SAA Council Liaisons to Component Groups

An important task assigned to all Council members is to serve as liaisons to SAA component groups, including boards, committees, working groups, and sections. Following is a list of current Council liaison assignments.

Krystal Appiah
(2022-2025)

  • Committee on the Selection of SAA Fellows
  • Intellectual Property Working Group
  • Archival History Section
  • Government Records Section
  • Issues and Advocacy Section
  • Records Management Section
  • Women's Collections Section

Alison Clemens
(2023-2026)

  • Accessibility and Disability Section
  • Manuscript Repositories Section
  • Web Archiving Section
  • Preservation Section
  • User Experience Section
  • Membership Committee
  • Performing Arts Section

 

Jillian Cuellar
(2024-2027)

  • Committee on Education
  • Publication Board
  • Archivists & Archives of Color Section
  • Native American Archives Section
  • Description Section 
  • Encoded Archival Standards Section 
  • Oral History Section


Joyce Gabiola
(2022-2025)

  • American Archivist Editorial Board
  • Dictionary Working Group
  • Accessioning, Acquisitions, and Appraisal Section
  • Design Records Section
  • Labor Archives Section
  • Students and New Archives Professionals Section
  • Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section

 

 

Michelle Ganz
(2023-2026)

  • Archival Educators Section
  • Archivists of Religious Collections Section
  • Independent Archivists Section
  • Women Archivists Section
  • Committee on Ethics and Professional Conduct
  • Awards Committee
  • Crisis, Disaster, and Tragedy Response Working Group
  • Membership Funding and Pathways for Diverse Archives Working Group

Eira Tansey

(2024-2027)

  • Committee on Research, Data, and Assessment
  • Human Rights Archives Section Steering Committee
  • Audio and Moving Image Section Steering Committee
  • Public Library Archives/Special Collections Section Steering Committee
  • Science, Technology & Health Care Section Steering Committee
  • Museum Archives Section Steering Committee
  • Archival Worker Labor Task Force

 

 

Bryan Whitledge
(2024-2027)

  • Congressional Papers Section Steering Committee
  • Local Government Records Section Steering Committee
  • Archival Repatriation Committee
  • College & University Archives Section Steering Committee
  • Visual Materials Section Steering Committee
  • Committee on Public Policy
  • Reference, Access & Outreach Section Steering Committee
  • Security Section Steering Committee

 

 

Selena Ortega-Chiolero
(2023-2026)

  • Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Heritage Archives Section
  • Solo Archivists Section
  • Archives Management Section
  • Collection Management Section
  • Military Archives Section
  • Diversity Committee
  • Committee on Public Awareness

Dr. Lydia Tang
(2022-2025)

  • Standards Committee
  • Technical Subcommittees (AFG, DACS, EAS, GRD)
  • Electronic Records Section
  • International Archival Affairs Section
  • Metadata and Digital Object Section
  • Privacy and Confidentiality Section
  • Business Archives Section