CONTACT
COORDINATING COUNCIL
As of July 1, 2007
Executive Committee

Judy Register, AWHT Chair, Director of Neighborhood Resources, City of Chandler, Former Council Chair, Chandler

Melissa Guy, AWHT Chair, Data Base and Internet Communications; Specialist for Latin American and Iberian Studies, Arizona State University Libraries, Tempe

Mary Melcher, Ph.D., Historian, Executive Committee Member, Phoenix

Joan Anderson Meacham, Director, Executive Committee member, Rio Verde

Maria-Elena Ochoa, AWHT Vice Chair and Governor's Liaison; Director, Division for Women, Governor's Office for Children, Youth, and Families

Heidi Osselaer, Ph.D., AWHT Scholar, Adjunct faculty, ASU, Author of "Winning Their Place, Arizona Women in Politics"

Dana Campbell-Saylor, CEO, YWCA of Maricopa County, Phoenix

Alberta Tippeconnic, Deputy Director, Inter-Tribal Council, Inc., Phoenix

 

Council Members

Allan Affeldt, Mayor, City of Winslow; Preservationist and Co-owner, La Posada Hotel (Historic Landmark), Winslow

Cate Bradley, Ph.D., Landscape Architect, Rivers and Trails Program, Western Archaeological and Conservation Center,National Park Service, Tucson

Robert Breunig, Ph.D., Director, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff

Tina Clark, Archaeologist/Historian, Director/Curator, Yuma Quarter Master Depot, State Historical Park, Yuma, Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, Yuma

Betty Drake, Councilwoman, City of Scottsdale

Jim Garrison, Executive Director, State Office of Historic Preservation, Phoenix

Douglas Gann, Preservation Archaeologist, Center for Desert Archaeology, Tucson

Carrie Gustavson, Museum Director, Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum, Bisbee

Melissa Guy, AWHT Chair, Data Base and Internet Communications; Specialist for Latin American and Iberian Studies, Arizona State University Libraries, Tempe

James Hansen, CPA, AWHT Fiscal Officer, Rio Verde

Jan Holder, Executive Director/Gila Watershed Partnerships, Safford

Vivian Juan-Saunders, Former Chairwoman, Tohono O' Odham Nation, Specialist as Congressional Liaison, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Scottsdale

Sally Kitch Ph.D., Director, ASU Institute for Humanities Research of the College of Liberal Arts, Tempe

Stephanie Lopez, Management Assistant II, Budget and Research Department, City of Phoenix; Descendent of AWHT Designate Placida Garcia Smith, Phoenix

Janolyn Lo Vecchio, Business and Professional Women' s Foundation of Arizona Representative, Tucson

Deborah Losse, Ph.D., Divisional Dean of Humanities, ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tempe

Clara Lovett, Ph.D., Former President, Northern Arizona University, Scottsdale

Mary Melcher, Ph.D., AWHT Project Historian, Member, Council Executive Committee, Phoenix

Lorraine Leroy Merkel, Oral History Specialist, Tucson

Maria-Elena Ochoa, AWHT Vice Chair and Governor's Liaison; Director, Division for Women, Governor's Office for Children, Youth, and Families

Roselyn O' Connell, former President, National Women' s Political Caucus, CEO, My Campaign Advisor, Scottsdale

Heidi Osselaer, Ph.D., AWHT Scholar, Adjunct faculty, ASU, Author of "Winning Their Place, Arizona Women in Politics"

Judy Register, AWHT Chair, Director of Neighborhood Resources, City of Chandler, Former Council Chair, Chandler

Liz Rodriguez-Miller, Former Assistant City Manager, City of Tucson

Elisabeth Ruffner, Historian, Preservationist, Writer, Prescott

Dana Campbell-Saylor, CEO, YWCA of Maricopa County, Phoenix

John F. (Rick) Shireman, State Coordinator, National Park Service, Phoenix

Marjory J. Sente, Associate Director for Grants and Foundation Relations, Prescott College, Prescott

Barbara Stocklin, Historic Preservation Officer, City of Phoenix

Alberta Tippeconnic, Deputy Director, Inter Tribal Council, Inc., Phoenix

Ken Travous, Executive Director, Arizona State Park Systems, Phoenix

Janeen Trevillyan, Chairperson, Historic Preservation Commission, City of Sedona

Wendy Weston, Director of American Indian Relations, Heard Museum

GladysAnn Wells, Director, Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, Phoenix

Kathleen Wesley-Kitcheyan, Chairwoman, San Carlos Tribe, San Carlos

Anne Woosley, Ph.D., Executive Director, Arizona Historical Society, Tucson
 

Please note: Staff changes have occurred in three pertinent state agencies. Negotiations are currently underway for council member replacements: Arizona State Parks, Arizona Office of Tourism and Arizona Department of Transportation.
 

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