Chapter Officers

2023 Chapter Board

Chair: Larry Eames
Digital Curation and Scholarship Librarian 
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
leames@uccs.edu

Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Greg Hatch
Head of Creativity & Innovation Services, Marriott Library
University of Utah
greg.hatch@utah.edu

Past Chair: Shoshana Vegh-Gaynor
Instruction and Reference Librarian
Institute of American Indian Arts
shoshana.vegh-gaynor@iaia.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Rachel Castro
Assistant Librarian, Experiential Learning & Fine Arts
Student Learning & Engagement
The University of Arizona 
castro2@arizona.edu

ARLIS/NA Chapters Liaison: Stephanie Grimm
Art and Art History Librarian and Fenwick Gallery Manager
George Mason University
sgrimm4@gmu.edu
2022 Chapter Board

Chair: Shoshana Vegh-Gaynor
Instruction and Reference Librarian
Institute of American Indian Arts
shoshana.vegh-gaynor@iaia.edu

Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Larry Eames
Instruction Librarian 
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
leames@uccs.edu

Past Chair: Richard Saladino 
Art, Architecture and Design Librarian
Head, Architecture Studies Library 
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
richard.saladino@unlv.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Rachel Castro
Assistant Librarian, Experiential Learning & Fine Arts
Student Learning & Engagement
The University of Arizona 
castro2@arizona.edu

ARLIS/NA Chapters Liaison: Stephanie Grimm
Art and Art History Librarian and Fenwick Gallery Manager
George Mason University
sgrimm4@gmu.edu
2021 Chapter Board

Chair: Richard Saladino
Art, Architecture & Design Librarian
Architecture Studies Library
University Libraries – Research & Education
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
richard.saladino@unlv.edu

Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Shoshana Vegh-Gaynor
Instruction and Reference Librarian
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
shoshana.vegh-gaynor@iaia.edu

Past Chair: Stephanie Beene
Assistant Professor, Fine Arts Librarian for Art, Architecture & Planning
The Fine Arts & Design Library
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
sbeene@unm.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Rachel P. Castro
Assistant Librarian, Research & Writing
University of Arizona Library
Tucson, AZ
castro2@arizona.edu

ARLIS/NA Chapters Liaison: Stephanie Grimm
Art and Art History Librarian and Fenwick Gallery Manager
George Mason University
sgrimm4@gmu.edu
2020 Chapter Board

Chair: Stephanie Beene
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
sbeene@unm.edu

Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Richard Saladino
Art, Architecture & Design Librarian
Architecture Studies Library
University Libraries – Research & Education
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
richard.saladino@unlv.edu

Past Chair: Amanda Meeks
Teaching, Learning, and Research Services Librarian for Arts and Humanities
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
amanda.meeks@nau.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Liz Ehrnst
Archives and Digital Collections Librarian
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM
eehrnst@okeeffemuseum.org

ARLIS/NA Chapters Liaison: Stefanie Hilles
Wertz Art and Architecture Library, Miami University
2019 Chapter Board

Chair: Amanda Meeks
Teaching, Learning, and Research Services Librarian for Arts and Humanities
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
amanda.meeks@nau.edu

Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Stephanie Beene
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
sbeene@unm.edu

Past Chair: Peggy Keeran
Arts and Humanities Reference Librarian
Penrose Library, University of Denver, Denver, CO
peggy.keeran@du.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Liz Ehrnst
Archives and Digital Collections Librarian
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM
eehrnst@okeeffemuseum.org

ARLIS/NA Chapters Liaison: Stefanie Hilles
Wertz Art and Architecture Library, Miami University
2018 Chapter Board

Chair: Peggy Keeran
Arts and Humanities Reference Librarian
Penrose Library, University of Denver, Denver, CO
peggy.keeran@du.edu

Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Amanda Meeks
Teaching, Learning, and Research Services Librarian for Arts and Humanities
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
amanda.meeks@nau.edu

Past Chair: Alexander Watkins
Art & Architecture Librarian
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
alexander.watkins@colorado.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Rebecca Potance
Librarian/Archivist /Webmaster
New Mexico Museum of Art
Santa Fe, NM
rebecca.potance@state.nm.us

ARLIS/NA Chapters Liaison: Catherine Essinger
2017 Chapter Board

Chair: Alexander Watkins
Art & Architecture Librarian
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
alexander.watkins@colorado.edu

Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Peggy Keeran
Arts and Humanities Reference Librarian
Penrose Library, University of Denver, Denver, CO
peggy.keeran@du.edu

Past Chair: John Burns
Reference and Instruction Librarian
Dixie State University Library
St. George, UT
burns@dixie.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Rebecca Potance
Librarian/Archivist /Webmaster
New Mexico Museum of Art
Santa Fe, NM
rebecca.potance@state.nm.us

ARLIS/NA Chapters Liaison: Catherine Essinger
2016 Chapter Board

Chair: John Burns
Reference and Instruction Librarian
Dixie State University Library
St. George, UT
burns@dixie.edu

Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Alexander Watkins
Art & Architecture Librarian
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
alexander.watkins@colorado.edu

Past Chair: Luke Leither
Art and Architecture Librarian
Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
luke.leither@utah.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Rebecca Potance
Librarian/Archivist /Webmaster
New Mexico Museum of Art
Santa Fe, NM
rebecca.potance@state.nm.us

ARLIS/NA Chapters Liaison: Sarah Sherman
Reference Librarian, Getty Institute
ssherman@getty.edu
2015 Chapter Board

Chair: Luke Leither
Art and Architecture Librarian
Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
luke.leither@utah.edu

Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: John Burns
Reference and Instruction Librarian
Dixie State University Library
St. George, UT
burns@dixie.edu

Past Chair: Nicole Beatty
Arts and Humanities Librarian
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
nicolebeatty@weber.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Rebecca Potance
Librarian/Archivist /Webmaster
New Mexico Museum of Art
Santa Fe, NM
rebecca.potance@state.nm.us

ARLIS/NA Chapters Liaison: Sarah Sherman
Reference Librarian, Getty Institute
ssherman@getty.edu
2014 Chapter Board

Chair: Nicole Beatty
Arts and Humanities Librarian
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
nicolebeatty@weber.edu

Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Luke Leither
Art and Architecture Librarian
Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
luke.leither@utah.edu

Past Chair: Julie Williamsen
Theatre, Media Arts, and Communications Librarian
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
julie_williamsen@byu.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Rebecca Potance
Librarian/Archivist /Webmaster
New Mexico Museum of Art
Santa Fe, NM
rebecca.potance@state.nm.us

ARLIS/NA Chapters Liaison: Laurel Bliss
Fine Arts Librarian
San Diego State University
lbliss@rohan.sdsu.edu
2013 Chapter Board

Chair: Julie Williamsen
Theatre, Media Arts, and Communications Librarian
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
julie_williamsen@byu.edu

Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Nicole Beatty
Arts and Humanities Librarian
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
nicolebeatty@weber.edu

Past Chair: Peggy Keeran
Arts and Humanities Reference Librarian
Penrose Library, University of Denver, Denver, CO
peggy.keeran@du.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Jenni James
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
jjames@iaia.edu

ARLIS/NA Chapters Liaison: Laurel Bliss
Fine Arts Librarian
San Diego State University
lbliss@rohan.sdsu.edu
2012 Chapter Board

Chair: Peggy Keeran
Arts and Humanities Reference Librarian
Penrose Library, University of Denver, Denver, CO
peggy.keeran@du.edu

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Julie Williamsen
Theatre, Media Arts, and Communications Librarian
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
julie_williamsen@byu.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Jenni James
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
jjames@iaia.edu

Past Chair: Meredith Kahn
Publishing Services & Outreach Librarian
University of Michigan
4190 Shapiro UGL
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1185
kahn.meredith@gmail.com

ARLIS/NA Chapters Coordinator: Vanessa Kam
University of British Columbia Library
d.vanessa.kam@ubc.ca
2011 Chapter Board

Chair: Meredith Kahn
Publishing Services & Outreach Librarian
University of Michigan
4190 Shapiro UGL
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1185
kahn.meredith@gmail.com

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Peggy Keeran
Arts and Humanities Reference Librarian
Penrose Library, University of Denver, Denver, CO
peggy.keeran@du.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Liz Ehrnst
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
217 Johnson St., Santa Fe, NM 87501
eehrnst@okeeffemuseum.org

Past Chair: Marly Helm
Assistant Librarian/Cataloger
Arizona State Museum/University of  Arizona, Tucson, AZ
mhelm@email.arizona.edu

ARLIS/NA Chapters Coordinator: Vanessa Kam
University of British Columbia Library
d.vanessa.kam@ubc.ca
2010 Chapter Board

Chair: Marly Helm
Assistant Librarian/Cataloger
Arizona State Museum/University of  Arizona, Tucson, AZ
mhelm@email.arizona.edu

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Meredith Kahn
Art and Architecture Librarian
University of Colorado, Boulder
184 Ucb, Boulder, CO 80309-0184
Kahn.meredith@gmail.com

Secretary/Treasurer: Liz Ehrnst
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
217 Johnson St., Santa Fe, NM 87501
eehrnst@okeeffemuseum.org

Past Chair: Jennifer Mayer
Fine Arts & Women’s Studies Librarian
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
MayerJ@uwyo.edu

ARLIS/NA Chapters Coordinator: Vanessa Kam
University of British Columbia Library
d.vanessa.kam@ubc.ca
2009 Chapter Board

Chair: Jennifer Mayer
Fine Arts & Women’s Studies Librarian
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Marly Helm
Assistant Librarian/Cataloger
Arizona State Museum/University of  Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Past Chair: Lisa Blankenship
Head of Reference, Michener Library
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

Secretary/Treasurer: Peggy Keeran
Reference Librarian, Penrose Library
2150 E. Evans Ave.
University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208

ARLIS/NA Chapters Coordinator: Cate Cooney
Metadata Cataloger, ARTstor
2008 Chapter Board

Chair: Jennifer Mayer (Aug 2008-2009 )Fine Arts & Women’s Studies Librarian
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
MayerJ@uwyo.edu

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Marly Helm (Oct 2008-2009)
Assistant Librarian/Cataloger
Arizona State Museum/University of  Arizona, Tucson, AZ
mhelm@email.arizona.edu

Chair: Paula Wolfe (June/July 2008)Associate Librarian for the Center for Creative Photography,
the Fine Arts and Architecture Departments
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Jennifer Mayer (May-August 2008)Fine Arts & Women’s Studies Librarian
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

Past Chair: Lisa Blankenship
Head of Reference, Michener Library
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

Secretary/Treasurer: Jennifer Parker (- July 2008)
Assistant Professor, Art and Architecture Librarian
University of Colorado, Boulder
Norlin Library, 184 UCB, Boulder, CO

ARLIS/NA Western Regional Representative: Susan Koskinen
Environmental Design Library, University of California Berkely, Berkely, CA
2007 Chapter Board

Chair: Lisa Blankenship (Jan 2007- May 2008)
Head of Reference, Michener Library
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Paula Wolfe
Associate Librarian for the Center for Creative Photography,
the Fine Arts and Architecture Departments
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Past Chair: Marilyn Russell
Library Director, Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, KS

Secretary/Treasurer: Jennifer Parker
Assistant Professor, Art and Architecture Librarian
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

ARLIS/NA Western Regional Representative: Susan Koskinen
Environmental Design Library, University of California Berkely
Berkely, CA
2006 Chapter Board

Chair: Marilyn Russell
Director of Library Programs
Institute of American Indian Arts Library, Santa Fe, NM

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Lisa Blankenship
Head of Reference, Michener Library
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

Past Chair: Nancy Pistorius
General Library
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131

Secretary/Treasurer: Tom Riedel
Distance Learning Librarian
Regis University, Denver, CO

2004/2005 Western Regional Representative: Peggy Keeran
Reference Librarian, Penrose Library
University of Denver, Denver, CO
2005 Chapter Board

Chair: Nancy Pistorius
Coordinator for the Humanities and Social Sciences, General Library
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Marilyn Russell
Director of Library Programs
Institute of American Indian Arts Library, Santa Fe, NM

Past Chair: Eumie Imm-Stroukoff
Librarian, Archivist, and Assistant Director, Research Center
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM

Secretary/Treasurer: Tom Riedel
Distance Learning Librarian
Regis University, Denver, CO

2004/2005 Western Regional Representative: Peggy Keeran
Reference Librarian, Penrose Library
2150 E. Evans Ave.
University of Denver, Denver, CO
2004 Chapter Board

Chair: Eumie Imm-Stroukoff
Librarian, Archivist, and Assistant Director, Research Center
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Nancy Pistorius
Coordinator for the Humanities and Social Sciences, General Library
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Past Chair: Frances Clymer
Buffalo Bill Historical Center Library, Cody, WY

Secretary/Treasurer: Tom Riedel
Distance Learning Librarian
Regis University
Denver, CO

2004/2005 Western Regional Representative: Peggy Keeran
Reference Librarian, Penrose Library
University of Denver , Denver, CO
2003 Chapter Board

Chair: Frances Clymer
Buffalo Bill Historical Center Library, Cody, WY

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Eumie Imm-Stroukoff
Librarian, Archivist, and Assistant Director, Research Center
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM

Past Chair: Jeanne Brown
Head, Architecture Studies Library
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Secretary/Treasurer: Peggy Keeran
Reference Librarian, Penrose Library
University of Denver, Denver, CO

2002/2003 Western Regional Representative: Kay Teel
Stanford University
2002 Chapter Board

Chair: Jeanne Brown
Head, Architecture Studies Library
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Frances Clymer
Buffalo Bill Historical Center Library, Cody, WY

Past Chair: Christiane Erbolato-Ramsey
Fine Arts Librarian, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Secretary/Treasurer: Peggy Keeran
Reference Librarian, Penrose Library
University of Denver, Denver, CO

2002/2003 Western Regional Representative: Kay Teel
Stanford University
2001 Chapter Board

Chair: Christiane Erbolato-Ramsey
Fine Arts Librarian, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Jeanne Brown
Head, Architecture Studies Library
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Past Chair: Tom Riedel
Distance Learning Librarian, Regis University
Denver, CO

Secretary/Treasurer: Joyce Henderson
University of Arizona

2000/2001 Western Regional Representative: Leslie Abrams
University of California, San Diego
2000 Chapter Board

Chair: Tom Riedel
Distance Learning Librarian
Regis University, Denver, CO

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Christiane Erbolato-Ramsey
Fine Arts Librarian, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Past Chair: Peggy Keeran
Reference Librarian, Penrose Library
University of Denver , Denver, CO

Secretary/Treasurer: Joyce Henderson
University of Arizona

2000/2001 Western Regional Representative: Leslie Abrams
University of California, San Diego
1999 Chapter Board

Chair: Peggy Keeran
Reference Librarian, Penrose Library
University of Denver, Denver, CO

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Tom Riedel
Distance Learning Librarian, Regis University
Denver, CO

Past Chair: Ann Lally
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Secretary/Treasurer: Christiane Erbolato-Ramsey
Fine Arts Librarian, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1998 Chapter Board

Chair: Ann Lally
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Peggy Keeran
Reference Librarian, Penrose Library
University of Denver, Denver, CO

Past Chair: R. Brooks Jeffery
University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture
Tucson, AZ

Secretary/Treasurer: Christiane Erbolato-Ramsey
Fine Arts Librarian, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1997 Chapter Board | Mountain West Chapter

The ARLIS/Mountain West Chapter was established in 1997, now including the states of Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

Chair: R. Brooks Jeffery
University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture
Tucson, AZ

Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Ann Lally
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Past Chair: Mary Graham
Arizona State Museum, Tucson, AZ

Secretary/Treasurer: Genni Houlihan
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AX
1996

Chair:  Mary Graham
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  R. Brooks Jeffery
Secretary/Treasurer:  Genni Houlihan
1995

Chair:  Lise Hawkos
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  Mary Graham
Secretary/Treasurer:  Joyce Henderson
1994

Chair:  Mary (Mimi) Hernandez
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  Lise Hawkos
Secretary Treasurer:  Carol Elliot
1993

Chair:  Mary Johnson
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  Mary Hernandez
Secretary/Treasurer:  Diane Kruse
1992

Chair:  Tim Troy
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  Mary Soza
Secretary/Treasurer:  Diane Kruse
1991

Chair:  Berna Neal
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  Scottie Brown, through May
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  Tim Troy, May-December
Secretary/Treasurer:  Mary Soza
1990

Chair:  Barbara Kittle
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  Berna Neal
Secretary/Treasurer:  Joyce Henderson
1989

Chair:  Kathryn (Chuck) Wayne, through September
Acting Chair:  Scottie Jones, September – December
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  Scottie Jones
Secretary/Treasurer:  Joyce Henderson
1988

Chair:  Winberta Yao
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:
Secretary/Treasurer:  Lee Sorenson
1987

Chair:  Cathie Lemon
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  Winberta Yao
Secretary/Treasurer:  Lee Sorensen
1986

Chair:  Mary Graham
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  Cathie Lemon
Secretary/Treasurer:  Barbara Kittle
1985

Chair:  Lise Hawkos
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  Karen Churchill through August
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  Mary Graham, August – December
Secretary/Treasurer:  Barbara Kittle
1984

Chair:  Joyce Henderson
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  Scottie Brown Jones
Secretary/Treasurer:  Kathryn (Chuck) Wayne
1983

Chair:  Clayton Kirking
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:  Joyce Henderson
Secretary/ Treasurer:  Lise Hawkos
1982

Chair:  Mario Klimiades
Chair Elect:  Clayton Kirking
Secretary/Treasurer:  Debra Dennis, moved, and Lise Hawkos was elected to fill the vacancy
1981

Chair:  Annette Munzer, who resigned early in the year and was followed by Mary Graham
Chair Elect:  Mary Graham, followed by Mario Klimiades when Mary Graham became Chair.
Secretary/Treasurer:  Frances B. Clymer, until she left in the autumn, and then Graham and Klimiades shared responsibilities
1980

Chair:  Lois Schneberger
Chair Elect:  Annette Munzer
Secretary/Treasurer:  Rosanna Miller
1979

Chair:  Robert Gramer
Chair Elect:  Lois Schneberger
Secretary/Treasurer:  Paul Barton
1978

Chair:  Jane Henning
Chair Elect:  Sarah Gresham
Secretary/Treasurer:  Lois I. Schneberger
1977

Chair:  Shirley Haskin
Vice Chair:  Jane Henning
Secretary/Treasurer:  Lou Sutherland
1976

Chair:  Gerrit Cone
Vice Chair:  Shirley Haskin
Secretary/Treasurer:  Lou Blankenberg
1975

The ARLIS/Arizona Chapter was established in 1975 and lasted until 1997, when it became the ARLIS/Mountain West Chapter. 

Chair:  Winberta Yao
Vice chair:  Gerrit Cone
Secretary/Treasurer:  Courtney Shaw, through October
Secretary/Treasurer:  Lou Blakenburg, October-December
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