Meet Our Executive Director

Sarah Weicksel
Sarah Jones Weicksel

AHA Executive Director, 2025–

executivedirector@historians.org

Meet Our Staff

Laura Ansley
Laura Ansley

Director of Publications

lansley@historians.org

Whit Barringer

K–12 Education Specialist and Assistant Director of TPS

wbarringer@historians.org

Lauren Brand
Lauren Brand

Reviews Editor, American Historical Review

lbrand@historians.org

Julia Akinyi Brookins

Senior Program Analyst, Teaching and Learning
TPS Program Analyst

jbrookins@historians.org

Debbie Doyle
Debbie Ann Doyle

Director of Meetings

ddoyle@historians.org

Brendan Gillis
Brendan Gillis

Director of Teaching and Learning
TPS Program Director

bgillis@historians.org

Matthew Keough
Matthew Keough

Office Coordinator

mkeough@historians.org

Alex Levy
Alexandra F. Levy

Director of Communications & Public Affairs

alevy@historians.org

Lizzy Meggyesy
Elizabeth Meggyesy

Publications and Communications Associate

lmeggyesy@historians.org

Sarah Muncy
Sarah Muncy

Senior Managing Editor, American Historical Review

smuncy@historians.org

Jake Purcell
Jake Purcell

Meetings and Programming Specialist

jpurcell@historians.org

Dana Schaffer
Dana Schaffer

Deputy Director

dschaffer@historians.org

Pamela Scott-Pinkney
Pamela Scott-Pinkney

Membership Manager

ppinkney@historians.org

Hope Shannon
Hope Shannon

Director of Engagement

hshannon@historians.org

Liz Townsend
Liz Townsend

Manager, Data Administration and Integrity

ltownsend@historians.org

Alana Venable
Alana Venable

Managing Editor, American Historical Review

avenable@historians.org

Becky West
Rebecca L. West

Marketing Coordinator

rwest@historians.org

Rachel Wheatley
Rachel Wheatley

Educational Affairs Associate
TPS Associate

rwheatley@historians.org

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