2025 MARS Election Candidate Statements

Thank you to all who considered participating as a candidate for standing in the 2024 Military Archives Section election. Please take some time to review the candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.

You will be voting for:

• Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a two-year term
• Secretary

The new Chair of the MARS Section will be Jeffrey Kozak, who was elected as the Vice Chair/Chair-Elect in 2024. Amy Mondt will continue to serve as the MARS Communications Liaison for the 2024-2025 year. Andrew Harman will be ending his term as Chair and Jennifer Milani will be ending her term as Secretary.

Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through the SAA election platform; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!

This year's candidate(s) are:

Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidate (unopposed)

Jane Bartley

Archivist & User Experience Librarian

Virginia Military Institute (VMI)

Bio:

Jane Bartley is an early career Archivist & User Experience Librarian at Virginia Military Institute (VMI). She is also an information science doctoral student at the University at Buffalo where she explores information use in the military context. She holds a B.S in mechanical engineering from Florida State University (2015), an M.S in technical communications from Northeastern University (2019), and an M.L.I.S. from the University of Missouri (2023). In her free time, Jane enjoys hiking in the Virginia mountains, reading, and exploring nearby historical sites.

Candidate Statement:

As the prospective Vice Chair/Chair Elect, I am excited about the potential to work closer with the MARS section, connecting with other archivists who are dedicated to preserving military history and ensuring accessibility to these materials. Though I am an early career archivist, I am enthusiastic about the military, having grown up in a military family, dedicating my engineering career to naval ship building, and now working full-time at a military institution. If elected, I would like to further the current MARS coffee chats and educational programing. Furthermore, I would aim to prioritize user experience as a professional development topic, recognizing the importance of ensuring that archival materials are both accessible and useful to all users.

Secretary Candidate (unopposed)

Tarienne Mitchell

Cataloging Archivist
Library of Congress, Veterans History Project

Bio
Tarienne Mitchell works as the cataloger for the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress. She has served in the Society of American Archivists in several leadership roles and would like to continue to be of service.

Candidate Statement
By being a part of the Military Archives Section steering committee, I hope that I can assist in the mission of caring for and maintaining the records of our military and its service people.