated and designed four children's books and published over thirty editorial illustrations. She is thrilled to be working for SAR, pursuing her interests in design and social science.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2024
Ann Alexander Morton, is a native Oklahoman. She received a BA in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma, and an M.A. in Media Studies from The New School University, New York City. She has a minor in French and has pursued language studies in France and Mexico. Her professional background is in public relations, communications, marketing, writing and design, most recently six years with 12 Productions, a film development and production company formed for the feature length film Twelve Mighty Orphans, soon to be released starring Luke Wilson, Michael Sheen and Robert Duvall. She has been an active volunteer in Houston, Atlanta, Santa Fe, New York City and Fort Worth, including 36 years with the Junior League. She was the Founder and First President of the National Charity League Buckhead Chapter in Atlanta following chapter leadership positions in Houston. She has previously been active as a docent at Santa Fe's Museum of International Folk Art and with the Governor's Circle of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and served on the board of the School for Advanced Research and was active in SAR's President's Council prior to board service. She is currently active in Leadership Fort Worth and is a docent and patron at three art museums in Fort Worth: the Amon Carter Museum of American Art; the Kimbell Museum; and the Modern Art Museum. Other activities include art, cultural and anthropology programs, leadership with several capital development projects for private educational institutions. She has wide interests and enjoys reading, art, photography, hiking and travel. Ann and her husband, R. Russell Morton, have three children and two grandchildren. Ann and her husband currently reside in Fort Worth and Santa Fe.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
Anne Hillerman is the author of a detective series set on the Navajo Nation using characters her father, Tony Hillerman, made popular. Her debut novel, Spider Woman's Daughter, received the Western Writers Spur Award as best first novel. That book and the six that followed were all New York Times bestsellers. She is the recipient of the New Mexico/Arizona book award for best book, the Frank Waters award for contributions to the literature of the Southwest, and the Rounders Award for helping keep the spirit of the American West alive. Anne is also an executive producer of the television series, Dark Winds, based on characters she and Tony created. Her newest mystery, The Way of the Bear, was released in April, 2023.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2024
Brenda Child is Northrop Professor and former Chair of the Departments of American Studies and American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of several books in American Indian history including Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940 (1998), which won the North American Indian Prose Award; Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of Community (2012); Her 2014 book My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation won the American Indian Book Award. She is the author of a best-selling bi-lingual book for children, Bowwow Powwow (2018). She was a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Museum of the American Indian-Smithsonian (2013-18) and was President of the Native American & Indigenous Studies Association (2017-18). She was consultant to a major exhibit, Away from Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories at the Heard Museum. Child was born on the Red Lake Ojibwe Reservation in northern Minnesota where she is part of a committee developing a new constitution for the 15,000 member nation.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
Although popularly known as a mainstay of the PBS programs Antiques Roadshow and History Detectives, Wes Cowan is first and foremost an American. After receiving a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, he taught in the Anthropology Department of Ohio State University. In 1984, he moved to Cincinnati to become curator of archaeology at the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science. Cowan has published widely in the fields of American archaeology and paleoethnobotany. In 1995, he left academia and the museum world to follow his childhood love of antiques, opening Cowan's Auctions, Inc., in Cincinnati, OH.
At the Indian Arts Research Center, three of its thirteen pieces from San Felipe were made by Candelaria Montaño. For one of the seminars, the IARC invited family members of Candelaria to visit with the potters and to share information about her. They included Candelaria's granddaughter, Carlene Sandoval, Carlene's husband Irvin, Sally Montaño, and Candelaria's great-grandchildren, Daphne Montaño and Jonathan Montaño.
Candelaria Montaño creating pottery with her great-granddaughter Daphne Montaño in the 1980s
Carla, originally from Chihuahua, Mexico, has lived in Santa Fe since 1994. She began working as the campus housekeeper at SAR in 1997. Carla moved on to academic programs assistant, and was promoted to her current position in the spring of 2004.
Carla enjoys being a mom and spending time with her daughter Arely.
Job Titles:
- HR Director
- Human Resources Director
- Personnel Director
Carol, as Personnel Director, manages all functions involving personnel, payroll and benefits administration, and government compliance. Hired in 1984 as the accounts payable clerk in the School's business office, Carol served in different capacities before taking over the personnel function in 1992. A native Santa Fean, Carol is a member of the National Society for Human Resource Managers (SHRM). She attended the University of New Mexico and is a certified professional in human resources through the Robert O. Anderson School of Management at University of New Mexico and SHRM.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2026
- President and CEO of the Atlantic Philanthropies
Chris is President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, a limited life international foundation that in 2020 completed its grantmaking and operations over five continents. He continues to provide support for Atlantic's active, culminating grants to establish seven international Atlantic Fellows Programs and the Atlantic Institute. He chairs the Atlantic Institute Governing Board and is a trustee of The Rhodes Trust.
Job Titles:
- Administrative Assistant
- Administrative Assistant at the Indian Arts Research Center
Daniel Kurnit has been the administrative assistant at the Indian Arts Research Center since 2001. He is a graduate of Santa Fe High School and a longtime Santa Fe resident. Prior to joining SAR, he worked at a number of local businesses, including the New Mexican and the Santa Fean. His writing and editing skills now come in handy for the various brochures, flyers, and other printed materials that the IARC regularly creates. His other responsibilities include record keeping, organizing mailings, and arranging tours and special events. He is also the point of first contact and answerer of questions for most visitors to the IARC.
Daniel received a BA, with a concentration in American history, from Bard College in Annandale, New York, and visits friends and family on the East Coast often.
Daryl is a contemporary potter from the Pueblo of San Felipe. He began making pottery soon after graduating from high school when his mother, Sara Candelaria, seeing him in front of the television, handed him a lump of clay and said, "Make something." His mother taught him to make pottery. She, in turn, learned from her mother, Juanita Toledo, a Jemez woman who worked with Evelyn Vigil to revive the old Pecos style of pottery.
Daryl's innovative work is the result of years of research. As a child, he noticed an absence of San Felipe pottery being taught in schools. When he grew up, he began creating his own pottery and researched pottery styles and designs, not only of San Felipe, but of other pueblos and tribes in the Southwest. For several years he worked at the School of American Research (now School for Advanced Research) in Santa Fe. There, Daryl studied SAR's collection of contemporary and historic pottery, as well as pre-contact pottery shards.
Daryl is an award-winning artist, having won First in Class and First in Division at the 1999 Santa Fe Indian Market. He also has won numerous awards at the Eight Northern Pueblos show. In 2001, he received a boost in his career when he was invited as one of two Pueblo artists to participate in a month-long ceramic exposition hosted in South Korea. His work can be found at the Denver Art Museum; Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Mint Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina; the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and internationally at the Museum of Ceramics in South Korea.
Daryl continues to be fascinated with Pueblo pottery, especially with ancient and historic Pueblo pottery. He is currently researching the pottery of Tunque Pueblo, an ancestral village of San Felipe, located six miles east of the historic village of Katishtya. Daryl's hallmark is a stylized water serpent, a symbol of his Keres name, which he often incorporates into his pottery designs.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2024
David A. Young received his BA and MA in biology from California State University, Fullerton and his Ph.D. in Botany from Claremont Graduate University. He retired from Arizona State University in 2017 after a professional career of over 40 years in higher education having served as a faculty member and administrator at several universities. David has been a board member of several non-profit organizations including the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. He currently serves on the board of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and the Santa Fe Botanical Garden.
David W. Matthews is retired from Healy-Matthews Stationers, Inc., in Santa Fe, which he founded in 1956. The company was sold in 1997. He served as president of the National Office Products Association from 1977 to 1978.
For over 20 years, he served on the Board of Directors of Sunwest Bank of Santa Fe, the last five years as chairman. He served on the Board of Directors of Sunwest Financial Services, the holding company for the Sunwest Banks. He is a retired board member of Century Bank of Santa Fe, and has served on the Foundation Board of the Museum of International Folk Art.
David graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1954 with a B.A. in Languages. Upon graduation, he served two years active duty as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Job Titles:
- Illustrator
- Member of the Class of 2024
Diane Stanley Vennema is the author and/or illustrator of more than fifty books for children and young adults under her maiden name, Diane Stanley. She is a graduate of Trinity University and received her MA from the Johns Hopkins University College of Medicine. She worked as a medical illustrator, a graphic designer for Dell Publishing, and art director at G. P. Putnam's Sons before turning to children's books. She is noted especially for her series of thirteen picture book biographies. Shaka, King of the Zulus was chosen as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and Leonardo da Vinci received the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction from the National Council for Teachers of English. Twelve of her books have been honored as Notable Books by the American Library Association and she has twice received both the Boston Globe/Hornbook Award and the Society of Children's Book Writers' Golden Kite Award. She was the recipient of the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for Nonfiction for the body of her work. Her artwork has been displayed at the National Museum for Women in the Arts and is part of an exhibit on Africa in the Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2024
Don Siegel, is a graduate of the University of the Pacific with a BS in Marketing and Economics. Don and his wife Liza both grew up in Colorado and at early ages had an interest in the historical Art of the Southwest. As a young boy, Don traveled to New Mexico with his parents and visited the Pueblos of Northern New Mexico where he began his love and admiration for the culture and rich traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of the Western United States. His professional career in the Energy Distribution business and his role as a CEO allowed him to combine is passion for business with his passion of history and cultural diversity. Don is active within a number of philanthropic organizations including the Santa Fe Community Foundation and the Pretty Shield Foundation serving the Crow Community of Montana. He is actively involved in various Museum projects and is a contributor to the traveling Museum Exhibition "Apsaalooke Women and Warriors" visiting a number of cities throughout the United States. Don and his wife Liza have been full time New Mexicans since 2017.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2024
Donald Brenneis is a linguistic and social anthropologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard. His work has focused on the social life of communicative practices - linguistic, musical, performative, and textual. In the earlier part of his career he worked in diasporic south Asian communities in Fiji, focusing on the complexities of language, conflict, and social life - and on practices ranging from religious rhetoric to gossip. More recently he has been doing ethnographic work in research funding and higher educational policy-making institutions, both as participant and as observer. Don taught at Pitzer College from 1973-1996 and has been at UCSC since 1996. He edited American Ethnologist from 1990-94, served as President-Elect and President of the American Anthropological Association (1999-2003), was on the editorial board of the University of California Press, and has participated extensively on funding panels and on various assessment committees. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and a Fellow of the Lichtenberg Kolleg, University of Goettingen.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2025
- W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. As an Editor
Don Lamm joined W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. as an editor in 1956, and retired in 2000 as chairman and president. From 1984 to 2000 he was chairman of Yale University Press. He has stewarded hundreds of books as a publisher and an agent. Mr. Lamm was first affiliated with Carlisle & Co. literary agents from 2000-2003, and he is currently with the NYC agency of Fletcher & Parry LLC. In 1998 he spent a year as a fellow at Stanford's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2025
Dorothy H. Bracey has a PhD in social and cultural anthropology from Harvard University and a MSL from Yale Law School. She taught Anthropology of Law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York where she is Professor Emeritus. In addition to other visiting professorships, she held the George Beto Chair at Sam Houston State University. She was President of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, which has recently established an award in her name. She has been Vice-Chair of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and Treasurer of the Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation. Ms. Bracey recently received a New Mexico Historic Preservation Award for her leadership of the Palace of the Governors Windows on History project.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Author
Doug J. Preston is the author or co-author of more than forty books, among them the non-fiction works The Lost City of the Monkey God and The Monster of Florence as well as the best-selling Pendergast novels (in collaboration with Lincoln Child). He has also contributed articles to the New Yorker, National Geographic, the Atlantic Monthly, and other national magazines. Preston serves on the Board of Governors of the Authors Guild and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He divides his time between New Mexico and Maine.
Doug Schwartz served as president of the School for Advanced Research (formerly the School of American Research) between 1967 and 2001. Although SAR had existed for six decades prior to his appointment as the institution's leader, it had undergone a long period of drift. Doug is credited with transforming SAR from a venerable but unfocused institution into one of the nation's most important research centers in anthropology, archaeology, and Native American arts and cultures. Under his charismatic leadership, SAR relocated from the Palace of the Governors to its present campus on Garcia Street, an estate formerly belonging to Martha and Amelia Elizabeth White. His fundraising efforts led to the construction or expansion of numerous campus buildings, including the Indian Arts Research Center, SAR's Reception Center, the Douglas W. Schwartz Seminar House, and the Dubin Artist Studio, as well as the development of SAR Press. It would be impossible to exaggerate his central role in SAR's 110-year history.
Doug Schwartz received his BA from the University of Kentucky in 1950 and a PhD in anthropology from Yale University in 1955. He was hired by the University of Kentucky, where he rose through the ranks to become professor of anthropology and director of the university's Museum of Anthropology prior to his appointment at SAR.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2024
Anthropologist, historian, and cultural consultant, Dr. Estevan Rael-Gálvez has served as the former Senior Vice President of Historic Sites at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, executive director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center and as the state historian of New Mexico. A native son of New Mexico, Estevan was raised on a farm and ranch stewarded by his family for multiple generations. He received his BA in English Literature and Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and his MA and Ph.D. in American Cultures from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Rael-Gálvez is currently the CEO of Creative Strategies 360°, a consulting firm that supports transformative work within communities, governments, universities, and cultural-based organizations. Additionally, Dr. Rael-Gálvez is leading several research and writing initiatives, including the Manitos Community Memory Project, funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation. He serves on the Board of the Santa Fe Opera; previously on the Board of the Santa Fe Art Institute; chaired the New Mexico Cultural Properties Review Committee; and served ex-officio member of boards of National Trust for Historic Preservation Sites, including President Lincoln's Cottage, the Glass House and the National Center for White House History at Decatur House. A resident scholar at SAR in 1999-2000, Dr. Rael-Galvez also served on the SAR's board of directors from 2005-2011.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Emerita at the University of New Mexico
Dr. Louise Lamphere is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Emerita at the University of New Mexico and Past President of the American Anthropological Association (1999-2001). Lamphere received her Ph.D. from Harvard in 1968. She was a faculty member at UNM from 1976-1979 and again from 1986-2009. She has published extensively, co-authored and co-edited books and articles on subjects as diverse as Navajo kinship and collaboration, women and work, urban anthropology, and immigration. Her most recent book is a biography of three Navajo women entitled: Weaving Women's Lives: Three Generations in a Navajo Family, (2007). She has studied issues of women and work for 25 years, beginning with her study of women workers in Rhode Island industry in 1977. Lamphere was the co-editor, with Michele Zimbalist Rosaldo, of Woman, Culture, and Society, the first volume to address the anthropological study of gender and women's status. Professor Lamphere conducted research on Medicaid Managed Care Reform (1998-2000) and Behavioral Health Reform (2005-2010) in New Mexico. She has edited a special issue of Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Providers and Patients Respond to Medicaid Managed Care: Ethnographic Insights from New Mexico, March 2005, as well as co-authored several articles. In 2013, she was awarded the Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology from the American Anthropological Association and the Bronislaw Malinowski award by the Society for Applied Anthropology in 2017.
Job Titles:
- Director of Scholar Programs
- Director, SAR Scholar Programs
- Scholar Programs Director
As the director of Scholar Programs, Dr. Paul Ryer helps guide the selection of resident scholar fellowships and supports researchers during their residencies. He also oversees the J.I. Staley Prize, manages a range of on-campus scholar seminars, and serves as the primary point of contact for a growing, global network of SAR alumni. Under his leadership, the department has initiated efforts that ensure the program's relevance to twenty-first century scholarship via an increased focus on: cross-disciplinary work; newly-developed fellowship field areas; collaboration among participating scholars; and the establishment of programs that embrace a greater awareness of new theories and emerging paradigms within anthropology and related fields.
Dr. Ryer received his PhD in cultural anthropology from the University of Chicago in 2006. With over two decades of experience in academia, professor Ryer's specific areas of anthropological expertise include the Caribbean, migration and diaspora, historical anthropology, semiotics, cultural citizenship, and religion. Since his initial fieldwork as a Ruth Landes Fellow in the 1990s, while affiliated with the University of Havana, he has conducted long-term research on Cuba and its diasporas. Currently, Ryer is studying the contemporary Cuban Protestant revival island through the lens of an ecumenical seminary in Matanzas, Cuba-an institution which survived the atheism of the early Revolution and is now thriving. He is the author of Beyond Cuban Waters, an ethnography which not only explores the cultural life of contemporary Cuba, but examines Cubans' understanding of the world, and Cuba's place in it through the lens of revolutionary-era Cuban-African educational exchanges. Prior to coming to SAR, Professor Ryer taught at the University of Chicago, Williams College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of California, Riverside. Read more…
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2026
Ed Gale has been in Santa Fe since 2000 and is married to Maria Gale and they have two teenage children. He attended Mesa State College in Grand Junction, CO, where he received his BA in Selected Studies, then the University of Northern Colorado for graduate studies in literature, and Southwestern College, where he earned his MA in counseling. Ed spent nearly 20 years in Minnesota, where he lived on and operated a family farm in the city of Minnetrista. While there, Ed served on the planning commission and was elected to two terms as a city councilor and one term as mayor. He served as Chairman of the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission, which reviewed, developed, and implemented park and trail master plans for the 50,000-acre regional park system in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. From 2004 to 2012, Ed was in private practice as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Santa Fe. Currently, Mr. Gale serves as President of the Gale Family Foundation, Director of Superior Mineral Resources, LLC, and President of Gale Mineral Resources, LLC. He also serves on the boards of Santa Fe Prep and the Greenwood School in Putney, Vermont (through June 2021).
Job Titles:
- President
- Vice Chair, Class of 2023
Elizabeth Glassman is president emerita of the Terra Foundation for American Art and was previously the foundation's president and CEO. From 2001 to 2020, she led the foundation and oversaw its collection of American art. During her tenure at the foundation she also spearheaded the development and launch of an expanded grant program, which distributed $110 million in more than 1,200 grants reaching 31 counties. With an expertise in prints, drawings, and photographs, Elizabeth has worked with numerous museums and collections, and she established the Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation. She was awarded the distinction of Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture in 2012 and has serve d on the board of directors of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Elizabeth holds master's degrees in both business administration and art history from University of St. Thomas, Houston, and the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, respectively.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Member of the SAR Board
Elizabeth Roghair has been a member of the SAR board since 2013. Elizabeth is a retired CPA and serves as treasurer of the Eldorado Area Water and Sanitation District. Her early career was in corporate and public finance on the East coast; her second career was in charitable gift planning in educational, health care and museum settings in the Chicago area. She retired from Northwestern University and moved in 2010 with her husband James to Santa Fe, where she offers consultation and training to nonprofits on organization development and gift planning topics. She earned an MBA from New York University and a BA from the College of Wooster, Ohio.
Job Titles:
- Acting Director, Indian Arts Research Center
- IARC Director
With over two decades experience in the museum field, Elysia's career has demonstrated a dedication to collaborative programming and community-based collections care. Since becoming IARC director in 2019, Elysia has helped facilitate the development of the Standards for Museums with Native American Collections and served as project facilitator for the groundbreaking nationally traveling exhibition, Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery. Under her leadership, the IARC continues to be at the forefront of the national conversation around how collecting institutions and Native American communities can work together to foster and promote cultural heritage and further contemporary art practices.
Prior to becoming IARC director, Elysia was the IARC's curator of education. She has also worked for the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe, and Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Elysia received her BA in art history and criticism from the University of California, San Diego and MA in art history from the University of New Mexico.
Before his retirement in March 2016, Eric Dobkin was an advisory director at the Goldman Sachs Group, where he had also served a term as Managing Director. In reporting on his retirement, the New York Times referred to him as "the father of the modern I.P.O." In addition to his distinguished service to SAR, Dobkin is a member of the board of governors of The Museum of Arts and Design in New York. He lives with his wife, Barbara, in Pound Ridge and Manhattan, New York. Since 2001, Eric and Barbara Dobkin have supported one of SAR's Native artist positions, the Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native Artist Fellowship for Women.
In recognition of Eric S. Dobkin's nearly two decades of service and extraordinary generosity to SAR, on August 15, 2015, the board of directors formally named the SAR boardroom the "Eric S. Dobkin Boardroom."
Job Titles:
- Program Coordinator, Scholar Programs
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- Director of Finance and Operations
Tsah-shrti-mah (the stone used for grinding corn) is Gerladine's given name in Keres. A member of the Corn Clan at San Felipe Pueblo, Geraldine Lovato, née Lucero, gathers her own clay from the reservation, hand coils her pottery, and paints with natural pigments. She has been making pottery since 1993. She credits her husband, Diego Lovato, who is from Santo Domingo Pueblo, for teaching her how to hand coil, sand, and polish her pottery.
Born in 1983, Gerren is part of a younger generation of potters from San Felipe. At a young age, he first learned about pottery making and marketing from his grandmother Juanita Toledo, who was from Jemez. His mother, Sara Candelaria, grew up there and would take him and his brother Daryl to Jemez to visit her family where Gerren's grandmother would be making pottery. He remembers, "She'd always offer me a piece of clay to make something. So that's how I got started, but other than that, the main person that helped me out was my brother Daryl. That's where I learned how to make bigger pieces."
Gerren Candelaria speaks about his pottery and what inspires him to create.
Gerren says that his style is derived from many Southwestern Pueblo pottery traditions with his designs inspired by what he finds in nature. He likes to experiment with other traditional pottery making techniques, working with different types of natural tempers, clay, slips, and firing. For the most part, however, his materials are collected within the immediate area of San Felipe and Jemez Pueblos.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Member of the Class of 2023
Gregory A. Smith is a partner with Hobbs Straus. He received his J.D. from Cornell Law School and a B.A. from Yale University. Greg has represented Indian tribes and tribal organizations as an attorney and as a government affairs specialist for nearly twenty years. He has also represented his clients on a wide range of matters before virtually every major Federal agency. Greg has advised tribes on the drafting of constitutions, civil and criminal codes, as well as gaming-related contracts and related ordinances and regulations. He has also assisted a number of tribes on economic development and cultural protection matters.
Job Titles:
- Director of Leadership Giving
Helen previously served as the founding hospital chief executive for Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center. After more than twenty-five years in health-care leadership roles, and having achieved licensing and accreditation for the new facility, she has joined SAR's team to focus on major and planning giving. Along with work in the realm of clinical operations, strategy, program development, philanthropy, marketing, and public relations, Helen has also served on the boards of numerous arts and civic organizations, including the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce, the Mayor's Economic Development Committee, and the National Board of the Alzheimer's Association.
Hubert Candelario was born in San Felipe Pueblo on November 2, 1965. In the 1980s, he developed an interest in clay and began experimenting with pottery techniques and form. He was inspired by the work of the late Maria Martinez, who was well known for her black on black pottery, and by Nancy Youngblood and ancient Pueblo pottery designs.
Hubert gathers clay near and around the Pueblos. He cleans, mixes, coils, shapes, sands, and then fires his pottery in a kiln. The bodies of his pots are almost impossibly thin and made from red clay with a micaceous slip. This gives his pottery its characteristic color and texture.
Hubert's work was prominently displayed at the "Changing Hands" exhibit and catalog from the American Craft Museum in New York City. Several of his swirl melon jars and a holey pot are in the Denver Art Museum's permanent collection. Hubert says that he would like the public to see that each of the San Felipe potters has a unique style and that he hopes to see more potters and more pottery styles created there. Today, Hubert lives in Albuquerque where he is a full-time potter and student.
Isidro has a background in landscaping. He joined the staff in the physical plant division working with Ray Sweeney and Randy Montoya. He is responsible for maintaining much of the landscaping on campus and takes a great deal of pride in his work.
Isidro is married and has two children.
Jim Snead has two sons, James and Greg, and two daughters-in-law, Monica and Laura, and two granddaughters, Emily and Molly, and one grandson, Aidan.
He is Chairman of the Board and Senior Shareholder of The Jones Firm, a general practice law firm established in Santa Fe in 1948. He has handled everything from murder cases to nonprofit corporations, but his chief love professionally is representing individuals and small businesses in estate planning, real estate transactions, intellectual property, and other business matters.
Jim was born in Oklahoma, but his childhood was mainly spent in Hobbs, New Mexico. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico, and then went to Washington, DC, where he worked for the Patent Office, the Navy, and NASA. He earned a Juris Doctorate (with honors) from George Washington University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2026
- Professor
Jan is a professor emerita in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at California State University, East Bay in Hayward, California. She joined the faculty in 1989 and is the founder of the Aphasia Treatment Program, a unique intensive approach to speech and language rehabilitation following stroke and brain injury. Through her research, she authored the "Manual of Cooperative Group Treatment for Aphasia" and a chapter in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and other professional articles. Jan earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas Tech University in 1977. She holds a Master of Arts degree from University of Kansas and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara and San Francisco. She currently serves on the board of the Yosemite Conservancy and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband Dave Rossetti and greyhound Zoe.
Jennifer Day joined SAR in 2005. She came to the organization with a background in museum registration and completed a graduate degree in museum studies at the University of Florida. As SAR's head registrar, she administers SAR's collection management database at its Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), and handles documentation of acquisitions, object loans, and rights and reproductions. She has a passion for organizing collection data and making it easily accessible for staff and researchers. Jennifer particularly enjoys working with members of Native American communities to improve documentation of items housed in the IARC collection.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2023
Jerry Sabloff received his Ph.D. In anthropology from Harvard University and his B.A. in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania and an External Faculty Fellow and Past President of the Santa Fe Institute. He is an archaeologist with particular interest in the ancient Maya and has written or edited more than 20 books and monographs
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2026
Joe Colvin graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1969 with a BS degree in electrical engineering and a MS degree in nuclear engineering. He later attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program. Joe retired in 2005 having served as the President and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute, Inc. in Washington, D.C. for 22 years. He also served as president and CEO of two other utility companies with a strong focus on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy to generate emission-free electricity. Joe had a distinguished career as a Naval nuclear submarine officer, serving on seven submarines during his 22-year service to our country. Joe is very involved in the Santa Fe community, having served as president of the Club at Las Campanas for three years and on the board of the Cancer Foundation for New Mexico.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor
- Secretary, Class of 2024
John C. Arroyo, PhD is an Assistant Professor in Urban Studies and Planning and Chicanx and Latinx Studies at the University of California San Diego. Previously, he was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Latino Studies at the School for Advanced Research as well as the Founding Director of the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice at the University of Oregon. Arroyo's research focuses on the political and cultural dimensions of Latino/a/x immigrant-centered built environments in emerging gateways, specifically housing, transportation, and ethnic retail corridors. This work has been supported by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Research Council/Ford Foundation, National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Whiting Foundation. A certified planner (AICP), he has over 25 years of experience working with various arts, cultural heritage, and urbanism-related nonprofits, foundations, and government agencies in research, grantmaking, and technical assistance capacities across the US, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. He received a doctorate in Urban Planning, Policy, and Design as well as a Master's in City Planning and a Certificate in Urban Design from MIT. He currently serves on the Steering Committee for the Public Humanities Network of the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI).
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
Dr. Nieto-Phillips, whose family has deep roots in New Mexico, is an associate professor of history and Latino studies, and vice provost for Diversity and Inclusion at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. He received his BA, MA, and PhD from UCLA. His research has focused on the ways in which race, language, and education have shaped changing notions of Latino identity and US citizenship. In New Mexico, he is best known for his book The Language of Blood: The Making of Spanish-American Identity in New Mexico, 1880s-1930s (UNM Press, 2004). He co-edited, with Christopher Schmidt-Nowara, the book Interpreting Spanish Colonialism: Empires, Nations, and Legends (UNM Press, 2005). A former associate editor for the Journal of American History and a recent Fulbright fellow to Spain, Professor Nieto-Phillips is the founding editor of Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures, named "2018 Best New Journal" by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.
Job Titles:
- Vice President for Finance & Administration
Jorge previously served as the director of finance and operations for the non-profit organization, Esperanza Shelter in Santa Fe for seven years. He has held a variety of senior management roles in the resort, real estate and publishing industries responsible for financial functions, information technology services, risk management, marketing services, and operations.
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, he has made Santa Fe his home since 1990. He earned a BA in economics from the University of California Santa Barbara.
Joseph "Joe" Bracewell joined the SAR Board in February of 2022 and currently serves as Chair of the Finance Committee. A native of Houston, Joe attended Harvard College, Stanford Business School, and Washington College of Law. In 1980, Joe was appointed by President Carter to become president of the newly created Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank, a short-lived assignment that brought Joe and his family to Washington, where they have lived ever since. Joe is currently the Chairman of Trustar Bank, a community bank headquartered in Northern Virginia. He also serves on the Cathedral Chapter of the Washington National Cathedral and is active in masters rowing on the Potomac River. Joe and his wife Peggy have three children and seven grandchildren. They have owned a home in Santa Fe since 2019.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Resident of Santa Fe
Julie S. Rivers is a resident of Santa Fe and an attorney associated with the Santa Fe firm of Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP. She is licensed by the New Mexico and Oklahoma bars. Her areas of expertise include estate planning, mediation, litigation and real property law. She earned a B.S. in English Education in 1984 from Oklahoma State University and a Juris Doctorate in 1992 from the University of Oklahoma Law School. She was an editor of the American Indian Law Review, a member of the Oklahoma Law Review and served as an adjunct professor in family at the University of Oklahoma Law School's Legal Assistant Program. She serves on the MCLE Commission Board of the New Mexico Bar Association, on the board of the Santa Fe Estate Planning Council, and is a member of both the Rotary Club of Santa Fe and the Trusted Advisors Network. She is a 2015 graduate of Leadership Santa Fe. She is also a guest lecturer at Santa Fe Community College.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2023
June Lorenzo, Laguna Pueblo / Navajo (Diné), JD and PhD, lives and works in her home community of Laguna Pueblo. She works with community organizations and Indigenous NGOs to address uranium mining legacy issues and resistance to new mining, sacred landscape protection, and, recently, issues of repatriation of cultural patrimony. She advocates in tribal and domestic courts, as well as before legislative and international human rights bodies. She also participated in negotiations for both the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the American DRIP. She holds a PhD in justice studies from Arizona State University and a JD from Cornell University.
Kat is from Fairbanks in the Golden Heart Interior of Alaska. Continually curious, Kat is fascinated by the stories told by Paleolithic art and the impact of geography and religion on cultures and languages. She has a master's in education, a bachelor's in English literature and music, and a professional background in accounting and journalism. Her great-grandmother fell in love with the City Different in the 1930s, becoming a revered member of the community for over thirty years. Kat enjoys uncovering the layers of history in Santa Fe and New Mexico, traveling, hiking, creative writing, choral music, jazz, and languages. Kat is honored to be part of the resilient community of creative thinkers at the School for Advanced Research.
Katherine manages the library at SAR, serving as librarian and archivist. Prior to SAR, she worked in special, public, and academic libraries in Southern California and Santa Fe. She holds a master's in library and information science (MLIS) from San Jose State University and a BA in art history from the University of California, San Diego. She completed the Western Archives Institute in California and also has a certificate in digitization skills for libraries and cultural heritage institutions. At the UCLA California Rare Book School, she attended courses on special collections librarianship and Indigenous social justice.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2025
Kathleen Wall joined the SAR Board in August of 2022. She was 2016 Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native artist fellow and learned traditional Pueblo pottery from Fannie Loretto (mother), Dorothy Trujillo, Mary Toya, Edna Coriz and Alma Concha (aunts). She has participated in many and won many awards over the years. In 2021, she received the NM Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts and was named the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Native Treasures Living Treasure. In 2006, she received a commission from the Smithsonian Institute to create a storyteller for First Lady Laura Bush to be presented at the Congressional Club ‘First Lady's Luncheon". Kathleen has received solo exhibitions at the Pablita Museum of Indian Women in the Arts in Santa Fe and the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque. In 2018, she won Best of Show at the Bernalillo Indian Arts Festival.
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor
- Chairman, Class of 2023
Ken Cole is Senior Advisor, Pfizer Inc, and is based in Washington, DC. From 2010-2018, Ken was responsible for the company's government relations activities, including its public affairs; grassroots/political action committee programs; alliance development and think tank outreach. Prior to joining Pfizer, he served as Vice President of Global Public Policy and Government Relations at General Motors for a decade. Previously, he was Corporate Vice President, Government Relations, for AlliedSignal from 1983 and later Honeywell. He joined Allied Corporation in 1981 in its Union Texas Petroleum subsidiary in Houston as Vice President, Public Affairs. Prior to that, he had an eight-year career with Standard Oil of Indiana, as Regional Vice President, Public and Government Affairs in Denver and Houston. Ken has chaired several national coalitions promoting international trade, a balanced federal budget, campaign finance reform, and funding for research in electric vehicles. He is a past President of NABPAC and the Business-Government Relations Council. He has chaired the board of directors of a number of industry trade associations and charitable organizations during his thirty-five year career in Washington, D.C. He is an attorney and a graduate of the University of the Texas at Austin.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2026
Larry Colton is a fourth generation San Franciscan who spent the majority of his life in the Bay Area. His business life centered around meeting the Risk Management and Insurance needs of non-profits and high-net-worth individuals throughout the country. His Board involvement has primarily focused on the education, social services, environmental, social impact and healthcare sectors. He currently serves on the Eisenhower Medical Center Board of Directors, the Eisenhower Foundation, and the Caravanserai Project. He has a BA in Communications from University of California, Berkeley. He and his husband, John, split their time between Santa Fe, Rancho Mirage, and Laguna Beach.
Since entering the museum field in 2004, Laura has a passion for collaborative indigenous collections care and working closely with originating communities on proper housing, handling, and access to collections. Laura re-joined the SAR staff in December 2020 and was the previous collections manager at IARC from 2008-2014. Prior to returning, Laura was head of the collections management department at the Denver Art Museum for nearly six years overseeing the daily care, including a major collections move project and numerous grant housing upgrades during her time there. Previous experience includes working as a collection consultant, as an on-line teacher through Northern States Conservation Center, four years at Fort Lewis College, Center of Southwest Studies, and she was a former Americorps VISTA volunteer. She has a BA in Anthropology from Illinois State University, a graduate certificate in Museum Collections Management and Care from George Washington University, and an MA in American Studies from the University of New Mexico.
Job Titles:
- Director of Advancement Operations
Lindsay grew up in Taos, New Mexico, and received her master of business administration from Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico. She began her career working in international development and with indigenous cultures in Kenya and Brazil before settling back in New Mexico. She has worked in fundraising for non-profits in New Mexico for over ten years including the New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. She serves on the board of the Santa Fe Watershed Association and is a graduate of Leadership Santa Fe Class of 2020.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2025
Lynne Withey received her PhD in history at the University of California, Berkeley and her AB in American Studies from Smith College. She is the retired director of the University of California Press, publisher of scholarly books and journals affiliated with the University of California system.
Marcia Richardson moved to Santa Fe in the fall of 2013, after living in San Diego for forty years. She previously worked at the University of California, San Diego. Marcia was also a business owner for over thirty years, specializing in designing marketing materials and advertising, as well as providing administrative support for small businesses. In her role as the receptionist and administrative assistant, Marcia manages incoming inquiries and visitors at the reception center and organizes SAR's campus tours. In her spare time, she loves reading, spending time with her beautiful rescue dog, gardening, and exploring all that Santa Fe has to offer.
Job Titles:
- Director of Public Programs and Communications
Mary Madigan has led the advancement of the arts and nonprofit management from positions at the Vermont Mozart Festival, international music publisher Boosey & Hawkes, Meet The Composer, Concert Artists Guild, The New School, and other important organizations. She hosted a conversation with Kinan Azmeh, a Syrian-born musician, speaking on "Art in Times of Crisis" at The Watermill Center (NY) in 2016. Madigan's extensive experience in programming and drawing community around arts and culture leads her to the mission of SAR where she develops programs to engage the public in SAR's body of knowledge, scholarship, and creative work.
Melinda moved to Santa Fe in early 2021 to hike mountain trails and enjoy the many cultural events that the city offers. Originally from rural Pennsylvania, she has a BA in photography and an MA in adult and community education. In her previous career directing outreach education for art colleges, Melinda learned to procure corporate, foundation, and government grant funding to support programming. Since then, she has expanded her grant writing skills to help organizations in higher education, the arts, and social service sectors meet their fundraising goals.
Job Titles:
- President
- Member of the Ex Officio
SAR Staff will make every effort to investigate and respond to any reported act of sexual misconduct on a timely basis according to its applicable policies.
Dr. Brown, a cultural anthropologist, has been president of the School for Advanced Research since 2014. His research covers a broad range of topics, including the Indigenous peoples of Amazonia, new religious movements, and the global challenge of protecting Indigenous cultural property from misuse and appropriation. He has an AB degree from Princeton and a PhD in anthropology from the University of Michigan and has been awarded research fellowships by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Institute for Advanced Study. Prior to his appointment as SAR president, Brown served on the faculty of Williams College for 34 years.
In addition to numerous scholarly articles, Brown is the author of six books, including The Channeling Zone: American Spirituality in an Anxious Age (1997), Who Owns Native Culture? (2003), and Upriver: The Turbulent Life and Times of an Amazonian People (2014). He has also published articles and reviews in publications including Natural History, Smithsonian,The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Times Literary Supplement, and the New York Times Book Review.
Michael F. Brown is the President of SAR. He received his A.B. degree from Princeton and a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of Michigan. He served on the faculty of Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, for 34 years, during which time he was awarded research fellowships by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Institute for Advanced Study. At SAR, he was a resident scholar and a participant in two advanced seminars. Brown is the author of six books.
In June 2014, Michael F. Brown assumed SAR's presidency after shifting to emeritus status at Williams College, on whose faculty he had long served. Dr. Brown, a cultural anthropologist familiar with SAR from participation in two advanced seminars and a term as resident scholar, has published extensively on new religious movements, the indigenous peoples of South America, and global efforts to protect indigenous cultural property from appropriation and misuse.
Miriam Kolar, MFA & PhD, was a Weatherhead Fellow at SAR (2016-2017). An adjunct professor at Stanford University, Dr. Kolar studies human-sonic interrelationships across time and geography, integrating acoustical and auditory perceptual science methodologies in prehistoric archaeology. Dr. Kolar collaborates on anthropologically contextualized auralization research and produces multimodal interfaces for archaeological engagement.
Moira was born in Gallup, New Mexico, and has lived in Santa Fe for over a decade. She is a practicing visual artist and graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts and holds a MA in Latin American Studies with concentrations in Latin American art history and Indigenous studies from the University of New Mexico. Moira has worked as a visiting artist in the Santa Fe and Espanola Public Schools, as a Spanish language instructor, and as a museum researcher at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. She also helps to facilitate international partnerships and exchange programs at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe.
In her new role as membership coordinator at SAR, Moira works with the advancement team to coordinate membership and donor programs and events.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2026
Nancy F. Bern has over 40 years of domestic and international executive experience in the financial services, insurance, and technology industries. As Global Client Executive at IBM, she was responsible for sales and account management for IBM's largest international clients. She was Chairman and CEO of John Hancock Health Plan Management Services, a consulting firm that provided advice and counsel to Fortune 100 companies in choosing and managing health benefit plans for their employees. As Senior Vice President for John Hancock Financial Services, she headed Hancock's Group Insurance Division world-wide, managing research, product design, pricing, marketing, sales, financials, legal and compliance, technology systems, and customer service for business done with Hancock's Fortune 100 customers. Nancy received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University, a Master of Business Administration degree from Boston University School of Management, and a Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School.
Paloma López (she/her) grew up in Gallup, New Mexico. She received her BA in anthropology from Boston University and continued her studies in Puebla, Mexico. Upon returning to the United States, Paloma spent several years teaching in Phoenix, Arizona. In 2021, she received her MA in museum studies from The University of New Mexico. Before joining SAR, Paloma served as an AmeriCorps Member at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM where she developed curricula for the NHCC Art Museum. In her role as Education Manager, Paloma oversees the Native artist fellowship program, the IARC internship program, IARC volunteers, and community outreach efforts.
Ray D. Garcia (a.k.a. Ray Duck)
Ray was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 23, 1966, into a family of jewelers and potters. As a young boy, he pulled his wagon to the south side of the Pueblo of San Felipe to collect clay with his grandmother, Maria Chavez, to use in the creation of her pots. On their journeys to collect the clay from precious Mother Earth, she would tell stories about the animals and insects, which he incorporates in his pottery today. Ray's grandmother instilled in him the love of making pottery as he learned how to mold the different clays and when to touch and when not to touch the delicate pots. This is where he feels his connection today.
Ricardo Ortiz was born, reared, and currently lives in San Felipe Pueblo. He is the son of Frank Ortiz and Vanencia Montaño Ortiz and grandson of Lorenzo and Candelaria Montaño. He is married to Victoria Ortiz and has six children and nine grandchildren.
Ricardo Ortiz speaks about the importance of pottery in his community, San Felipe Pueblo.
When creating pottery, Ricardo explains that one must talk with and respect the clay. The form of the pottery is often determined by the clay itself. Like many potters, he finds pottery making to be a deeply personal and often emotional practice.
I was taught from both the grandparents and my parents that [making pottery] can emotionally get to you. If you're not strong, don't bother. Leave it alone. Because there's so many things that … I mean, you work hard to do the pottery, and maybe at the very end it might not come out like how you expect and that, emotionally, can get to you and hurt your feelings. It's just like dropping that pot, and that could happen to you easily. So you have to be emotionally strong and emotionally fit.
The work Ricardo creates reflects the traditional style of art incorporating effigy designs. Each piece and design is representative of motivation, strength, prosperity, and family unity. His inspiration comes from his grandparents, his mother, and his desire to revive the art of traditional pottery at San Felipe. Ricardo won a first place award in the 2008 Heard Indian Market for a figurative double spouted water jar. Queen Elizabeth has the honor of having one of his mother's pots in her collection.
Job Titles:
- Physical Plant Director
- Staff Accountant
As staff accountant, Bob's primary responsibilities include accounts payable functions, maintenance of cash position including deposits and on-line banking activities, posting of monthly accounting entries, and other general accounting duties. Bob retired from the State of New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department after twenty-six and a half years in the field of accounting and financial management. He has a bachelor's in accounting from New Mexico State University.
Bob is a native Santa Fean. He and his wife, Paula, have a son in college and a young daughter in elementary school.
Robert comes to us after nine years as the facility complex manager for the NM Department of Public Safety. His area of responsibility included the state police training facility off Cerrillos Rd. Before 2007, Robert worked for ten years for the NM General Services Department. including two years as facilities manager. He has lots of experience with both old buildings and guest relations. Robert is a native Santa Fean. He enjoys spending time with his wife, daughters and grandchild.
Job Titles:
- Member of the SAR Welcomes Two New Board
- New Board Members
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2023
Scott Waugh recently retired from UCLA, where he began teaching in 1975. He received his BA in history from UCLA in 1970 and his PhD in English history from the University of London in 1975. The author and editor of several books on the history of England in the Middle Ages and European medieval history, he has received numerous award s for his teaching in a wide range of historical topics. He served as dean of the social sciences at UCLA for fourteen years before becoming executive vice chancellor and provost in 2008. During his time at UCLA, he acted in various capacities, overseeing programs across the University of California system as a whole. He has sat on several academic boards and was chair of the board for the Center for Research Libraries.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Pueblo of Acoma
- Registrar for Cultural Projects
Stephanie, a member of the Pueblo of Acoma tribe, received her BA in anthropology with an emphasis in cultural anthropology and museum studies from New Mexico State University. Prior to joining IARC, she worked for several years at the Sky City Cultural Center & Haakú Museum and at the New Mexico State University Museum. She has also completed a residency at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in collections management. Thanks to previous projects she has been involved in, Stephanie has become passionate about learning and sustaining traditional pottery-making practices.
Job Titles:
- Architect, Planning Consultant
- Member of the Class of 2024
Steven Robinson has been an architect, planning consultant, and civic leader in Santa Fe for over 30 years. He has designed community buildings on the Taos Pueblo, Pueblo of San Ildefonso, and the Pueblo of Pojoaque. He designed the award-winning Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe, and the master plan for the 3,400 acre Bartolome Sanchez Land Grant in Rio Arriba County. Steve has served for 19 years as the founding president of the non-profit corporation revitalizing the city-owned 50 acre Santa Fe Railyard. He has written an insider's story of New York civic activism in the 1980's which prevented overwhelming development on Manhattan's West Side. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Liberal Arts and received a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University.
Job Titles:
- Historian
- Member of the Class of 2023
Susan Foote is an historian with deep interest in 17th- and 18th-century Britain.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Class of 2025
Tom Conner is a retired attorney from Houston. As a trial attorney, he was involved in civil, commercial, probate litigation and medical malpractice defense, but his specialty was Family Law. Early in his career, he represented Priscilla Davis in her divorce against Cullen Davis, the richest man ever tried for murder. This sensational case resulted in two books and a made for television movie and propelled him into a career as a Family Law Specialist, receiving national and international recognition. Taking off his lawyer hat, Tom was instrumental in forming TIRR Foundation/Mission Connect, which focuses on improving the lives and finding a cure for persons suffering from paralysis and traumatic brain injury. The foundation currently has 20 institutions (including Texas A & M, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Medical School) and 150 scientists working to fulfill its mission. Tom is also a Lifetime Director of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the largest event of its kind in the world. The show enjoys annual attendance in excess of 1.5M people and awards college scholarships in excess of $14M each year to deserving Texas students. He has also served on numerous professional, church and homeowner association boards. He is a graduate of the University of Texas and the University of Houston School of Law.