Officers and Committees

Officers and Executive Council, 2024

President: Emily Bingham
First Vice President: Michelle Haberland
Second Vice President: Crystal Feimster
Past President: Antoinette van Zelm
Executive Secretary: Erin N. Bush
Treasurer: Sheri Huerta

Executive Council Members
Kristen Wood
La Shonda Mims

Graduate Student Representatives
Cassy Jane “CJ Werking
Tracie Grube-Gaurkee

Nominating Committee
Antoinette van Zelm, Chair
Melissa Blair
Natanya Duncan
Lynn Kennedy


Prize Committees, 2024

A. Elizabeth Taylor Prize
Hilary Green, Chair
Marie Molloy
Angela Diaz

Julia Cherry Spruill Prize
Felicity Turner, Chair
Katie Hemphill
Pippa Holloway

Willie Lee Rose Prize
Sarah Silkey, Chair
Jennifer Barclay
Lisa Francavilla

Anne Firror Scott Mid-Career Fellowship
Lisa Lindquist Dorr, Chair
Blain Roberts
Sheena Hayes

Standing Committees 2024

Graduate Committee
Rebecca Sharpless, Chair
O. Jennifer Dixon-McKnight
Cherisse Jones-Branch
Diane Mutti-Burke
Graduate Student Members
Megan Jeffreys
Morgan Bettin-Coleman

Membership Committee
Meredith May, Chair
Anna Krome-Lukens
Marie Jenkins Schwartz
Rachel Gunter
Amanda McGee

Professional Development
Kelly Kennington, Chair
Karen Kossie-Chernyshev
Karen Leathem
Susan Ashmore
Anne Marshall
Alex Colvin

Finance and Investment Committee
Joan Johnson, Chair
Michele Gillespie
Kristine McCusker

Social Media Committee
Pamela Walker, Chair
Lauren MacIvor Thompson
Amy Malvetano
Beatrice Burton
Mandy Cooper
Laura June Davis

Newsletter Editors
Randolph Hollingsworth, Managing Editor
Jessica Brabble, Editor, News of the Profession
Mary Carroll Johansen, Editor, Member News

Website Editors
Idolina Hernandez, Chair
Mary Hearns-Ayodele
Madison Ingram

H-SAWH Editors
Jessica Brabble
Lai Wah Chen
Erica Hayden
Jesse George-Nichol
Megan Jeffreys

H-SAWH Advisory Board
Randolph Hollingsworth
Shannon Lalor
Summer Perritt
Tanya Shlosman
Antoinette van Zelm