Board & Committees

2025- 2026

Board of Directors

Steven M. Adams, Chairperson
Librarian for Graduate and Postdoctoral Initiatives at Northwestern University

Raquel Flores-Clemons, Vice-Chairperson
Unit Head, Vivian Harsh Research Collection, Chicago Public Library

Treasurer (Vacant)

Sarah Boyd Alvarez (Secretary)
Director of Exhibitions , The Newberry Library
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Laurice Bell
Executive Director, Shorefront Legacy Center

Kimberly Black-Parker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Library Information & Media Studies,
Chicago State University

Anthony Dunbar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies, Dominican University

Amy Mooney, Ph.D.
Professor, Art History, Columbia College Chicago

Jeffrey L. Page
Founder and CEO of Movin’ Legacy

Mark Payne
Executive Director of Public Allies Chicago (fills community member seat on the board)

Emily Reiher
Director, Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago

Victoria Sockwell
Manager of Archives for Cook County Government

Leslie Wilson, Ph.D.
Academic Curator and Director of Research Programs, Art Institute of Chicago

Trustees Emeriti

Leroy E. Kennedy

Kathleen E. Bethel

Archie Motley Archival Internship Program Committee

Kimberly Black-Parker, Chicago State University

Laurice Bell, Shorefront Legacy Center

Morgen MacIntosh Hodgetts, DePaul University