BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Marwan M. Kraidy, ChairNorthwestern University at Qatar
Joy ConnollyAmerican Council of Learned Societies
Jimena CanalesHarvard University
Melani McAlisterThe George Washington University
Dana WilliamsHoward University

ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE

Frances Daly Fergusson, ChairVassar College (president emeritus)
James H. Averill Jr.Wellington Management (retired)
Jimena CanalesHarvard University
Joy ConnollyAmerican Council of Learned Societies
Edward E. CohenUniversity of Pennsylvania
Marwan M. KraidyNorthwestern University at Qatar
Alexandra LordSmithsonian Institute
Dana WilliamsHoward University

FINANCE COMMITTEE

MemberAffiliation
Marwan Kraidy, Co-Chair Northwestern University at Qatar 
Melani McAlister, Co-Chair The George Washington University
James H. Averill Jr.Wellington Management (retired)
Joy ConnollyAmerican Council of Learned Societies
Frances Fergusson Vassar College 
James WhitmanYale University
Dana WilliamsHoward University

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE

MemberAffiliation
Julia Brody, Co-chairWilliams College
Ilene F. Spitzer, Co-chairBrown Brothers Harriman
James H. Averill Jr.Wellington Management (retired)
Jimena CanalesIndependent Scholar
Joy ConnollyAmerican Council of Learned Societies
Jon-Michael ConsalvoCarnegie Corporation of New York
Melani McAlisterThe George Washington University
Daniel StoddardAmerican Museum of Natural History
Westley M. Hays, Advisor Monticello Associates

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE DELEGATES

The Committee chair serves ex officio on the ACLS Board of Directors.

NameSocietyTerm Ends
Alex BarkerAmerican Anthropological Association2028
Lisa BerglundDictionary Society of North America2027
Carlos Alberto Contreras, ChairAmerican Historical Association2027
Sharon HerbertAmerican Society of Overseas Research2026
Paul JaskotCollege Art Association2028
Christophe A. KonéGerman Studies Association2028
Eleanor ShevlinSociety for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing2028
Robert WarriorAmerican Studies Association2028

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CONFERENCE OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The Committee chair serves ex officio on the ACLS Board of Directors.

NameSocietyTerm Ends
Ady Arguelles-SabatierAmerican Anthropological Association2027
Benita BlessingAmerican Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies2028
Lisa Fagin Davis, ChairMedieval Academy of America2026
Beth EnglishOrganization of American Historians2026
Jan KorstenSociety for the History of Technology2028
Alix SabaAfrican Studies Association2027
Jessica TurnerAmerican Folklore Society2027