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Professional Experience: Records Manager & FOIA Specialist, Office of Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2010–present. Electronic Records Specialist, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1999–2005, 2006–2010. Data Librarian, Congressional Research Service, 2005–2006. Electronic Records Project Archivist, Cornell University, 1998–1999. Assistant Data Archivist, RAND Corporation, 1998. Archives Intern, San Diego Historical Society, 1997. Archives Assistant, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1991. Student Assistant, Smith College Archives and Sophia Smith Collection, 1987–1990.
Education: MLIS Archives and Records Management, UCLA, 1998. MS Mathematics, University of Iowa, 1992. AB Mathematics/Luso-Brazilian Studies, Smith College, 1990. Graduate coursework, History, American Public University, 2006–2007.
Professional Activities: Society of American Archivists: Member since 1996; Finance Committee, 2010–2013; Appointments Committee, 2011–2012; Workshop Leader, Advanced Electronic Records Management, 2007; Nominations Committee, 2006–2007; Committee on Education and Professional Development (CEPD), 2003–2006; Program Committee 2003 (LA); Host Committee 2001 (DC); Chair, Electronic Records Section, 2000–2001; President, UCLA Student Chapter, 1997–1998. Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference: Member since 1998; Distinguished Service Award Committee, 2010–2011; Steering Committee, 2007–2009; Finance Committee, 2001–2004, 2007–2009; Nominations and Elections Committee, 2008–2009; Ad hoc Committee on Membership Services, 2008; Interim Co-Chair, Program Committee, Fall 2007; Liaison to SAA CEPD, 2005–2006; Co-Chair, Program Committee, Fall 2006 ; Ad Hoc Committee on Educational Opportunities, 2005–2006; Printed Program Editor, 2002–2004; Custer Award Committee, 2002–2004; Co-Chair, Program Committee, Fall 2001; Program Committee: Fall 2007, Spring 2001, Fall 2000, Fall 1999; Local Arrangement Committee, Spring 2004. Academy of Certified Archivists: Certified in 1999; Task Force on Class of 1989 Legacy Professional Development Award, 2011–2012; Examination Question Writing Workshop, 2005. ARMA International: 2011–present. NHPRC: Reviewer for grants to fund electronic records projects, 2001–2006, 2010–2012. Publications and Presentations: “American Archives and Archival Science,” Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 2011, with Danna Bell-Russel. “The Cornell University Electronic Records Project,” Annotation: The Newsletter of the NHPRC 28 (December 2000): 9, 13, with Elaine D. Engst. Numerous presentations on electronic records to SAA, MARAC, the Modern Archives Institute, and other organizations.
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Question posed by Nominating Committee: How could you as treasurer help simultaneously ensure the financial well-being of SAA and bring more value to members?
If elected treasurer, I will consider SAA’s strategic plan; its values and mission; members’ values and priorities; and the areas in which SAA provides unique or exemplary services and products, and then I will analyze how the budget supports these. Having served on the SAA finance committee from 2010–2013, during the bleakest budget cycle SAA has experienced in decades as well as during continued recovery, I carefully examined expenses and sources of revenue to see how we could create the best value for SAA members while living within our budgetary restraints. As treasurer, I will continue to ask these kinds of questions to ensure that we are structuring our budget to maintain a strong and focused SAA, while maintaining necessary financial discipline. The strategic plan provides much of the structure needed for aligning the budget to priorities, and recent membership data provides input on priorities. Are we doing what we can with the means we have to achieve professional excellence; foster innovation; advocate for archives and archives; and promote diversity in both the profession and the archival record? SAA also needs to keep looking to the future, to determine what new developments and enhancements may be desired. What should SAA be doing in the next five to ten years, and how do we ensure the financial resources will be there in support? Will we have the budget to support our goals? If not, I will engage in conversations for finding creative ways to expand SAA’s available resources, considering reprioritizing goals, and exploring all reasonable options to support a strong SAA.