Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
Preserving archaeology and culture for our future
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Old Pueblo Archaeology Center Preserving archaeology and culture for our future |
      
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About Us
Board of Directors Officers President: Stanford B. Bernheim ..................................... Re-elected to this office 1/26/10; board term continues through 1/2011 Directors Stanford B. Bernheim Elected to Board 1/25/05, current term expires 1/11. Stan Bernheim has been a fulltime social studies instructtor 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 degree recipient in 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.
Douglas B. Craig, Ph.D. Elected to Board 1/27/09, current term expires 1/12. Dr. Douglas Craig is a leading expert on the prehistory of southern and central Arizona. He received his B.A. in history from Harvard University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Arizona. Since 1994 Dr. Craig has worked for Northland Research, a private environmental consulting firm, where he is currently a principal investigator. Dr. Craig is author of numerous professional papers and monographs on the prehistoric Hohokam. His published studies have focused on Hohokam community organization, political economy, and the changing character of the household. He also has been active in efforts to model Hohokam population dynamics, and with his colleagues is currently conducting investigations at several early farming settlements along the San Pedro and Santa Cruz rivers. Before joining Old Pueblo’s Board he served as President of the Arizona Archaeological Council.
Jane Delaney Elected to Board 1/26/10, current term expires 1/13. Jane Delaney and her family moved to Tucson in 1961 from various places where her husband had worked in oil exploration. She worked for the State of Arizona Job Service as an interviewer and job developer, and since retiring has volunteered at the Amerind Foundation, the Arizona State Museum, Mobile Meals, Eastside Volunteers, and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Jane has been interested in anthropology and archaeology since her teen years, attended Iowa State University and the University of Arizona, and has taken several archaeology courses at Tucson’s Pima Community College.
Jean Giliberto Elected to Board 1/26/10, current term expires 1/13. A fulltime Tucson resident since 1990 and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center member since 1994, Jean was born and raised in the greater Los Angeles Metro area, before a 12-year soaking in the Puget Sound (1978-1990). Weary of gray skies, fighting moss, and banana slugs, Jean returned to her Tucson roots, where her parents met and married in 1944. In 2004, she restarted her college career, after a 31-year hiatus in retail management, the food services industry, and IT support. Active in Pima College’s Center for Community and Oral History, Jean enjoyed writing for their monthly newsletter, planning and staging their yearly Veteran’s Day Show and research projects. At the University of Arizona, a project for a history class resulted in a presentation at the 2005 Arizona History Convention. Jean finally received her BAs in History and Anthropology/Archaeology from the University of Arizona in May 2008. Currently, she is pursuing postgrad studies in historical archaeology at the U of A and hands-on skills at Pima Community College’s highly respected Centre for Archaeological Field Training. Jean has enjoyed participating in past Old Pueblo excavation projects, volunteers with archaeologist Deni Seymour for survey and excavation in the San Pedro River Valley, and is a longtime “digger” in genealogy.
Samuel Greenleaf Elected to Board 1/27/04, current term expires 1/13. Sam Greenleaf, a building engineer and general contractor, 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.
Joan Hood, C.P.A. Elected to Board 1/31/06, current term expires 1/12. Joan Hood is a licensed certified public accountant and is currently Director of Fiscal & Management Operations for Facilities 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.
Joseph Kane Elected to Board 1/27/09, current term expires 1/12 A native of Chicago, Joe Kane retired and moved to Oro Valley, Arizona, with his wife Toni in 2005. Joe was Manager of Corporate Payroll for Packaging Corporation of America, a firm with 8,000 employees and sales of $2 million. He earned his B.A. degree in Accounting from Western Illinois University and, except for a two-year engagement with the U.S. Army, has spent his entire career in the private sector. Currently he volunteers at the Amerind Foundation in Dragoon, Arizona, is a member of the Tucson Museum of Art and the Arizona Historical Society, serves as treasurer of his community Homeowners Association, and has represented Old Pueblo Archaeology Center at the annual Archaeology Expos and Marana Founders Day celebrations. His interest in archaeology began on a trip to Canada several years ago when he and Toni visited a fort and a several archaeologists were working in a trench dug across the parade ground, on which he reminisces “My wife had to restrain me from joining the crew working.” Joe’s association with Old Pueblo has enabled him to pursue this interest, and since then he has participated in several of Old Pueblo’s and archaeologist Dr. Deni Seymour’s public-assisted excavations in Arizona.
Ann Baker Kobritz Elected to Board 1/27/09, current term expires 1/12 Ann Kobritz is a Tucson native and graduate of University of Arizona. She began her teaching career with the Tucson Unified School District’s D.E.S.E.R.T. Project (District-wide Emphasis on Science Education Reform in Tucson) as a Special Presenter for students and Facilitator for Professional Development for elementary and middle school educators. She taught fourth grade for three years and has been teaching Math and Social Studies at Doolen Middle School for the Gifted and Talented Education self contained program since 2006. Ann is a Teacher Consultant for the Arizona Geographic Alliance and is involved in other professional organizations promoting quality in education.
Dawn Lashley Elected to Board 1/29/08, current term expires 1/11. Dawn Lashley volunteers for the Assistance League of Tucson and other nonprofit organizations. She and her husband John operate “This 'L Dew Properties,” a limited real estate sales and development enterprise. The Lashleys donated funds and three mesquite trees to Old Pueblo to help with the 2004 move to the 5100 W. Ina Road facility, have assisted with Old Pueblo’s auctions and other fundraising events, and joined the Old Pueblo Advisory Committee in 2005 before Dawn was elected to the Board of Directors in 2008.
Paul Virgin Elected to Board 1/30/07, current term expires 1/13. 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. |
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