January 7, 2025

2025 Council Election Results

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Governing Board  

The following individuals were elected to the Governing Board: 

Vice President for Societies 

Katie Petrole, Term 1 (2025-2027) 

Vice President for Cultural Heritage 

Ömür Harmanşah, Term 2 (2025-2027) 

Vice President for Research and Academic Affairs 

Kim Shelton, Term 2 (2025-2027) 

General Trustees 

Elie Abemayor, Term 2 (2025-2028) 

Deborah Arnold, Term 1 (2024-2027) 

Jeffrey Barnouw, Term 1 (2025-2028) 

Thomas H. Carpenter, Term 1 (2025-2028) 

Sandra L. Flow, Term 1 (2025-2028) 

Maria Vecchiotti, Term 1 (2025-2028) 

Michael M. Wiseman, Term 2 (2025-2028) 

Academic Trustees 

Alex W. Barker, Term 1 (2024-2027) 

Jennifer Gates-Foster, Term 1 (2025-2028) 

Margaret L. Laird, Teram 2 (2025-2028) 

SeungJung Kim, Term 2 (2025-2028) 

Society Trustees 

Dawn Cox, Term 1 (2025-2028) 

Trustees Emeriti 

David C. Seigle  

Charles W. Steinmetz  

The AIA expresses its gratitude and appreciation to the following individuals who ran for a position on the Governing Board or Nominating Committee:

Thank you to Patricia (Patty) Jubinska for running for election as Vice President for Societies. 

Thank you to Nathan T. Elkins for running for election as Academic Trustee. 

Thank you to Nancy Serwint for running for election as Society Trustee. 

Thank you to Lawrence (Larry) Cripe for running for election to the Nominating Committee. 

Thank you to Laura Childs for running for election to the Nominating Committee. 

The AIA expresses its gratitude and appreciation to the following individuals who completed their service on the Governing Board this year.  

Sabrina Higgins, Vice President for Societies 

Jeanne Bailey, General Trustee 

Lawrence Cripe, General Trustee 

Andrea De Giorgi, Academic Trustee 

Mark Hurst, General Trustee 

Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Society Trustee 

Tom Sienkewicz, Society Trustee 

Barbara Sweet, General Trustee 

John Yarmick, General Trustee 

Nominating Committee 

The following individuals were elected to the 2025 Nominating Committee: 

Co-Chair: Susan Alcock, Term 2

Co-Chair: Elizabeth M. Greene, Term 2 

Elie Abemayor, Term 2 

Richard Leventhal, Term 2 

Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Term 1 

Laura Rich, Term 1 

Thank you to the Nominating Committee Co Chaired by Susan Alcock and Elizabeth M Greene, for its hard work in assembling an excellent slate of nominees. The Nominating Committee included Elie Abemayor, Deborah Arnold, Richard Leventhal and Claire Lyons.

Corresponding Members 

The following individuals were elected as Corresponding Members of the AIA: 

Arsen Bobokhyan – Armenia, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Academy of Sciences  

Amartuvshin Chunag – Mongolia, National University of Mongolia

Avraham Faust – Israel, Bar-Ilan University

Anna Gallone – Italy, John Cabot University in Rome

Ammar Kannawi – Syria, Idlib Antiquities Center/Former Director National Museum of Aleppo

Dimitris Plantzos – Greece, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Robert Rollinger – Austria, University of Innsbruck & Austrian Academy of Sciences

Romy Wyche – France, Museum of Ancient Arles