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Allan Affeldt

  • Owner of La Posada Hotel, Winslow, Arizona
  • Mayor of Winslow (2005-2008)
  • Recipient of various tourism and preservation awards
  • Past Board member of Arizona Humanities Council
  • Founder: International Peace Walks
  • University of California Irvine: Ph.D Candidate., Cognitive Sciences (on leave)
  • MNA Board of Trustees (2005 – 2009)

Sarah Alemán

Drew Barringer

  • Barringer Crater Company: Board of Directors 1981-present. President and CEO 1992-present
  • Greater Atlanta Community Foundation: CEO 1984-97
  • Flagstaff Community Foundation board member
  • Lowell Observatory Advisory Board member
  • Nonprofit Resource Center of Northern Arizona board member
  • Boston University: B.A., Sociology
  • University of North Carolina: M.S., Community Planning and Nonprofit Administration
  • U. S. Army 1966-69 – Vietnam Veteran
  • MNA Board of Trustees (2006 – 2010)

Samuel Braun

  • Retired Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
  • Tuba City Indian Medical Center Mental Health Department (1992-2002)
  • New York State University, Syracuse Medical School 1959
  • Sedona Muses Member Currently
  • MNA Board of Trustees (2006 – 2010)

David Connell

  • Sr. Vice President/Chief Fiduciary Officer of Northern Trust
  • Phoenix Symphony: Treasurer, Board and Executive Committee member
  • Central Arizona Estate Planning Council: Past Director
  • B.S. Business Administration, University of Nebraska
  • Graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School, University of Washington
  • MNA Board of Trustees (2005 – 2009)

Susie Garretson (Chairperson)

  • Co-owner & operator, Flagstaff Athletic Club, 1978-2001
  • Past board member: The Arboretum (past officer), Coconino County Juvenile Courts Community Advisory Board (past Chair), Coconino Community College Foundation.
  • Founding Board member & past Chair, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church Youth Commission, Flagstaff Leadership Program
  • Current Member: Friend’s of Flagstaff’s Future Board of Directors (President), Soroptimists International of Flagstaff.
  • Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff 2005 Female Citizen of the Year
  • B.A., Elementary Education, University of Northern Colorado
  • MNA member since 1983, Docent since 2001
  • MNA Board of Trustees and Chair (2003 – 2007)

Susan Golightly

  • Co-owner, Golightly Tire and Golightly Residential Rentals
  • Member: Grand Canyon Association Board of Directors, (2002-present)
  • Flagstaff Leadership Program Board & Advisory Board (1991-present)
  • Flagstaff Visioning 2020 Science Task Force
  • Taylor House Creation Task Force
  • Flagstaff Medical Center Foundation Board 1992-1995
  • Soroptimists International of Flagstaff 1969-present
  • Arizona Women’s Conference “One Can Make a Difference” Recipient, 1995
  • BS Biology, M.S. Home Economics, Secondary Education, Northern Arizona University
  • MNA Docent, 1983-present
  • MNA Board of Trustees (2002 – 2003 and 2003 – 2007)

Sam R. Henderson

  • Retired January 2004 from National Park Service (38 years) – Superintendent of the Flagstaff National Monuments (Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano and Walnut Canyon National Monuments)
  • Assignments included Superintendent of Casa Grande Ruins, Hohokam Pima, Organ Pipe Navajo National Monument, the Southern Arizona Group Office, and the Western Archaeological and Conservation Center: Park Ranger at Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site.
  • Permanent resident of Flagstaff since 1985
  • B. S. Anthropology/Archaeology, Northern Arizona University
  • MNA Board of Trustees (2004 – 2008)

Leigh (Jenkins) Kuwanwisiwma

  • Director, Hopi Cultural Preservation Office - 1989 – Present
  • Asst. Director, Hopi Health Department - 1978 – 89
  • Treasurer, Hopi Tribe - 1974 – 1976
  • Board of Directors: Arizona Archaeological Commission, Casa Malpais Park Foundation, Arizona Heritage Alliance, NAU Hopi Institute
  • Author of many publications
  • B.A., Business Administration, Northern Arizona University, 1974
  • MNA Board of Trustees (2003 – 2005 and 2005 – 2009)

LaVelle McCoy

  • McCoy Motors, President and CEO
  • Member: Arizona Automobile Dealers Association Board of Directors; AADA Legislative Committee (Chair); AADA Insurance Trust (past chair); Greater Flagstaff Economic Council (past chair); Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors (Chairman); Governor’s Small Business Advisory Council For State of Arizona (past Chair); Flagstaff Family YMCA (past Chair); Victim –Witness for Coconino County (past Chair); United Way of Northern Arizona Board of Directors; Coconino Community College Foundation (Vice President); Optimist Club of Flagstaff (past President); Flagstaff Rotary Club (President); and many other affiliation
  • Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff 2005 Male Citizen of the Year
  • General Motors Institute’s Dealership Management Training School
  • MNA Board of Trustees (2006 – 2010)

Jack Metzger

  • Owner/Rancher Flying M Ranch
  • Arizona Cattlegrowers Association, President
  • Arizona Governor’s Forest Health Oversight Council since 2004
  • National Cattlemen's Association: Chairman of the Federal Lands Committee
  • Spent two and a half years in Washington, D.C., representing industry concerns
  • Founding member of the Diablo Trust, a nonprofit organization focused on learning from the land and applying appropriate management to achieve community goals and needs, while maintaining ecologically and economically sustainable ranching
  • University of Arizona: B. S.
  • MNA Board of Trustees (2004 – 2008)

Beverly Miller

  • First Arizona Commission on the Arts (1998-2004)
  • Arizona Board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and was the Arizona Representative (1970s)
  • Western Art Association Board Member (1990s)
  • Keep Sedona Beautiful Board 25 year member (1960s and 1970s)
  • Arizona Cattle Growers Foundation, past board member
  • MNA Board of Trustees (1980 – 2001, 2002 – 2003 and 2006 – 2010)

Peter Pilles

  • Coconino National Forest Archaeologist (1975-present)
  • Archaeologist, Administrative Assistant and Research Associate, MNA, 1967-1983
  • Authored numerous publications and papers
  • Instructor, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Getty Conservation Institute, American Rock Art Research Association, Adjunct Professor, NAU
  • Advisor/Consultant to numerous federal, state, tribal, and professional organizations
  • Recipient of various archaeological awards
  • B.A., Arizona State University
  • MNA Board of Trustees (2003 – 2006 and 2006 – 2010)

Barbara Poley

  • Serves as the Executive Director of the Hopi Foundation for the past eleven years and is a Hopi/Laguna tribal member
  • Served as staff assistant to the Chairman of the Hopi Tribe
  • Entrepreneurial management of Loololma’s Plaza, a private retail art business
  • Served seven years with Native Americans for Community Action, an urban nonprofit human service agency, as their Economic Development Specialist and Executive Director
  • Boards: Women and Philanthropy, a national advocacy network; Hopi Education Endowment Fund, first president; Native Americans in Philanthropy, former Vice-Chair
  • Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and a Masters Degree in Education from Northern Arizona University
  • MNA Board of Trustees (2004 – 20008)

Wayne Ranney

  • Professor of Geology, Yavapai College, Sedona, AZ (1987 – present)
  • Professional Lecturer and Outdoor Guide (1988 – present)
  • Educator, MNA Ventures (1982 – present)
  • MNA Alumni Association (1998 – 2001)
  • Flagstaff Leadership Program, Class of 2005
  • Author of numerous popular and scientific articles and books on the geology of Northern Arizona, including "Carving Grand Canyon" and “Sedona Through Time”
  • Familiar with education, science and commercial tour issues
  • B.S. and M.S. Geology, Northern Arizona University (1980 and 1988)
  • MNA Board of Trustees (2003 – 2005 and 2005 – 2009)

Jim Reed

Carolyn Shoemaker

  • Visiting Scientist, Branch of Astrogeology, U. S. Geological Survey, 1980 – present
  • Research Professor of Astronomy, Northern Arizona University, 1989 - present
  • Staff Member, Lowell Observatory, 1993 – present
  • Boards: Planetary Science Institute, Lowell Observatory Advisory Board, International Spaceguard Association, Scientific Advisor to Barringer Crater Enterprises
  • Past Boards: Council of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Executive Board Western Region, AAAS
  • Discoverer of more than 800 asteroids and 32 comets
  • Recipient of numerous awards and medals in planetary astronomy
  • M.A., California State University Chico; Sc.D. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff; Sc.D. St Mary’s University, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • MNA Board of Trustees (2003 – 2005 and 2005 – 2009)

Stephen Verkamp

  • Retired U.S. Magistrate Judge
  • Northern Arizona Book Festival
  • Part of the Verkamp family of Grand Canyon, which runs the oldest, continuous family business in the National Park system.
  • University of Arizona: Business, Law
  • MNA Board of Trustees (2005 – 2008)
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