Erik Nordberg (chair) enordber@utm.edu
Arron Kotlensky
Marni Blake Walter
Mary Starbuck
Saul Tannenbaum
Christopher Marston (co-chair)
chmarston29@gmail.com
Jacob Kaplan (co-chair)
jacob@forgottenchicago.com
Rebecca Burrow
Amanda Gronhovd
Tony Meadow
Marty Johnston
Courtney Murtaugh
Dave Vago (SIA president) president@siahq.org
Mary Habstritt (vice president)
Fred Quivik (past president)
Steve Walton (secretary) secretary@siahq.org
Nanci Batchelor (treasurer)
Nanci Batchelor (SIA treasurer)
nkbatch@msn.com
James Bouchard
Dave Vago (chair)
davago@mtu.edu
Tony Meadow
Fred Quivik (chair)
quivik@usfamily.net
Ted Gravsted-Nordbrock
Carol Poh
Patrick Malone
Patrick Martin
Paul White
Martha Mayer
Matthew Daley
Membership Committee
To advise the SIA Board on matters relating to membership, including member relations, new membership recruiting and member retention. All recommendations are to be submitted to the board for its approval. Recommendations are not limited to new initiatives, but should re-examine existing policies and procedures as appropriate.
Note: Please send all member change of address/other information requests to the SIA hdq email at sia@siahq.org
Committee Members:
Chair: — Vacant —
Members:
Nanci Batchelor
nkbatch@msn.com
James Bouchard
Secretary@siahq.org
Ann Dichter
ann.dichter@gmail.com
William McNiece
nmcniece@indy.rr.com
Lynn Rakos
lrakos@hotmail.com
Steven Walton
sawalton@mtu.edu
Nominations Committee
The Nominations Committee selects candidates for the Society's Board of Directors. Nominations are made from the ranks of the Society's membership and directors and officers are elected at the Society's Annual Business Meeting by a vote of the membership. SIA members are encouraged to suggest candidates from among the Society's membership by contacting members of the Nominations Committee listed below.
Committee Members
Diana Bouchard (2019 - 2022)
Marc Belanger (2020 - 2023)
Rebecca Burrow (2021 - 2024)
Ron Petrie (2022 - 2025)
The Presentations Committee issues calls for papers and selects papers for presentation at the Society's Annual Conferences. The committee is also responsible for scheduling paper sessions at the conferences.
Chair: David Simmons
simmons127@earthlink.net
Saul Tannenbaum
saul@tannenbaum.org
Christopher Marston
chmarston29@gmail.com
Robert Newberry
bobnewbery@gmail.com
Student Scholarship Committee
Mission
The Student Scholarship Committee promotes applications and selects the winning candidates for the annual SIA Student Travel Scholarships.
The SIA awards travel scholarships to help full-time students and professionals with less than three years of full-time experience to attend and participate in the SIA annual conferences and paper sessions. Interested students apply for these travel scholarships by submitting a concise letter outlining their demonstrated interest in and commitment to industrial archeology or a related field, and one letter of reference.
Committee Members
Chair: Scott See
sfsee@mtu.edu
Rebecca Burrow
rgburrow@gmail.com
Vogel Prize Committee
Committee members serve a term of five years, with the final year as chair of the committee. Each year one member rotates off and a new member is appointed by SIA's President and approved by the Board of Directors.
Each year the SlA recognizes outstanding scholarship within the field of industrial archeology with its Robert M. Vogel Prize. The award honors the author of the best article to appear in the Society's journal, lA, within the past three years. Articles under consideration have a clearly stated thesis, a well-constructed narrative, and an understandable conclusion. The analysis of material culture plays an important role in articles considered for the prize, as does the use of high-quality illustrations. The prize consists of a cash award and a wooden foundry pattern and plaque engraved with the recipient's name.
Vogel Prize Selection Committee:
Chair: Eric Nystrom (2015-2020)
Sean Gohman (2016-2021)
Mark Foster (2017-2022)
Fred Quivik (2018-2023)
Steven Walton (2019-2024)
The General Tools Award is the highest honor the SIA can bestow. The award recognizes individuals who have given sustained, distinguished service to the cause of industrial archeology and is presented at the SIA’s annual business meeting.
Committee members as of 2026:
Michael Raber, Chair
Mary Habstritt
TBD
Committee members select honorees from nominations and serve a term of three years, with the final year as chair of the committee. Each year one member rotates off and a new member is appointed by SIA's President and approved by the Board of Directors.
Eric DeLony Industrial Heritage Preservation Grant Fund Committee
Mission
To advise the SIA Board on the selection of Eric DeLony Industrial Heritage Preservation Grant Fund ('DeLony Grants'). All recommendations are to be submitted to the Board for its approval.
The Society for Industrial Archeology offers Industrial Heritage Preservation Grants from $1000 to $3000 for the study, documentation, recordation, and/or preservation of significant historic industrial sites, structures, and objects. Awards are made to nonprofit organizations and qualified individuals. Contributions of in-kind services, as well as cash resources from the sponsoring and cosponsoring agencies may qualify for matching purposes. Funds may be used for a range of projects including, but not limited to: increasing public awareness of preservation efforts, photography, videography, preparing inventories and developing measured drawings of extant significant industrial sites, structures, maritime facilities and industrial artifacts. Grant recipients must agree to prepare a written summary of their project suitable for publication in either the SIA Newsletter and/or for Industrial Archeology, the Society's scholarly journal.
Grant policy & application process
Committee Members
Duncan Hay (Primary Contact)
617-469-8477
duncan.e.hay@gmail.com
Suzanne Wray
gribble@earthlink.net
Paul White
907-786-6455
paulwhite@unr.edu
SIA Archives at the Smithsonian Institution
Copies of all SIA mailings, journals & newsletters are submitted to the SIA Archive at the Smithsonian.
Cathy Keen
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
e-mail: keenc@si.edu
The Society for Industrial Archeology is the industrial heritage organization representing the United States in The International Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage (TICCIH).
Ron Petrie is the current TICCIH National Representative
ron@siahq.org
TICCIH and SIA
The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH) is the world organization for industrial heritage. Its goals are to promote international cooperation in preserving, conserving, investigating, documenting, researching, interpreting, and advancing education of the industrial heritage.
Although TICCIH members are both individuals and institutions, it is organized through national associations in those countries where there is a recognized national institution for industrial heritage. The SIA has been recognized as representing the United States in this forum, as spelled out in the agreement between the two organizations.
TICClH is in turn recognized by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) as the designated consultant in all matters related to the study and preservation of industrial heritage. lCOMOS is the global non~governmental organization dedicated to conservation of the world's historic monuments and sites. In particular, ICOMOS' network of experts counsels UNESCO on properties to be added to the World Heritage List. Therefore, TICCIH recommends historically significant industrial sites for the World Heritage List.
So, a key role for the SIA is to raise global awareness of America's industrial heritage by actively participating in TICCIH activities. This includes recommending U.S. sites for inclusion on the World Heritage List and sending our representative to international meetings. SIA also acts at TICCIH's representative in the U.S.
In 2007, the SIA formalized its longstanding relationship with TICCIH in a written agreement. This called for SIA to create a National Committee of at least seven members to oversee SIA's responsibilities in this regard and to select the TICCIH representative. The SIA Board recently decided that the Board itself would serve as the National Committee and that we would continue to elect the TICCIH representative by a vote of the membership.
U.S. Representative to the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH)
The mission of the U.S. TICCIH Representative is to increase the U.S. and SIA involvement with meeting TICCIH's mission and charter. The charter was passed by TICCIH in 2003.
Ron Petrie
U.S. Representative to TICCIH (2024-2027)
ron@siahq.org