Board of Directors

Officers

President: Clark I. Bright
Vice President: Stanford B. Bernheim
Secretary: Eric J. Kaldahl, Ph.D., RPA
Treasurer: Joan Hood, C.P.A.
Immediate Past President: Emory Sekaquaptewa, J.D.

Directors

Stanford B. Bernheim (Vice President): Stan Bernheim has been a fulltime social studies instructor at Tucson’s Sahuaro High School since 1999, and taught at Tucson High the previous year. Trained in archaeology, museum technology, education and history, he completed his Masters Degree in History and Public History (the first recipient of that major topic) at the University of Texas El Paso (UTEP) and has worked on archaeology and museum projects for the Amerind Foundation, Cochise College, and the Fort Huachuca and Fort Bliss Replica museums.

Clark I. Bright (President): Clark Bright is a Senior Staff Scientist and Group Technical Leader with 3M Corp., Tucson. He is a member and supporter of nonprofit organizations including the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Friends of Western Art, Museum of Northern Arizona, Tucson Botanical Gardens, and Tucson Museum of Art.

Bill H. Enríquez: Bill H. Enríquez is an attorney at law for the State Compensation Fund of Arizona and a former Administrative Law Judge for the Industrial Commission of Arizona. He is a former Board member for Southern Arizona Mental Health and the Governor's Board of Criminal Justice.

Samuel Greenleaf: Sam Greenleaf, the building engineer and general contractor for Tucson’s Transamerica Building, is an active avocational archaeologist who teaches Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s arrowhead making and flintknapping workshops and volunteers a lot of his time on Old Pueblo projects. He is a former member of the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society’s Board of Directors.

Donald R. Holliway: Don Holliway is a retired educator. In Los Alamos, New Mexico, he was an elementary teacher, principal, curriculum supervisor and was responsible for developing and implementing an award-winning Middle School program. His early interest in archaeology developed as he hiked Bandelier National Monument and traveled in the Four Corners area. Since moving to the Sunflower Community in Marana, Arizona, he has been involved as a volunteer in excavations at the Yuma Wash and Marana Mound archaeological sites, and a participant in the Arizona Site Steward Program.

Joan Hood, C.P.A. (Treasurer): Joan Hood has been a licensed certified public accountant since 1986 and is currently advanced fiscal analyst at Pima Community College. The majority of her professional experience is with not-for-profit organizations. She has been a member of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center since 1999 and has a life-long interest in archaeology.

Eric J. Kaldahl, Ph.D., RPA (Secretary): Eric Kaldahl (Ph.D.) is the Curator of Education & Research for the Tohono O'odham Nation's Cultural Center & Museum. He is a Registered Professional Archaeologist who has conducted research in the Southwest and Great Plains. He has taught courses for the University of Nebraska, University of Arizona, and Pima Community College. He was Old Pueblo's Educational Project Director from 1999-2002.

Marrilyn Mallon:Marrilyn “Mitzi” Mallon, a print consultant for International Minute Press of Tucson, is active in nonprofit-organization fundraising.

Buck McCain: Buck McCain is a well-known Arizona western artist. He was recipient of the Friends of Western Art organization’s “Artist of the Year” award in 2006 and is an active fundraiser for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.

Amalia A.M. Reyes: As Resource Coordinator for Arizona’s Pascua-Yaqui Tribe, Amalia Reyes assesses potential impacts of federal projects on traditional cultural properties and provides recommendations to the office of the tribal chairwoman; serves as the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act representative; coordinates tribal consultation meetings with federal, state and municipal agencies; protects tribal sovereignty in the development of internal policies and related to cultural resource preservation; assists in developing curriculum to teach history and culture to tribal members, and assists in development of cultural resources for community and tribal departments. Her community involvement includes service with the Asamblea de Mujeres Indigena (Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico), Arizona State Museum Native Nations Advisory Board, Christmas Angel Rio Yaqui Toy Drive, Pascua Yaqui Diabetes Advisory Board, San Ignacio Yaqui Council, Tu’I Vo’ota Bwise Advisory Board, Yoeme Voices Advisory Board, and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.

Karen M. Russo: Before moving to Arizona, Karen Russo earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in business management plus a degree in interior design, taught classes in business management and purchasing in New York City, was employed as director of administration for Tri-Star Motion Pictures and Exxon Corp., was purchasing director for Teledyne Isotopes (where she was honored as Employee of the Year), and ran a successful electronics manufacturing business with her husband Phil. Karen has had a love for archaeology since she was young and is now among Old Pueblo’s most giving volunteers, helping answer the phones, making fundraising calls and writing fundraising letters, and helping out in many other ways. She was appointed to Old Pueblo's Advisory Committee the year before she was elected to the Board of Directors.

Emory Sekaquaptewa, J.D.: Emory Sekaquaptewa, Hopi tribal elder and justice on the tribe’s appellate court, is a Research Anthropologist for the University of Arizona’s Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology. His work focuses on Hopi language and culture, and has included creation of a Hopi Dictionary and research on Spanish Colonial accounts of early Hopi history. Emory served as President of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center from January 2002 through January 2006.

Paul Virgin: Paul Virgin retired in 2004 after 35 years teaching art and coaching cross country running and skiing, and track and field, in the St. Paul, Minnesota public schools. His art interests are in painting watercolors and he is a competitive distance runner (35 marathons), cross country ski racer, hiker, and mountain biker. A 1980s trip to the Four Corners sparked his interest in archaeology and led to a one-month trip each summer camping and visiting ruins. He joined Old Pueblo after visiting its Yuma Wash archaeological site dig, and since moving to Tucson in 2005 he has become involved in Old Pueblo’s excavations, the Arizona Site Stewards (assigned to Saguaro National Park West), the Tucson Museum of Art, and the Tucson Jazz Society.