2025 election candidate information

Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025 STHC Section election. Please review the candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.

You will be voting for:

• One Junior Co-Chair (two-year term)
• One Member-At-Large Steering Committee Member (three-year term)

Ballots will be managed by SAA staff, so please keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!

Junior Co-Chair Candidate

J.E. Molly Seegers

Director, The Arthur H. Aufses, Jr., MD Archives & Mount Sinai Records Management Program, Scholarly & Research Technologies, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Molly's Biography & Candidate Statement for STHC Junior Co-Chair:

J.E. Molly Seegers (she/they) has been the Director of The Arthur H. Aufses, Jr., MD Archives and the Mount Sinai Records Management Program since 2021. A proud member of the Archives Leadership Institute at UVA in 2024, she relishes connecting with other archivists to support each other and work towards a more equitable and caring profession. She previously served as the Museum Archivist for Brooklyn Museum. Working in archives, libraries, and museums for 15 years, she also held roles at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Special Collections and College Archives, the Museum of Modern Art Library, the Frick Art Reference Library, and the Rockefeller Archive Center.

Moving into the history of medicine and the health sciences four years ago, I have had to learn at lightning speed and depended on my colleagues for advice and solidarity. Being part of the Science, Technology and Health Care section has helped me greatly, and I want to contribute to the continuation of its great utility. One of the greatest challenges I have faced in my current role is the ethical stewardship of historic casebooks that contain extremely personal injuries and the practices of medical racism and gender bias in healthcare. The Dean of our medical school asked me to co-chair a committee of the 13 most senior leaders to discuss how we should institutionally handle these records. With the integral support of the Archives & Records Management team, I co-lead the committee with the Chair Emeritus of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science; we met with and received recommendations from two of the foremost experts on the subject. While waiting on a response to our committee's recommendations during a period of leadership transition, I hope to bring these issues to section for a larger conversation about stewarding gray area within institutions while upholding our ethics as archivists. I am passionate about advancing the core mission of STHC: promoting communication and collaboration among archivists in our dynamic and interrelated subject areas. It is with great enthusiasm that I nominate myself for the opportunity to support STHC's vitality and help lead in advancing the often unique archival practices that underpin the preservation and sharing of technologic, scientific, and medical records.

Member-At-Large Steering Committee Member Candidates

Steve Wilson

Archivist

Alturas Analytics

Steve's Biography & Candidate Statement for STHC Member-At-Large:

My name is Steve Wilson and I run a small GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) archive at a biotech company. I received my MLIS in 2023 and have been approved to sit for the Certified Archivist test this year (2025). I am eager to serve on the SAA STHC steering committee as a Member At Large in order to bring my passion for connecting those who serve in both the GLP and traditional archive worlds. I have found many serving as GLP archivists who are not trained archivists and don't know where to turn for ideas and best practices.

If elected, I will work to strengthen our community's impact and help the section remains a dynamic hub for archivists to connect, share expertise, and address the unique challenges of science, technology, and health archives.