Candidate Biographies and Statements

OFFICERS

Vice President for Outreach and Education Two-year term (2018-2020) One candidate for one position: Ethel A. Scully

Ethel A. Scully Position: AIA Governing Board, General Trustee

As a General Trustee on the AIA’s Governing Board since January 2015, I am honored to be considered a candidate for Vice President for Outreach and Education. I presently serve on the Outreach and Education Committee and Strategic Planning Task Force, and have previously served on the Executive Committee as well as the Advisory Committee on Development.

Outreach and Education are central to the mission of the AIA. As Vice President of Outreach and Education, I would work with all constituents to develop strategies and implement tactics designed to bring that mission to life. Specifically, the mission-driven principles the committee supports are to “promote public understanding of the material record of the human past,” to “educate people of all ages about the significance of archaeological discovery,” and to communicate broadly as we “advocate for the preservation of the world’s archaeological heritage.” In short, the committee will support two of the three key organizational drivers: Educate and Advocate.

To that end, I seek to optimize our existing channels of outreach to the general public. More importantly however, the time is right to leverage digital media and partnerships to greatly expand our reach. As the AIA renews its web presence, we will endeavor to develop an educational portal that is the go-to source for K-12 educators. Likewise our nascent Educator programs will benefit from enriched curriculum development and partnership with teaching associations.

At first blush, I might appear to be an unusual candidate for this role as I am not a professional educator. I am, however, a professional communicator and avocational educator. My 35 years of experience in the areas of marketing, promotion, communications, strategy, and interdisciplinary team leadership are uniquely suited to educating and advocating. I would work with our rich array of academic members to ensure the quality of technical content.

I have been active in outreach and education at the local level for the last nine years. As a docent for the Archaeology Associates of Greenwich, I have taught a Prehistoric Peoples Program to middle school students in Connecticut and New York. This program takes Paleolithic and Neolithic stone tools to the classroom, and invites students to explore how tool use helped our ancient ancestors adapt. The program has reached more than 70,000 students in the area. I’ve participated in local digs and visit archaeological sites around the world as often as I can.

If elected, I would bring many years of organizational experience and leadership skill to the role. My business career was spent in both entrepreneurial and large corporate environments, the last ten years of which were with International Paper Company as Chief Marketing Officer. I’m certain that the skills and competencies developed throughout my career are transferable and could be used to great benefit in this role. I hold degrees from Cornell (B.S.) and NYU (M.B.A.).

GENERAL TRUSTEES

General Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) One candidate for one position: Thomas H. Carpenter

Thomas H. Carpenter Position: Charles J. Ping Professor of Humanities and Distinguished Professor of Classics at Ohio University, Director of the Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities

Thomas H. Carpenter is the Charles J. Ping Professor of Humanities and Distinguished Professor of Classics at Ohio University, where he has taught since 1997. He is also the Director of the Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities and served as chair of the Department of Classics and World Religions for five years. Prior to his university teaching, he served as headmaster of a school in . He holds degrees from Johns Hopkins, Harvard and Oxford and is an expert in ancient Greek religion and iconography. He has published numerous books and articles, one of which, his Art and Myth in Ancient , has been translated into six languages. His recent work has focused on the Italic people of 4th Century BCE , and he recently co-edited the first book in English to focus on these people The Italic People of Ancient Apulia: New Evidence from Pottery for Workshops, Markets and Customs (Cambridge, 2014). He has been a member of the AIA since 1975, and served on the Program Committee for nine years. As a General Trustee with experience as a headmaster, a department chair and the director of an Institute, he will bring the perspective of a mature academic to the board of the AIA.

General Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) One candidate for one position:

Josh Gates Position: Host, Executive Producer, Travel Channel’s

Adventurer, television presenter, and author Josh Gates is the host and executive producer of the Travel Channel series, Expedition Unknown. The show is the highest rated program of the world’s largest travel media brand. In a television landscape where history and archaeology are often endangered species, Expedition Unknown celebrates field science and in a dynamic format while highlighting vibrant cultures and destinations around the world.

Josh believes he can best serve the AIA as a General Trustee by supporting the Institute’s mission to preserve and increase the public’s interest in archaeological discovery, research, and education. Josh is eager to explore new avenues to continue to translate the vital, academic work supported by the AIA into engaging content for the general public. Television, the internet, and social media can be powerful forces to help increase the Institute’s visibility and reach and to inspire the next generation of explorers.

Josh participated in three seasons of marine excavations at Caesarea Maritima in . He holds a degree in Archaeology from Tufts University (BA ’99). He is also a fellow of The Explorers Club. To date, he has worked in more than one hundred countries, scaled "the roof of " on Mt. Kilimanjaro, and climbed Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the Americas. Josh lives in Los Angeles as well as on airport floors around the world.

General Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) One candidate for one position: Tina Edwards Mayland

Tina Edwards Mayland Position: Professional Artist

My love of history and archeology is personal. As a 9th generation Charlestonian, my family was instrumental in American independence and national and state government, making history not dry dates and facts to me, but rather a personal story. As an extensive traveler, I’ve enjoyed AIA tours to Israel, the Peloponnese, prehistoric monuments of & Brittany, and Cave Paintings of France and Spain; so, likewise, archeology isn’t dry analytics for me, but rather dramatic insight into human culture and religion.

My professional background is as follows: As VP of Marketing for AT&T, I managed a staff of 86 and a budget of $4.7 million, and was responsible for the company’s product positioning, marketing, and event management. My prior background includes being General Manager of the Video Conferencing Division of Sprint, where I had sole responsibility for the Division's P&L, managing the sales team, marketing, customer service and operations. As VP of Marketing for Savvis Communications, I helped take the company public and was part of the management team that grew the company from $16 million to over $300 million. I was also a Managing Director for the executive recruiting firm of Russell Reynolds Associates, helping to build the firm’s technology business. After retiring from my high tech career, I "rewired" to focus on becoming a full-time artist, while simultaneously working at the Lowcountry Land Trust as Director of Development for 5 years. My artwork is currently represented by galleries in South Carolina and Georgia.

Regarding how I may be of service to AIA, I believe my participation in AIA Tours, as well as my professional and volunteer experience could help leverage the AIA tours asset for additional educational and donation development. Regarding my service background, I’ve served on several boards, including the board of Middleton Place Foundation (national historic landmark and home to America’s oldest landscaped gardens), and the board of the Property Owners Association for our self-governed island. Locally, I also served 5 years on the board of the Charleston Artist Guild.

My education includes a degree in Journalism from the University of Georgia and an MBA from Emory University.

Website: TinaMaylandArt.com

General Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) One candidate for one position: Anthony Phokoin Potamianos

Anthony Phokoin Potamianos Position: Partner, Sylvina Capital

Anthony Phokion Potamianos is the general partner of Sylvina Capital, a private family investment firm based in San Francisco, since 2010. From 2005-2010, Potamianos was a partner and a member of the investment committee of Francisco Partners, a $10 billion technology-focused private equity fund based in San Francisco. Before joining Francisco Partners, Potamianos was an investment banker and research analyst on Wall Street. He served as head of the UBS global semiconductor investment banking group with responsibilities in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Earlier in his career, from 1997-2000, he was an institutional investor ranked research analyst of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in New York City. Potamianos serves on a number of boards including the American School of Classical Studies/Gennadios Library, Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology, Knightsbridge Schools International, and Elliniki Etairia USA. Potamianos received a Master of Science in Economics from the School of Economics and Political Science.

General Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) One candidate for one position: Maria Vecchiotti

Maria Vecchiotti Position: Co-Chair of Development Committee, Board of Directors of The Future Project and The Children’s Storefront

Maria Vecchiotti graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Economics from Fordham University and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. After earning her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, she held various positions as a real estate attorney. She was an active participant in several capacities at her children’s schools, including: serving as Executive Vice President of Committees; Co-Chair of the 300th Anniversary Gala; and as a member of the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Leadership Advisory Board.

Presently, she serves on the Board of Directors of The Future Project and The Children’s Storefront, where she Co-Chairs the Development Committee. Her past board experience includes Girls’ Learn International and the Goddard Riverside Community Center, where she Co-Chaired the Development Committee.

Ms. Vecchiotti has had a lifelong interest in history and archaeology. Other interests include: skiing, scuba diving, and rock climbing. She is a member of the Cosmopolitan Club (NY).

General Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) One candidate for one position: Elie Abemayor

Elie Abemayor Position: Physician

Member of the AIA Governing Board from 1996-2002, 2003-2009, and 2014-2017. I have been actively involved in the fields of archaeology and classical studies throughout my life. As a Classical Studies major at the University of Pennsylvania, I majored in classical Greek with additional coursework in ancient Egyptian. I studied at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens during the summer of 1977 with Fordyce Mitchel. I have been actively involved with the Archaeological Institute of America since 1980. I have served on the Governing Board from 1996-2002, 2003-2009, and 2014-2017. From 1997-2007, I acted as the Chairperson of the Development Committee. I remain a member of the New York Society of the AIA and the American Research Center in . While time constraints of my job limit my availability for outside lectures, I make efforts to attend scholarly meetings and museum exhibitions. I am well acquainted with the AIA and its mission. I feel strongly about maintaining the archaeological record for future generations. My career outside of archaeology coupled with my ongoing interest in Classical Studies provides a unique perspective to the Governing Board. I hope to offer my support and enthusiasm to the organization in order to ensure the survival of endangered sites and guarantee opportunities for ongoing scholarly research.

General Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) One candidate for one positon: David W. Adam

David W. Adam Position: Senior Vice President of Finance and Head of Corporate Treasury, Johnson Financial Group, Racine, Wisconsin

Dave Adam is a financial executive with leadership experience in a variety of non-profits and a strong interest in archaeology. He serves as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Head of Corporate Treasury for Johnson Financial Group based in Racine, Wisconsin, where he oversees the organization’s investments, pensions, funding, insurance, and capital activities. A certified public accountant, he seeks to add value in

melding an understanding of the numbers with a passion for strategic planning and creative problem solving. In addition to undergraduate and graduate degrees in business, Dave earned a master’s degree in the Classical Mediterranean from the University of Leicester in 2012 that included the dissertation “Financial Intermediation in the in the 3rd and 4th Centuries.”

Dave is fascinated by the interpretation of material culture and the practices, beliefs and traditions of peoples and places across all time periods and geographic contexts. He currently serves as a General Trustee on the AIA Governing Board and serves on the Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Audit Committee, Holton Book Award Committee and the Strategic Plan Task Force and is a member of the local Milwaukee AIA chapter.

Website: www.linkedin.com/pub/david-adam/9/882/a18/

General Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) One candidate for one position: H. Bruce McEver

H. Bruce McEver Position: Chairman and Founder of Berkshire Capital Securities LLC, President of the Religious Literacy Foundation

Mr. McEver founded Berkshire Capital in 1983, pioneering the concept of providing independent merger, acquisition and strategic advisory services for investment managers and security firms. Berkshire is the leading firm in this area in the USA. As Chairman, Bruce directs the firm’s long-term strategy and business development efforts.

Prior to founding Berkshire Capital, Bruce served as the Assistant to the Chairman of Paine Webber Group Inc. for mergers and acquisitions. Mr. McEver has spent most of his career in mergers with Blyth Eastman Dillon Inc., a firm acquired by Paine Webber Group Inc., Chemical Bank, W.R. Grace and in the Venture Capital with Bessemer Securities, Inc.

Bruce earned a BIE from Georgia Institute of Technology (on an NROTC scholarship) and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He was an exchange student at the Technische Hochschule in Hannover, . As a Lieutenant, USN, he was on the staff of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Systems Analysis). Bruce completed an MTS Degree in Religion and Literature at the Harvard Divinity School in 2011. He is currently a partner in the Distinguished Careers Institute at Stanford University

He is on the board of the Poet’s House in New York City and the University of Georgia Press. Bruce is a member of the Dean’s Council at the Harvard Divinity School and the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He is a Corporate Trustee of the Trustees of Reservations (Mass.). Bruce was co-founder of the Religious Literacy Foundation, (www.tfrl.org). He is a Professor of Practice in the Ivan Allen College at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the sponsor of the Poetry at Tech program.

He won the Distinguished Alumni Award from Woodward Academy in 2004 and was given the Dean’s Appreciation Award from the Ivan Allen College at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2015. Bruce was the bronze medalist at the Rio Olympics for the 2016 Global Business & Interfaith Peace Award.

He is interested in the environment and participates actively in conservation efforts on the behalf of the natural woodlands near his home at Utopia Farm in Northwest Connecticut. Bruce is a hiker, biker, an avid reader and author of three books of poetry. He has had a life-long interest in archeology and taken AIA trips to Mesoamerica, Egypt, Scotland, and elsewhere.

General Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) One candidate for one position: John J. Yarmick

John J. Yarmick Position: Retired Banker

I am honored to run for a second term as a General Trustee of the AIA Board of Governors. I first served the Institute as a General Trustee from July 2005 until January 2013. During my tenure, I was Chair of the Audit Committee for six years, and Chair of the Nominating Committee for one term. After I stepped down from the Board, I continued to support AIA’s mission by chairing the AIA Tours Committee for six years as well as the Holton Book Award Committee, where I am now in my sixth year as Chair. I also serve on the Archaeology Magazine Committee. I was invited to re-join the Board as a General Trustee in January 2015. At the local level, I have been a Trustee of the New York Society since 2010 and am currently the Society’s Treasurer. I am also involved in other non-profit organizations based in New York City. I believe in the importance of preserving and raising awareness of our common, global heritage and look forward to continuing to offer my services to the AIA and its important activities.

ACADEMIC TRUSTEES

Academic Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) Two candidates for one position: Morag Kersel, Justin St. P. Walsh

Morag M. Kersel Position: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, DePaul University

I am Associate Professor of Anthropology at DePaul University, Director of the Museum Studies Minor, and an affiliated faculty member with the Center for Art, Museum & Cultural Heritage Law in the College of Law at DePaul University. I hold degrees from the (PhD), the University of Georgia (MHP), the University of Toronto (MA), and Queen’s University (BA Hons). My work combines archaeological, archival, and ethnographic research in order to understand the efficacy of cultural heritage laws in protecting archaeological landscapes from looting. My research interests include the prehistory of the southern Levant with active field projects in Israel and Jordan.

I have been an active AIA member since 2002, presenting papers, attending sessions, and serving on committees. I am a member of the Committee on Cultural Policy and the Lecture Committee. At the local level I am one of the Vice-Presidents of the Chicago Society. I have been privileged to represent the AIA through the National Speakers Series, as a Wilkie, LaFollette, and Kershaw lecturer. As an AIA trustee I will bring commitment and experience in order to further the AIA mission of archaeological inquiry to a wide range of publics. I would like to see continued energy concentrating on the next generation (undergraduate and graduate students) of AIA members; they will be essential to maintaining the organization’s future and relevance in our global society. It would be an honor to be a part of AIA’s distinguished commitment to preservation, presentation, and protection of the archaeological record.

Justin St. P. Walsh Position: Associate professor of art history and archaeology; Chair, Department of Art, Chapman University

I am a Registered Professional Archaeologist. Since 1998, I have worked at sites in the US, Spain, Jordan, and Italy (especially Morgantina). My interests include cross-cultural interactions; Greek pottery; the archaeology of Greece, Sicily, and Iberia; archaeological theory; open data; protection of cultural heritage; and the emerging field of space archaeology. I published Consumerism in the Ancient World: Imports and Identity Construction (Routledge 2014), and ten articles and book chapters. For the last four years, I’ve

directed the Chapman Excavations at Cástulo project in Andalucía, Spain, supported by competitive grants from the Loeb Classical Library Foundation and the National Geographic Society. I am also co-PI of the first archaeological investigation of a habitation site in space, the International Space Station. During my career, I’ve won significant awards, including a Rome Prize and a Fulbright. In 2016, I was Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor at the .

I’ve belonged to the AIA since 1997, serving three terms each on the Committee for Conservation and Site Preservation and the Committee on Computers. I was proud to receive the Helen M. Woodruff Fellowship. I’ve given talks to AIA local societies across the . My relevant service includes the Managing Committee of the American School in Athens and the Advisory Council of the American Academy in Rome, and being Secretary-Treasurer of the Classical Society of the American Academy in Rome for three terms. I was elected Secretary of the Chapman Faculty Senate and Chair of our Faculty Governance Council for 2015- 2016.

Academic Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) Two candidates for one position: Elizabeth M. Greene, Anthony Tuck

Elizabeth M. Greene Position: Associate Professor of Roman Archaeology, University of Western Ontario, Department of Classics

Dr. Greene has been involved with the AIA for nearly fifteen years. She has been active with her local chapters (Boston; , Triangle; Niagara/Toronto), attended the Annual Meeting every year since 2003 and is now a life member of the organization. While doing her PhD at UNC Chapel Hill she served as Program Coordinator for the chapter (2006-8) and has been a national lecturer twice (2014-15; 2016-17). Her service for the AIA began as a graduate student as the Grad Representative on the Student Paper Award Committee (2005-9), a committee for which she now serves as Chair (2 terms, 2014-19). She has been an active part of many Interest Groups, helped to found the Roman Provincial Archaeology IG and was chair of the Women in Archaeology IG (2011-16). This varied and extensive experience with the AIA gives broad opportunity to serve as a Trustee from a well-informed perspective on different facets of the organization, and particularly how the AIA can help academics at different career stages. Dr. Greene’s academic career has included excavation across the Roman world. She works primarily on Roman Provincial sites in England, but also has experience on Etruscan and Roman sites in Italy. She has published widely on her work on the social life of the Roman army and on the unique assemblages of material from Vindolanda, near Hadrian’s Wall. She has a commitment to training students, each year taking 8-10 undergraduates on a Field School at Vindolanda to gain comprehensive experience in field technique and heritage management. Her teaching awards (from both UNC and Western Ontario) show a commitment to education and to furthering the future of our discipline.

Anthony Tuck Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Classics, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Anthony Tuck is an Etruscan archaeologist. His research focuses on the site of Poggio Civitate, an 8th through 6th century BCE settlement where he has served as co-Director since 1996 and Director since 2011. Tuck’s work considers the social, political and economic development of Poggio Civitate through the lens of the site’s elite architecture and iconography as well as the site’s surrounding non-elite communities. Since the early 1990s, Tuck has worked to develop digital tools to allow scholars free and open access to decades of archival research associated with Poggio Civitate. He is actively involved with the Comune of Murlo in the civic and economic promotion of the region around Poggio Civitate through its archaeological and cultural resources.

Tuck is also a committed and award winning teacher. His work at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has resulted in the creation of an undergraduate degree track with a focus on archaeological data science.

Tuck is actively involved in the promotion of archaeological research and Classical Studies to audiences beyond the academy. He regularly engages in outreach to elementary school groups, discussing themes of Classical Mythology and Archaeology through children's fiction. He frequently lectures on his work and has participated in the AIA Lecture Series since 2002, presenting on subjects ranging from his work in Italy to ancient textile production.

Academic Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) One candidate for one position: Mark Lawall

Mark Lawall Position: Professor, Classics Department, University of Manitoba

Since the time I was elected to my first three-year term as academic trustee of the AIA, I have been very active on a number of fronts. I continue to serve as the president of the Winnipeg Society and to serve on the Lecture Program committee, the Research and Academic Affairs committee, and the advisory Board of the AJA. I attended or will attend in person all three January meetings of the Board coinciding with my term as a trustee, as well as a spring meeting in Boston and a fall meeting in Washington D.C. I attended two other meetings by conference call (Phoenix, Santa Fe). Most recently I assisted with a major review of the AIA’s regulations. At the same time, since April 2017, I serve as the Chair of the Managing Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and I continue to serve on the Board of the Canadian Institute in Greece. My research activity involves study and interpretation of shipping amphoras from both old and recent excavations, and I have organized two separate panels for the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology to be held in Bonn and Cologne in May 2018.

I bring to the Board a wide familiarity with the archaeology of the wider Mediterranean world. I can draw on my experiences in the administration of the American School, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, and the Canadian Institute in Greece, as well as past experience in university administration.

Academic Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) One candidate for one position: Kathleen Lynch

Kathleen Lynch Position: Professor, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati

Kathleen is Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati. She is an active archaeological scholar with a commitment to education and outreach. Her research focuses on Greek ceramics, and her book The Symposium in Context, won the Wiseman Award in 2013. She has worked on excavations in Italy, Greece, Albania, and Turkey, with current projects at the Athenian Agora, Olynthos, and Gordion in Turkey. She is currently an Academic Trustee, the Treasurer of the Cincinnati Society, serves on the Program Committee, the Select Papers on Art and Architecture editorial board, and was a previous Chair of the Fellowships Committee. She has been a national lecturer for many years and occasional AIA tours lecturer. At Cincinnati she founded an outreach program, which has won AIA Outreach grants for its presentation and podcast programs (classics.uc.edu/outreach). In 2014 she won the University of Cincinnati Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching and in 2016 the Provost’s award for Academic Excellence. Kathleen is also the Vice Chair of the Managing Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. She is currently the chair of the Nominating Committee, and if reappointed, she would bring first-hand knowledge of many facets of the AIA’s mission--scholarship, outreach, cultural heritage, and society activities--which would allow her to help identify others to serve in AIA governance.

Website: http://classics.uc.edu/index.php/facultyandstaff

Academic Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) One candidate for one position: Sarah Parcak

Sarah Parcak Position: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

BA, Yale University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations () and Archaeological Studies MA, Cambridge University, Trinity College, Department of Archaeology (Egyptian Archaeology) PhD, Cambridge University, Trinity College, Department of Archaeology (Egyptian Archaeology)

Sarah Parcak is from Bangor, Maine. She is a National Geographic Society Archaeology Fellow, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and a 2013 TED Senior Fellow. Sarah serves as the founding director of the Laboratory for Global Observation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Sarah and her husband, Egyptologist Greg Mumford, work together on the Surveys and Excavation Projects in Egypt, which includes archaeological projects in the Delta, Sinai, and pyramid fields regions of Egypt. Sarah has written the first textbook on the field of satellite archaeology, Satellite Remote Sensing for Archaeology, and has published numerous peer reviewed scientific papers. She is regularly invited to give papers at national and international conferences and symposia. She is also interviewed regularly for national print media (Science, Nature, National Geographic, CNN, BBC). Her research has been featured in two major international BBC-Discovery Chanel Documentaries, "Egypt: What Lies Beneath” and "Rome's Lost Empire." Sarah has worked with NASA and the US State Department, and has collaborators across the globe. She has given 150 talks to a range of audiences worldwide.

Sarah is an avid fan of “football,” as she played varsity football (aka soccer) for Yale and Cambridge, winning her varsity blue and leading Cambridge to a 4-0 defeat of Oxford in in 2005 with two goals and two assists. She enjoys gardening, cooking, traveling, and learning bluegrass guitar.

SOCIETY TRUSTEES

Society Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) Two candidates for one position: Gary Linn, Connie Rodriguez

Gary Linn Position: Retired Vice President—Commercial Loan Officer

Gary Linn is a thoughtful business leader from Springfield, Ohio who spent 40 years in commercial banking. Gary has always viewed small business as the economic backbone of a community, and sees arts and sciences as the lifeblood.

A career in banking helped Gary to build community ties and relationships, which were fostered through volunteer work and board service. Gary is President of the Board of Trustees of Covenant Presbyterian Church, sits on the investment committee of a NFP community health center, and has volunteered for tax levy campaigns for the local Mental Health Board.

As a graduate of a Midwestern liberal arts college, Gary was exposed to art history and appreciation, and developed a lifelong passion for the arts. This passion has found a home in the Archaeological Institute of America, which he has enjoyed for 25 years. Gary served as President of the Springfield chapter for five years. During his tenure as President, Gary successfully stabilized and grew the membership despite natural member attrition due to advancing age. While friendships and community affiliation were a pleasure with the Springfield chapter, Gary’s greatest enjoyment came from spending time with visiting scholars and the speakers provided by the AIA.

It has been a pleasure for Gary to spend time in the company of AIA affiliated scholars, and he would love the opportunity to serve the organization in some greater way. Being a Society Trustee would be a wonderful chance for Gary to contribute to an organization for which he has great admiration.

Connie Rodriguez Position: Emmett M. Bienvenu, SJ Distinguished Professor of Classical Studies and chair of the Department of Classical Studies at Loyola University New Orleans

Dr. Rodriguez received her B.A. in Classical Studies from the University of Richmond (VA) and M.A. and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. She has been on faculty at Loyola University New Orleans since 1988, where she teaches Latin, Greek and archaeology (Greek, Roman and Egyptian). She has been a member of the AIA since 1982 (Baltimore Society). She joined the New Orleans Society in 1988, first serving as secretary/treasurer until 2000 when she became President, a position that she still holds. She has helped host three national meetings in New Orleans (1992, 2003, 2015). She served on the Archaeology Magazine Committee (2003-06) and was a Society Lecturer (2010-2012). She received the AIA Foot Soldier Award (2014) and the Joukowsky Distinguished Service Award (2015). She is currently serving on the AIA Societies Committee (2016-2019), and the Joukowsky Distinguished Service Award, Society Awards and Society Outreach Grants Subcommittees (2015-18).

As the lone officer of a small society, she has first-hand understanding of the challenges facing smaller societies in: recruiting (under her leadership the New Orleans Society has grown from around 30 members to nearly 45), programming (she has cultivated a network of local academic and professional archaeologists who give lectures augmenting the national speakers), and budgeting (she has established a small endowment through her department to help defray costs associated with hosting speakers). She will bring this experience to the table and advocate for a healthy, sustainable future of the smaller societies.

Society Trustee Three-year term (2018–2021) One candidate for one position: James R. Jansson

James R. Jansson Position: Trustee, AIA Governing Board, Executive Committee Member, Finance Committee Member, Society Committee Member, Chairman of the Society Outreach Grant Program Subcommittee, Founding Director of the Foundation for Calabrian Archaeology, Honorary President and Board Member of the Denver AIA Society

I am married to Ann Jansson with two grown children and one 11 year old Shih-poo. I am a resident of Parker, Colorado, and have lived there for 33 years. I graduated from the University of New in 1967 and am a 1981 graduate of the College for Financial Planning. I served 5 years in the United States Navy as an Intelligence Officer, and have 47 years’ experience in the securities industry. I am a past branch manager, department head, and general partner of a New York Stock Exchange Firm. Currently, I am a senior vice president and financial consultant of RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) Wealth Management, Inc.

I believe that consensus building is critical when working with others towards a common objective. That being said, I am not afraid to ask questions, to propose solutions that might not be popular, and to keep in mind that I represent all AIA members. My own area of interest in archaeology is classical, but I feel that it is important that the AIA be a ‘big tent’ where all types of archaeology are welcome and encouraged. The AIA is an organization in transition and I am proud to play a part in it. I am now convinced that the AIA will be able to continue into the future as both a very viable and pertinent institution.

Publication: “A Greek battlefield in southern Italy: new light on the ancient Sagra” Paolo Visona and James R. Jansson, October 2017 volume of the Journal of Greek Archaeology, Cambridge, UK

NOMINATING COMMITTEE One-year terms (2018–2019)

Nominating Committee Chair One-year term (2018-2019) One candidate for one position: Kathleen Lynch

Kathleen Lynch Position: Professor, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati

Kathleen is Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati. She is an active archaeological scholar with a commitment to education and outreach. Her research focuses on Greek ceramics, and her book The Symposium in Context, won the Wiseman Award in 2013. She has worked on excavations in Italy, Greece, Albania, and Turkey, with current projects at the Athenian Agora, Olynthos, and Gordion in Turkey. She is currently an Academic Trustee, the Treasurer of the Cincinnati Society, serves on the Program Committee, the Select Papers on Art and Architecture editorial board, and was a previous Chair of the Fellowships Committee. She has been a national lecturer for many years and occasional AIA tours lecturer. At Cincinnati she founded an outreach program, which has won AIA Outreach grants for its presentation and podcast programs (classics.uc.edu/outreach). In 2014 she won the University of Cincinnati Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching and in 2016 the Provost’s award for Academic Excellence. Kathleen is also the Vice Chair of the Managing Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. She is currently the chair of the Nominating Committee, and if reappointed, she would bring first-hand knowledge of many facets of the AIA’s mission--scholarship, outreach, cultural heritage, and society activities--which would allow her to help identify others to serve in AIA governance.

Website: http://classics.uc.edu/index.php/facultyandstaff

Nominating Committee Member One-year term (2018-2019) One candidate for one position: Derek Counts

Derek Counts Position: Professor and Chair, Department of Art History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

My research focuses on the material culture of Greece, Cyprus, and the eastern Mediterranean and the intersection of cult and iconography in Cypriote sanctuaries. In addition to numerous articles, I have published three co-edited volumes, including Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus (Boston, 2011). My research has been supported by the NEH and the NSF. More recently, I am engaged in the publication of a collaborative, open-access digital catalogue of 3D models of sculptures excavated in the sanctuary of Athienou-Malloura, Cyprus. I serve as Associate Director of the Athienou Archaeological Project, where I have been excavating for the last two decades and co- instructing its archaeological field school.

The AIA is my primary professional association. I have served in various capacities at the local level (Secretary and Program Chairman, Narragansett Society; President of the Milwaukee Society). At the national level I am currently an Academic Trustee and member of the Governing Board Executive Committee. I have also worked on various national AIA committees (Higher Ed, Placement, Wiseman, Digital Scholarship), in addition to lecturing for the AIA’s National Lecture Program. From 2011-2016 I co-edited Book Reviews for the AJA. The AIA represents a truly unique organization that is dependent upon its governance to fulfill its mission to academics and professionals, students, and the wider community, who all share a passion for the promotion and preservation of the world’s archaeological heritage.

Website: http://uwm.edu/arthistory/people/counts-derek-b/

Nominating Committee Member One-year term (2018-2019) One candidate for one position: P. Gregory Warden

P. Gregory Warden Position: President, Franklin University Switzerland; Professor, Archaeology P. Gregory Warden received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania and the MA and PhD degrees in Classical and from Bryn Mawr College. He is the former Editor and current Executive Editor of Etruscan Studies, Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the Etruscan Foundation, Consulting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology, and an elected member of the Istituto di Studi Etruschi e Italici. Warden has taught at the University of Texas at Arlington, Bowdoin College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Southern Methodist University, where he was University Distinguished Professor and was also named Meadows Foundation Distinguished Teaching Professor and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor. At SMU he served as Associate Dean for Research and Academic Affairs, as well as Chair of the Art History, Art, and Arts Administration Departments. He is currently President and Professor of Archaeology at Franklin University Switzerland.

Warden authored or co-authored five books as well as over seventy articles and reviews in journals such as the American Journal of Archaeology, Art History, Studi Etruschi, Römische Mitteilungen, Journal of Roman Archaeology, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, and the International Foundation for Art Research Journal. His research focuses on Greek, Etruscan, and Roman archaeology and the history of architecture. Warden served as interim director of the Meadows Museum in Dallas from 2001 to 2003 where he organized the exhibit, Greek Vase Painting: Form, Figure, and Narrative. Treasures of the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid. In 2009 he coordinated From the Temple and the Tomb. Etruscan Treasures from Tuscany, the largest and most comprehensive exhibit on the Etruscans in North America. Warden’s research and teaching have been supported by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities and have been featured in the documentary, Etruscan Odyssey, Expanding Archaeology.

A native of Florence, Italy, Warden is the founder, Principal Investigator, and co-Director of the Mugello Valley Archaeological Project, a joint mission of SMU, Franklin and Marshall College, the University of Pennsylvania, and The University of Texas. Since 1995 this international project has trained students from over seventy universities and has included scholars from seven countries; it has been featured in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, in the European media, as well as on the . In 2012 the Republic of Italy awarded Warden the title of Cavaliere (Knight) in the Order of Italian Solidarity for his sustained contributions to Italian culture.

Nominating Committee Member One-year term (2018-2019) Two candidates for one position: Arthur Cassanos; James R. Jansson

Arthur Cassanos Position: Vice-President, Colonial Fuel Oil Corp.; AIA Society Trustee

Education: B.A., Rutgers University, 1974; J.D., Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College, 1978 Member: and Oregon State Bars

Member, AIA Societies Committee, 2011-present Chairman, AIA Society Awards Subcommittee, 2014-present AIA Richmond Society -Publicity Chair, 1996-2006 -Vice President, 2000-2002 -President, 2002-2004; 2014-2015 -Program Chair, 2006-Present

I have been a member of the AIA and a board member of the Richmond Society for over 20 years. In September 2010, I organized a symposium in honor of the centennial of Gertrude Howland, the 2003 Martha and Artemis Joukowsky Distinguished Service Award Honoree, and the AIA’s first Society Trustee.

In 2007, I volunteered on an excavation at the Roman fort in Sanisera, Menorca, Spain, and served on the oarcrew of the Trireme replica H.N. Olympias in her 1992 and 1993 sea trials. I am a member of the Trireme Trust, USA, on whose behalf I negotiated with the Hellenic Navy for potential sea trials.

As Vice-President and COO of Colonial Fuel Oil Corporation, a leading energy services provider in Central Virginia, I oversee all daily operations of the company, including business strategy, distribution and supply chain logistics, and marketing.

I would be honored to serve on the Nominating Committee and endeavor to find the most qualified individuals to fill the posts. I feel the Nominating Committee should always offer Council a choice, except in the case of the General Trustees and the President, who traditionally run unopposed.

James R. Jansson Position: Trustee, AIA Governing Board, Executive Committee Member, Finance Committee Member, Society Committee Member, Chairman of the Society Outreach Grant Program Subcommittee, Founding Director of the Foundation for Calabrian Archaeology, Honorary President and Board Member of the Denver AIA Society

I am married to Ann Jansson with two grown children and one 11 year old Shih-poo. I am a resident of Parker, Colorado, and have lived there for 33 years. I graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1967 and am a 1981 graduate of the College for Financial Planning. I served 5 years in the United States Navy as an Intelligence Officer, and have 47 years’ experience in the securities industry. I am a past branch manager, department head, and general partner of a New York Stock Exchange Firm. Currently, I am a senior vice president and financial consultant of RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) Wealth Management, Inc.

I have served in many leadership positions where I was responsible for recruiting and hiring individuals with whom I would work. The last three years serving as a trustee have given me an excellent insight as to how the AIA functions and what types of people would best help us fulfill our goals at the national level.

Publication: “A Greek battlefield in southern Italy: new light on the ancient Sagra” Paolo Visona and James R. Jansson, October 2017 volume of the Journal of Greek Archaeology, Cambridge, UK

Nominating Committee Member One-year term (2018-2019) Two candidates for one position: Barbara Meyer; Charles W. Steinmetz

Barbara Meyer Position: Retired, Former High School Teacher; Consensus Planning Group Founding Partner

My involvement on the AIA board in recent years, along with my community and professional work, give me a perspective and the experience suited to be of service to the Nominating Committee of the Archaeological Institute of America

AIA Governing Board – General Trustee • ARCHAEOLOGY Magazine Committee • AIA Tours Committee • Membership Task Force

Education: • University of Pittsburgh, BA History & English • Columbia University, Masters in History incomplete • UCLA - Counseling Certificate • UCLA - Landscape Architecture Degree • Coro Foundation Fellow - Women's Program in Public Policy

Work: • CONSENSUS PLANNING GROUP - Founding Partner and CEO (retired) Los Angeles • Providing public, government and private facilitation, instruction and training in consensus building. • UCLA - Instructor, group counseling for women • High School Teacher, government, humanities, English • Private Practice – Garden Design and Restoration

Volunteer: • Current Board of Directors, Seacology - Development Committee, Sri Lanka Committee • Little Free Library • Archaeology docent- Skirball Cultural Center

Travel: • Extensive travel including AIA trips with focus on with archeology and archo-astronomy and environmental change and preservation. • Numerous UCLA trips throughout Meso America. • Seacology – Approximately two trips per year to visit our island projects

Charles W. Steinmetz Position: President of the Steinmetz Foundation

Charles W Steinmetz is a real estate investor. Previously he worked for the family company, Tiernay Metals until he sold the Company to Transtar Metals in 1999. Tiernay was the largest distributor of aircraft quality aluminum extrusions in the world. The Company is now owned by Castle Metals.

Mr. Steinmetz is also President of the Steinmetz Foundation that makes grants to literacy and curiosity building educational non-profits in Southern California.

Mr. Steinmetz holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce degree from the University of Santa Clara and a Masters in Business Administration from the Anderson School at UCLA. He is married with three daughters and lives in Manhattan Beach, CA.

Current non-profit Boards: Board of Governors of the Archaeological Institute of America Board Member - Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA), Texas A&M University Board Member - Los Angeles Catholic Education Foundation Board Member Ocean Institute, Dana Point Board Member - Pius Matthias High School, Downey, CA Board Member - UCLA Anderson Alumni Association Board Member - PBS SoCal

Past Service on non-profit Boards: Board Member and Past Board President of St Lawrence Brindisi Elementary in Watts area of Los Angeles Board Member - Santa Clara University Leadership Council for the School of Letters and Science.

Memberships: Getty Villa Council Directors Council of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA Manhattan Beach Rotary Club Southern California Grantmakers

Awards: Manhattan Beach Rotary - Rotarian of the Year 2006-2007 Santa Clara University Ignatian Award 2008 UCLA Anderson 100 Most inspirational Alumni