Meet the Candidates for the 2025 Election!

Vice Chair/Chair-elect

Elizabeth Wilkinson

Elizabeth.m.wilkinson@yale.edu 

Yale Center for British Art

Biography:

Elizabeth Wilkinson is the Chief Archivist for the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA).  Before joining the YCBA she served as the Archivist at Southern Connecticut State University, was the Archivist at the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford, the Archivist at Small Special Collections Library at UVA, Curator of Manuscripts at the Booth Family Center for Special Collections at Georgetown University, and the Processing & Public Services Archivist in the Archives & Special Collections at Purdue University.  Wilkinson has held various volunteer and elected positions throughout her career including serving as a member of SAA’s Research Libraries Section and Collection Management Section Steering Committees, chairing the Manuscript Repositories, Description, and Metadata and Digital Object sections, and serving on the Josephine Forman Scholarship subcommittee.  Other prior service includes chairing MAC’s Louisa Bowen Scholarship committee; member of the New England Archivists fall meeting program committee; co-chair of RBMS’s Workshops Committee, and president of the Society of Indiana Archivists.  Currently she serves as the Workshop Co-Coordinator for MARAC’s Education Committee.  She holds an MA in History and an MLS from Indiana University, and was a member of the 2011 Archives Leadership Institute cohort.

Statement of interest:

As a candidate for Vice Chair, I am very interested in supporting my colleagues and assisting them in achieving their education/professional development goals regarding archival management issues, especially those archivists at smaller institutions who do not always have the resources or organizational support they may need.  Archivists face similar management issues across the board, no matter the type or size of repository we work in, but navigating these scenarios varies widely.  I would work to contribute to and facilitate meaningful conversations between new and seasoned managers.  I would look forward to sharing my experiences, learning from others, and sustaining this section as a forum for discussion of various topics and strategies relevant to the Archives Management community.

Secretary

Jessica Harden

Jessica Harden is the collections unit manager at the Archives of Michigan where she’s worked since 2011. Prior to becoming the collections unit manager in 2022, she worked as a reference archivist and state government records archivist. Jessica holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree with a graduate certificate in archival administration from Wayne State University and was a member of the 2022 Archives Leadership Institute cohort. 

I am excited to continue serving on the Archives Management Section steering committee. Archives managers face unique challenges and I would love to help provide opportunities for communication, resource sharing and collaboration across the profession. My interests as a steering committee member would be helping to plan virtual events to facilitate connection between section members as well as looking at ways to expand the resources available on the section website. 

Steering Committee

Amy Mondt

Bio

Amy Mondt, CA, is the Associate Director of the Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University.  In 2008, she began her time at the VNCA as the reference archivist, helping patrons with their research, working on outreach programs, and creating exhibits.  In 2012, she became the collection development archivist and had the privilege of working with the archive’s donors, mostly Vietnam veterans. Amy is now the Associate Director of the archive, where she works with the other archivists on her team to help preserve the record of the Vietnam War. 

Amy graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology in 1997 and a Master of Arts degree in Museum Science in 2000. She became a Certified Archivist in 2007. Before joining the VNCA, Amy was the Director of Collections and Archives at the Petroleum Museum in Midland, Texas.

Statement

I have enjoyed being a member of the Archives Management Section for several years and really enjoy attending the Ask a Manager chats.  Seeing other managers and learning how they have handled problems in their archive has been incredibly helpful in helping me solve my own problems.  Being a manager can be quite difficult.  Handling various HR issues, conflict between associates, or helping others to achieve their potential can be a daunting task if you are new to management.  This section is a wonderful place to get some advice and feedback if you are having problems, and I would love to help the section continue to offer programs to help others continue to grow.

Sauda Mitchell

Bio:

Sauda Mitchell is a Lead Archivist in the Information and Archival Services Division at The Winthrop Group. Before joining The Winthrop Group, Sauda served as the Archives and Special Collections Librarian at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Sauda has served in multiple volunteer capacities to strengthen the archival profession. Elected positions include Regional Representative for SAA Loan Arrangers Steering Committee as well as the Society of Georgia Archivists Co-Chair and Chair of the Mentoring Program. Sauda holds a MLIS from Drexel University, College of Computing and Informatics with a specialization in Archives Management, and a B.A. in Communication Art with a Minor in Art History from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Sauda has held teaching positions to include adjunct faculty at the University of Buffalo where she designed the course Special Topics in Information Library Science- Primary Source Instruction. 

Statement of Interest:

Over the course of my career I’ve had the opportunity to hold positions at various archival institutions to include community, corporate, university, and municipal archives. Each experience resulted in resource building that I’ve shared with colleagues and professional mentors. As a certified archivist, best practices and an ever growing knowledge of project management skills have provided me with the support needed to manage collections, staff, student assistants, and volunteers. In the process of serving others there is always an opportunity to learn and connect. Having served on the SAA Loan Arrangers Steering Committee I was able to support collection managers who encountered small budgets, minimal staff support, and advocacy for departmental needs. I am interested in serving on the Archives Management Steering Committee to provide comparable support to collection managers based on my experience and to provide an aspect of service that has been the most rewarding in my archival practice.