2020 Louisiana Historical Association
Committee Appointments
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Board of Directors
3yr Appointment
Virginia Gould (21)
Shannon Frystak (21)
Randy Sparks (21)
Dan Usner (21)
Brady Banta (22)
Jeffrey Anderson (22)
Karen Leathem (22)
Nathaniel Means (22)
Elaine Thompson (23)
Nolan Eller (23)
Justin Nystrom (23)
Faye Phillips (23)
Paul Hoffman, Ad-hoc Member
Executive Committee
Annual Appointment
Henry Robertson, President
Eva Baham, Vice President
James Wilson, Secretary-Treasurer
Michael Martin, Managing Editor
Jeffrey Anderson
Elaine Thompson
Nominations Committee
Annual Appointment
Dave Anderson, Chair
Brian McGowan
Michelle Riggs Waller
Gene Smith
James MacDonald
Program Committee
Annual Appointment
Shannon Frystak, Chair
Miki Pfeffer
Justin Nystrom
Gary Joiner
Sam Hyde
Charter & Bylaws Committee
2yr Appointment
Fernin Eaton, Chair (21)
Mary Linn Wernet (21)
Gaines Foster (21)
Michael Ross (22)
John Sacher (22)
Membership Committee
2yr Appointment
Chris Stacey, Chair (21)
Bobby Keeling (21)
Molly Mitchell (21)
Liz Skilton (22)
Laura D. Kelley (22)
Archives & Records Committee
3yr Appointment
Karen Leathem, Chair (21)
Patricia Threatt (21)
Melissa Smith (22)
Leon Miller (23)
Kemper Williams Prize Committee
3yr Appointment
Jason Wiese, Chair – Permanent Appt.
Dan Usner (21)
Charles Pellegrin (22)
Kevin McQueeney (23)
Hugh Rankin Prize Committee
Annual Appointment
Eva Baham, Chair
Molly Mitchell
Alecia Long
Michael Martin (Ex-Officio)
McGinty Award Committee
2yr Appointment
V. Elaine Thompson, Chair
Charles Pellegrin (20)
Mark Fernandez (21)
LHA Fellows Committee
3yr Appointment
Sam Shepherd, Chair (21)
Alecia Long (22)
Virginia Gould (23)
Investments Committee
5yr Appointment
Paul Hoffman, Chair (22)
Virginia Gould, (21)
Andrew McKevitt (21)
Lawrence Powell (22)
Janet Allured (22)
Dave Anderson (22)
James Wilson
Ad-hoc Voting Member
Committee on Teaching History
3yr Appointment
Howard Hunter, Chair (22)
Jim Rogers (21)
Laura D. Kelley (22)
Paul Wilson (23)
Phi Alpha Theta Committee
3yr Appointment
Henry Robertson, Chair (21)
Samantha Cavell (22)
V. Elaine Thompson (23)
Publications Committee
3yr Appointment
Michael Martin, Managing Editor
Eva Baham (21)
Jeff Anderson (21)
Michael Frawley (21)
Steve Michot (22)
Marianne Fisher-Giorlando (22)
James MacDonald (22)
Raphael Cassimere Jr. (23)
Theodore Foster (23)
Jennifer Ann Venable (23)
Glenn R. Conrad Prize Committee
Annual Appointment
Mike Wade, Chair
Randy Sparks
Gaines Foster
Ad Hoc Committee
Information and Technology Committee
Andrew McKevitt, Chair
Andrew Wegmann
Bob Whitaker
Michael Martin
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