Nancy Zimmelman Lenoil has been an archivist with the California State Archives since 1987. She was appointed State Archivist in February 2006, the first woman to be State Archivist in California history.
She is a Certified Archivist and member of the Academy of Certified Archivists. She is a member of the Society of American Archivists, the Society of California Archivists, the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA), and of CoSA, the Council of State Archivists.
She has a Master of Arts degree in History with Graduate Certificate in Archival Administration from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.
Wendy Franklin is the Manager of Museum Services for California State Parks. She is responsible for museum policy formulation and leadership of the Department's museum collection programs, including training and technical support for curators and collection managers throughout the state park system. Her areas of special interest include historic house museum operations and interpretation.
Prior to her current position, Wendy served in a variety of curatorial positions with California State Parks, including two years as Chief Curator for the Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park and eight years as Curator of the State Capitol Museum. She holds a B.A. in American Studies from the University of California, Davis.
Currently serving as the Archives Manager for the County of Riverside, Jim has worked with local government records for 15 years. He has also worked as an archivist and manuscripts curator at the University of Redlands and the Southwest Museum. He holds an M.S. in Library Science from the University of Southern California, an M.A. in History from Claremont Graduate University, and a B.A. from the University of Redlands. He is a graduate of the Western Archives Institute, and is a Certified Archivist. Jim continues to be active in a number of statewide archival and public history organizations, as well as several local and regional historical groups.
Ilona Koti is the founder of Crystalview Consulting Group an independent records and information management (RIM) consulting firm. Ilona has over 17 years of experience in libraries and records & information management (RIM). Ilona has worked on a multitude of RIM projects ranging from records assessments and taxonomy development to multi-million dollar electronic document management system (EDMS) implementations for corporate clients in software, bio-tech, manufacturing, oil & gas and non-profit sectors.
Ilona is a Certified Records Manager (CRM), certified Project Manager (PMP), Certified Document and Image Architec (CDIA+) and has a Masters of Library Science (MLS) and Masters of Information Management (MS IM) from Syracuse University. She has also written and published for ARMA International (Association for Records Managers & Administrators) to develop global training on electronic document management, audit/inventory and risk management & business continuity planning as well as document control integration issues. Ilona is very active within ARMA and sits on the GARP (Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Practices) Metrics Task Force and the HETF (Higher Education Task Force).
Peter J. Blodgett is the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western Historical Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, having received his bachelor's degree in American history from Bowdoin College and doctorate from Yale University. Since joining the Huntington Library's Manuscripts Department in 1985, he has been responsible for the acquisition, processing, exhibition and reference service of the library's rare original documents concerning the history of the trans–Mississippi West.
Active in a variety of professional organizations, Blodgett has spoken and written widely on national parks, tourism and recreation. A member of the Western History Association since 1985, he has delivered papers or chaired sessions at various annual conferences, has chaired various sections and committees for the Society of American Archivists, serves on the Advisory Board for the Research Collection, Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University, and in 2008 became the Executive Director of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association. He has received the Sustained Service Award from the Society of California Archivists (1999), the Award for Meritorious Performance from the California Council for the Promotion of History (2000), and the Frederic W. Beinecke Prize from the Yale University History Department for the best dissertation in the history of the American West (2007).
Claude Zachary is University Archivist and Manuscripts Librarian in the University of Southern California Libraries' Special Collections, where he has worked since 1998. He holds a BA from UC Santa Cruz and a Master of Library and Information Science, with an archival concentration, from UCLA, where he remains active in the Alumni Association. He has also been active in the Society of California Archivists since 1997, serving as president in 2005–2006, and in the Society of American Archivists since 1996, serving as chair of the College and University Archives Section, 2002–2004. He served on the executive committee of LA as Subject Archives Forum from 2000–2007. Zachary has co–authored several publications related to the architecture and history of USC and Los Angeles.
Gabriele G. Carey, Ph.D., CA, is Director, Western Area Office of History Associates Incorporated and Senior Archivist/Senior Historian. She has over two decades of experience as an archivist with many years working with History Associates appraising, arranging, describing, and preserving a wide range of archival documents, including governmental and private records and manuscripts. She has conducted numerous archival and records management needs assessments, evaluations, and inventories; written archives and records management manuals, and trained client staff in archival and records management procedures. She has also planned archival facilities in accordance with standard archival specifications.
Prior to joining History Associates, Dr. Carey served as the first county archivist for Orange County, California. Dr. Carey is a member of the Academy of Certified Archivists and currently serves on the board of the Society of California Archivists. She has a Master of Arts degree in Historic Resources Management and a Ph.D. in American history with a specialization in the history of the urban environment from the University of California, Riverside. She also holds a second Master of Arts degree in German Language and Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Laren Metzer is Deputy State Archivist at the California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State where he has been employed since 1981. At various times during his work at the State Archives he has been program head for processing, acquisitions, automation, micrographics, local government records, and oral history. Mr. Metzer has a B.A. and M.A. in history from Central Washington University and a certificate in archives and records management from Western Washington University.
He has been active in the Society of California Archivists for many years, serving as president in 1998–1999. In addition, he has been a long–term member of the Society of American Archivists and the California Council for the Promotion of History.
Chuck Wilson is the University Archivist at the University of California, Riverside and the archivist for The Western Region Tuskegee Airmen Archive at that campus. He previously served as the archivist for the Mayor Tom Bradley papers at UCLA and was on the staff of the California State Archives for nearly two decades. He serves on the Board of Directors for the California Council for the Promotion of History and chairs the Awards Committee for the Society of California Archivists. He is a Certified Archivist and has participated in the mentoring program for both the UCLA and San Jose State library programs.
Sara S. “Sue” Hodson is the curator of literary manuscripts for The Huntington Library, overseeing all British and American literary manuscripts, from the Renaissance to the present.
Sue earned her B.A. (with honors) and M.A. degrees in English from Whittier College and her M.L.S. from UCLA. She has spoken and published widely on literary and archival topics, especially privacy and confidentiality in modern manuscript collections. A past president of the Society of California Archivists, Sue is also active in the Society of American Archivists, including serving on the Council and as chair of the Publications Board.
Her honors include the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of California Archivists, and in 2004 she was elected a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists, the highest honor in the archival profession.
With Jeanne Campbell Reesman, Sue edited Jack London: One Hundred Years a Writer, a volume of scholarly essays published by The Huntington Press.
David Drake serves as Regional Administrator for the Pacific Region of the National Archives and Records Administration. Based in San Bruno, CA, his responsibilities include managing NARA’s operations in Arizona, Nevada, California, and Hawai’i and the Pacific Ocean Area. The Region has facilities in San Bruno, Perris, and Laguna Niguel, California, and offers archives, records management, and federal records center services to all federal agencies in the region.
Mr. Drake attended Chapman College and California State University at Fullerton, graduating with a B.A. in History from Chapman in 1969. He entered federal services with the National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, in June 1969. His work there included special projects, general reference supervision, and team leadership in rebuilding the facility after the Sylmar Earthquake in 1971.
In 1974, Mr. Drake moved to NARS’s Atlanta operation. He assumed the position of Accessions and Disposals Chief, and moved up to Assistant Director in 1978. He oversaw the initial conversion of holdings control to an IT-based program, completed the facility overhaul required under a GAO review, and managed the full scale review of all archival holdings in preparation for a major modification of their space.
Mr. Drake moved on to San Francisco in 1979, assuming the position of Federal Archives and Records Center Director. His tenure there has included advancement, first to the position of Regional Records Management Director, then Assistant Regional Administrator, and, finally, in 2008 to his current position as Regional Administrator. He has been a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Federal Executive Board for 25 years, served as Chair in 1994, and currently serves as Committee Chair for the Executive Development Program. He has managed the construction of three records storage bays in San Bruno, the construction of a new facility in Perris, and the relocation of 40% of the regional staff to the new facilities.
