Committees
Standing Committees provide essential services to enhance membership in SCA.
Committee Chairs are not elected (exception: Nominating Committee), rather, Chairs are SCA member volunteers appointed or reappointed annually by the President with Board approval.
SCA members are encouraged to volunteer! To inquire about volunteering for a specific committee, contact its Chair.
Awards
Administers SCA's various awards; develops criteria for the awards, promotes the awards, and selects recipients.
Chair:
Chuck Wilson, University of California, Riverside
cwa1989@sbcglobal.net 951-827-6384
Development
Fund-raises to support SCA's activities and programs, through both member gifts and outside funding sources.
Co-chairs:
Jeanette Berard, Thousand Oaks Library
jberard@mx.tol.lib.ca.us 805-449-2660 x.228
Jessica Moran, California State Archives.
Jessica.Moran@sos.ca.gov 916-651-3306
Education
Provides archival education and professional development; coordinates several workshops each year, analyzes the educational needs of SCA members, and pursues other training opportunities.
Co-chairs:
Liz Phillips, Hoover Institution Library and Archives, Stanford University
ekphillips@stanford.edu 650-725-3471
Jennifer Goldman, Huntington Library
jgoldman@huntington.org 626-405-2208
Election
Conducts annual elections for SCA Board member positions.
Chair:
Pat Johnson, Center for Sacramento History
pjohnson@cityofsacramento.org 916-808-7074
Electronic Communications (formerly "Website")
Designs, maintains and updates the SCA website, and SCA social media sites, to facilitate communication among SCA members and others.
Chair:
Sarah Wilson, Stanford Law School
admin@calarchivists.org
Finance and Investment
Manages SCA’s assets; advises the Board of SCA's financial outlook.
Chair:
David Uhlich, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
duhlich@gmail.com 916-616-8003
Government Affairs
Monitors national, state and local legislation, governmental funding agencies, political appointments, and political issues of interest to archivists; coordinates special governmental projects.
Chair:
David Keller, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
dkeller@mwdh2o.com 213-217-5911
Local Arrangements (AGM)
Manages all physical arrangements of the Annual General Meeting (hotel, event venues, catering, travel, etc).
Chair:
Cyndi Shein, J. Paul Getty Trust
cshein@getty.edu 310-440-7436
Membership
Solicits new members, renews existing memberships, manages the current interests and concerns of the membership, and encourages participation in SCA activities and programs.
Chair:
Eric Milenkiewicz, University of California, Riverside
ericm@ucr.edu 951-827-4942
Nominating
Solicits candidates for SCA Board member positions, prepares a slate of candidates for offices falling vacant within a given year. (This is the only committee whose members are elected.)
Chair:
Julie Graham, University of California, Los Angeles
jgraham@library.ucla.edu 818-885-6827
Outreach and Publicity
Disseminates information about the archival profession and about SCA activities to allied organizations and professions and the public.
Co-chairs:
Brooke M. Black, Huntington Library
bblack@huntington.org 626-405-2202
Jessica Knox, California State Archives
Jessica.Knox@sos.ca.gov 916-653-5075
Program (AGM)
Plans and presents the program of the Annual General Meeting; develops a theme, contacts speaker candidates, solicits and reviews session proposals.
Chair:
Lisa Miller, Hoover Institution Library and Archives, Stanford University
lisa.miller@stanford.edu 650-724-2961
Publications
Develops, produces and markets SCA’s publications: the SCA Newsletter, the Directory of Archival and Manuscript Repositories in California, and other publications.
Chair:
Josh Schneider, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
jodsch@gmail.com
Site Selection (AGM)
Locates and recommends to the Board options for hotel sites for the Annual General Meeting in the city or area designated by the Board, according to prescribed criteria.
Chair:
Gabriele Carey, History Associates, Inc.
gcarey@emacorp.com 714-529-3953
Western Archives Institute Joint Management
Plans, develops, and oversees the Western Archives Institute (WAI), a two-week archival training program held each summer; consists of representatives from the California State Archives, SCA Board and WAI.
Chair:
Sydney Bailey, California State Archives
sbailey@sos.ca.gov 916-653-6734
Special Committees
Special Committees are ad hoc committees, or task force groups, established by the Board to perform a specific task for a limited time.
