Board

SIA Board of Directors

There are 12 voting members: the 4 elected officers, 7 elected directors and the Past President (ex-officio). Non-voting ex-officio members include the Executive Secretary, publications editors, and chapter presidents. Elections are held and new directors take office at the SIA’s annual meeting each spring.

The SIA Board meets on a quarterly basis and meetings are open to members of the Society. Meetings take place in person or online. If you are interested in participating in an online meeting, contact SIA headquarters (sia@siahq.org) to receive a meeting link. The next scheduled meetings of the Board are as follows:

  • SIA Spring Board Meeting: Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:00-5:30 PM Eastern Time
    • Board meeting held in conjunction with 2026 SIA Annual Conference in Norfolk, Virginia)
  • SIA Fall Board Meeting: Saturday, August. 29, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 NOON Eastern Time (via Zoom)
  • SIA Winter Board Meeting: Saturday, December 5, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 NOON Eastern Time (via Zoom)

Officers

Dave Vago
(President) 2026-2028
Bernardsville, NJ
President@siahq.org

Mary Habstritt
(Vice-President) 2026-2028
New York, NY
mhabstritt@verizon.net

Steven Walton
(Secretary) 2025-2028
Hancock, MI
Secretary@siahq.org

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Nanci K. Batchelor
(Treasurer) 2025-2028
Bordentown, New Jersey
609-520-1188
Fax: 609-514-5925
nkbatch@msn.com


Directors

Anthony Meadow (Director) 2024-2027
Santa Fe, NM
510-334-8161
tmeadow@ferrumwest.com

Jacob Kaplan (Director) 2024-2027
Chicago, IL
jacob@forgottenchicago.com

Colin Batchelor (Director) 2025-2028
Bordentown, NJ
cgbatch@msn.com

Marty Johnston (Director) 2025-2028
St. Paul, MN
MEJOHNSTON@stthomas.edu

Meg Kindelin (Director) 2026–2029
Chicago, IL
mkindelin@jlkarch.com

Lesa Thornton (Director) 2026–2029
TX
lesa.thornton@gmail.com

Sean Gohman (Director) 2026–2029
Laurium, MI
seangohman@pm.me

Fred Quivik (Past President) 2026-2028
St. Paul, MN
quivik@usfamily.net


Non-voting Members

Steven Walton, Executive Secretary

Ted Grevstad-Nordbrock, Editor, IH: The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology

Marni Blake Walter, Editor, SIA Newsletter

SIA Chapter Presidents are also non-voting ex-officio members of the SIA National Board