Dan

Daniel Sandweiss, PhD, RPA, President (2025)

I am a professor in the Climate Change Institute and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maine. My research focuses on archaeological contributions to understanding climate change (mainly El Niño), human-environment interaction, and maritime adaptations. Most of my field work has been on the coast of Peru. I have been a member of SAA for over 40 years and have served on many committees and task forces as well as the board. From working with students and colleagues, I have come to believe that equity issues, professional development, and advocacy for the archaeological record need to be at the core of what we do moving forward.

Dan can be reached at president@saa.org

Barbara

Barbara J. Roth, PhD, Secretary (2025)

I am a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. I received my PhD in Anthropology from the University of Arizona and have done fieldwork in the Southwest US, Wyoming, Colorado, and France. My research has focused on the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in the Southwest, and I currently work in the Mimbres Mogollon region of southwestern New Mexico examining household and community organization during the Pithouse and Classic period pueblo periods. I have also been doing work in the Mojave Desert examining prehistoric hunter-gatherer land use.

Kim

Kimberly Redman, MA, RPA, Treasurer (2024)

I am an owner and the president of a CRM firm in western Colorado. My primary research interest is lithic technological organization, though I now focus on the financial and organizational health of my company and its employees. I feel strongly that, as a discipline, archaeology needs to focus on engaging the public and connecting with knowledge that descendant communities hold. I serve on boards because I believe that volunteerism and the strength of diverse voices make our society better.

Reymundo

Reymundo Chapa, MA, RPA, Treasurer-Elect

As Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands at Colorado State University, I lead 600+ environmental professionals imbedded on federal facilitates around the world, oversee cooperative agreements and contracts that total more than $100 mil per year; and manage an annual operating budget of over $2 mil. I am an appointed member of the Mayor’s Budget and Finance Advisory Committee for the town of Timnath, CO. I work closely with the SAA Executive Committee to resolve financial issues that confront the Society.

Kurt

Kurt E. Dongoske, MA, Director-at-Large

I have been a professional archaeologist for the past 45 years; 31 of which have been dedicated to working with descendant Native American tribal communities (Zuni and Hopi). I am currently the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Pueblo of Zuni, where I’m also the principal investigator for the Zuni Cultural Resource Enterprise.

Maria

Maria Gutierrez, PhD, Director-at-Large (2024)

My research explores long-term hunter-gatherer strategies in the Pampean grassland of Argentina, focusing on subsistence and site formation processes as revealed by zooarchaeology and actualistic taphonomy. I teach at the Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNICEN, Argentina), at Universidad del Norte (Colombia), and at ESPOL (Ecuador). I encourage greater involvement in the SAA by Latin American scholars and students, including participation in meetings, interest groups, online seminars, and other opportunities for professional development.

Desireé

Desireé R. Martinez, MA, RPA, Director-at-Large (2025)

Jerry

Jerry Howard, PhD, RPA, Director-at-Large

I am currently an archaeologist for Orange County Parks. I'm an African American scholar with experience as a museum curator, assistant professor, and Cultural Resource Management field and laboratory technician. These experiences have afforded me a unique perspective into the world of archaeology and the issues facing the field.

Anna Marie

Anna Marie Prentiss, PhD, Director-at-Large (2025)

I am professor and graduate program coordinator in the anthropology department at the University of Montana.  I have also worked as a cultural resource management professional in public and private sectors.  My research concerns uses of archaeology to understand ancient Indigenous history and the cultural evolutionary process.  I am the SAA Board liaison to the Committee on Awards and Scholarships.  

Paola

Paola Schiappacasse, PhD, RPA, Director-at-Large (2024)

I am an anthropologist who specializes in Caribbean historical archaeology. My research focuses on documentary archaeology, ethnohistory, museum anthropology, and sites of isolation. I teach at the University of Puerto Rico and have worked extensively in CRM. I also serve as board liaison to the Committee on Awards and Scholarships and the Committee on Museums, Collections, and Curation.