Officers and Regents

Academy members elect four officers and four regents to two-year terms. Each year the membership elects a Vice President, who serves as Vice President for a year, then President for a year, then Regent for Nominations for a year. Together, the officers and regents comprise the Board of Regents, which governs the Academy. The ACA Advisory Board, composed of past presidents, provides informal guidance and institutional knowledge to the President and Board. Various other volunteers round out the Academy’s governance through service on committees, the newsletter, Cybersecurity/InfoSec and IT, Website, and exhibit curation.

The remaining Officers and Regents are elected by the membership for two-year terms:

• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Regent for Examination Development
• Regent for Examination Administration
• Regent for Certification Maintenance
• Regent for Outreach
• Regent for Member Services

The Officers and Regents constitute the Board of Regents, which manages the affairs of the Academy.

President (2024-25)
Dara Baker, CA
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Washington D.C.
president@certifiedarchivists.org

Vice-President/President-Elect (2024-25)
Stephanie Bayless, CA
National Archives and Records Administration
San Francisco, CA
vicepresident@certifiedarchivists.org

Treasurer (2024-26)
Mary McRobinson, CA
Oregon State Archives
Salem, OR
treasurer@certifiedarchivists.org

Secretary (2023-25)
Lauren Goodley, CA
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
secretary@certifiedarchivists.org

Regent for Certification Maintenance (2023-25)
Amanda Focke, CA
Rice University
Houston, TX
certificationmaintenance@certifiedarchivists.org

Regent for Examination Administration (2023-25)
Gina Nichols, CA
U.S. Navy Seabee Museum
Port Hueneme, CA
examadmin@certifiedarchivists.org

Regent for Examination Development (2024-26)
Cheryl Oestreicher, CA
Boise State University
Boise, ID
examdevelopment@certifiedarchivists.org

Regent for Outreach (2024-26)
Dina Mazina, CA
US Senate Historical Office
Washington D.C.
outreach@certifiedarchivists.org

Regent for Member Services (2023-25)
Julia Stringfellow, CA
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA
memberservices@certifiedarchivists.org

Past President / Regent for Nominations (2024-25)
Liz Scott, CA
East Stroudsburg University
East Stroudsburg, PA
pastpresident@certifiedarchivists.org

Association Manager
Breanne Clark
Phone: (518) 694-8471
Fax: (518) 463-8656
office@certifiedarchivists.org

Job Coordinator
Laura DeMuro, CA
jobs@certifiedarchivists.org

Webmaster
Alexandra Vargas-Minor, CA