Costume Society of America is pleased to announce the results of the recent election for the Class of 2026 National Board of Directors. We would like to thank everyone on the slate of thirteen for their willingness to serve. From that slate, five were chosen to be inducted at this year’s Annual Meeting during the National Symposium in Salt Lake City, Utah, taking place May 23 through 27, 2023.
The Class of 2026 National Board of Directors are as follows. Karen DePauw, who will be serving her second term on the board, is Manager of Local History Services at the Indiana Historical Society. Adam MacPhàrlain, also serving a second term, is Curator of Clothing and Textiles at the Missouri Historical Society. Jaleesa Reed is Assistant Research Professor at Cornell University. Clare Sauro, who will be serving a second term, is Director and Chief Curator of the Fox Historic Costume Collection at Drexel University. Ginger D. Stanciel is the Programming, Engagement, and Exhibition Development Coordinator for Civic Projects Architecture in Chicago. Paige E. Tomfohrde will be appointed to serve as a Graduate Student Liaison to the Board of Directors.
Annette Becker, Director of the Texas Fashion Collection at the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts & Design, and Michael Mamp, Associate Professor at Louisiana State University, will serve as Board of Director alternates. Classes of 2024 and 2025 directors are: Lloyd Cracknell, Clarissa Esguerra, Karan Feder, Susan Hannel, Michaele Thurgood Haynes, Neal Hurst, Jean L. Parsons, Kelly Reddy-Best, Arlesa Shephard, and Graham Wetzbarger. Dyese Matthews serves as a Graduate Student Liaison.
CSA also announces several renewed appointments to the Executive Committee. The following will serve through the 2025 Annual Meeting: Vice President for Publications Julia Petrov, who is Curator of Daily Life and Leisure at the Royal Alberta Museum; Vice President for Grants and Projects Elise Yvonne Rousseau, who is Director & Principal Conservator of ACdR Conservation; Vice President for External Relations Karen DePauw; and Vice President for Technology Graham Wetzbarger, who is Founder & CEO of Luxury Appraisals & Authentication.
Several other Executive Committee members are serving until the 2024 Annual Meeting: President Lalon Alexander, President Elect Leon Wiebers, Past President Sheryl Farnan Leipzig, Treasurer Danielle Reaves, Secretary Theresa Alexander, Vice President for Awards and Honors Arlesa Shephard, Vice President for Internal Relations Katie Baker Jones, and Vice President for Education and Programs Heidi Cochran.
You can learn more about CSA Leadership by visiting https://costumesocietyamerica.com/mission/leadership-2/. Nominations for the Class of 2027 Board of Directors and 2024-2026 Executive Committee positions will be accepted July through November of 2023.
Pictured from left to right, top row:
Karen DePauw, Adam MacPhàrlain, Jaleesa Reed, Clare Sauro, Ginger D. Stanciel, and Paige E. Tomfohrde
Pictured from left to right, bottom row:
Julia Petrov, Elise Yvonne Rousseau, and Graham Wetzbarger
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