SAA Council Liaisons to Component Groups

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.


Selena Ortega-Chiolero
(2023-2026)

  • Solo Archivists Section
  • Archives Management Section
  • Collection Management Section
  • Military Archives Section
  • Diversity Committee
  • Committee on Public Awareness

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
  • Committee on Research, Data, and Assessment
  • Archivists & Archives of Color Section
  • Native American Archives Section
  • Description Section 
  • Encoded Archival Standards Section 
  • Oral History Section


Maria Angel Diaz
(2025-2028)

  • Committee on the Selection of SAA Fellows
  • Accessioning, Acquisitions, and Appraisal Section
  • Archival History Section
  • Electronic Records Section
  • International Archival Affairs Section
  • Privacy & Confidentility Section
  • Intellectual Property Working Group

 

 

Ricardo Punzalan
(2025-2026)

  • Archival Educators Section
  • Archivists of Religious Collections Section
  • Independent Archivists Section
  • Women Archivists Section
  • Committee on Ethics and Professional Conduct
  • Archival Repatriation Section
  • Crisis, Disaster, and Tragedy Response Working Group
  • Nominating Committee

Eira Tansey

(2024-2027)

  • 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
  • Publications Board

 

 

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
  • Awards Committee


Brittany Newberry

2025-2028)

  • Metadata and Digital Object Section
  • Business Archives Section
  • Design Records Section
  • Diverse Secuality and Gender Section
  • Military Archives Section
  • Students and New Archives Professionals Section
  • Dictionary Working Group
  • Podcast Working Group

Teresa Mora
(2025-2028)

  • Standards Committee
  • Technical Subcommittees (AFG, DACS, EAS, GRD)
  • American Archivist Editorial Board
  • Government Records Section
  • Records Management Section
  • Issues and Advocacy Section
  • Labor Archives Section