Meet the Board

Jim was raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, received a BS in Mathematics from Michigan State University and an MS in Structural Engineering from The University of Pittsburgh, after which he spent 40 years as a structural engineer. Read more…

Mary Beth grew up in Dayton, Ohio and after college, moved to the Detroit, Michigan area to work in the auto industry. Read more…

I am originally a Midwesterner, born in Des Moines and eventually graduating from the University of Northern Iowa with a BA and then an MA in Education. Read more…

Originally from Missouri, I moved to New Mexico from Washington in 1978 after getting an AS degree in hydrology and doing stream surveys for USGS. Read more…

Clif grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and graduated from UC Berkeley, before spending two years in the Peace Corps in Peru, where he met his wife, Jane. They have two adult sons. Read more…

Jon Ghahate is of the Pueblos of Laguna and Zuni, which are in New Mexico, of the Turkey and Badger Clans. Read more…

Jennifer hails originally from Wisconsin, but her love affair with New Mexico goes back to college when she spent a summer in Taos. Read more…

Dr. Shelly Valdez is a member of the Pueblo of Laguna Tribe, located in central New Mexico, and of Hispanic descent. Read more…

Ruth fell in love with Chaco when her University of Texas archaeological field school visited the canyon in 1985. Read more…

Tracy grew up in a suburb of Toledo, Ohio, and received an Associate degree from Hocking Technical College in Recreation and Wildlife and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toledo in Natural Resource Management.  Read more…

Olivia is a Southwest archaeologist originally from Missouri and now living in New Mexico. She has her B.A. in Anthropology from Missouri State University and her M.A. in Anthropology focusing on Applied Archaeology from the University of Nebraska. Read more…