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Here are some of our volunteer members who support SAFE's day-to-day activites: 
Cynthia Bates brings an unusual combination of perspectives to SAFE as both an advertising planning director and a doctoral student in the archaeology of ancient Iraq. She was educated in Near Eastern languages, archaeology and anthropology at Harvard, Cambridge, and the University of Chicago. She earned her MBA later at the Harvard Business School in 1988 and entered advertising. In New York, she worked in strategic planning, establishing her reputation as an expert in consumer trends and behavior. She moved to Chicago in 1997 to become chief planner of the Sears account at Ogilvy, inspiring award-winning creative material. As director of planning at Publicis & Hal Riney in Chicago, she established an impressive new business record. She returned to the University of Chicago in 2001 to complete her doctoral studies in anthropology. As a student at the Oriental Institute, she followed the dedicated efforts of its professors to brief the Pentagon on the need to safeguard the Iraqi cultural heritage from looting. Through SAFE, she hopes to create public awareness of the incalculable value of the endangered heritage of ancient Mesopotamia and the need to protect it. Leah Bevington holds a BA in Classics from the University of Calgary and recently completed her MA in Classical Archaeology at the University of Alberta, focusing on cultural policy, antiquities and archaeology. She has worked extensively in the field with projects ranging from excavations in Italy to museum policy and various Blythe Bowman is a PhD candidate in the School of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She holds bachelor’s degrees in Anthropology and Classics (Iowa State University), a master’s degree in Bioanthropology (University of Iowa), a TEFL Certification (Interlingue School of Languages, Rome, Italy) and will receive her doctorate in Criminology Criminal Justice from UNO in May 2008. Her dissertation research takes as its focus transnational organized criminal networks and the role they play in the theft and illicit export of cultural property. Prior to entering the doctoral program at UNO, Blythe was fortunate to spend several years working in several other countries, most notably Italy and Greece. While she may currently teach courses in comparative criminology, international criminal justice, and legal philosophy, her first loves will always be archaeology and the classics. Subsequent to graduation she hopes to secure employment with Interpol, UNESCO, or the FBI and continue the fight to preserve cultural heritage. Claudia Brose a German native, holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration with emphasis in Marketing from the University of Cologne in Germany. She also studied Japanese Management and Philosophy at Sophia University and worked for the Chamber of Commerce in Tokyo, where she began her career in advertising. Upon her return to Germany, she was an account director for various ad agencies. Alexandra Cleworth serves on the Governing Board of the Archaeological Insitute of America and chairs its Conservation and Heritage Management Committee. Her main interests are increasing public involvement in archaeology, site conservation, and cultural property issues, focusing on cultural heritage protection in Mongolia and Albania. She loves music, travel and any kind of boat (even dry rafts on the Gobi floor where it once was seawater). Alexandra views SAFE as a resource and inspiration for the global community committed to finding diverse means to protect our shared cultural heritage. Jessica Dietzler is currently an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, working towards a double major B.A. in anthropology and art history with a Certificate in Ancient Mediterranean Studies. Jessica has worked with the Athienou Archaeological Project in Cyprus for the past three years, conducting research and supervising field excavation (2007) of the sanctuary precinct at Athienou-Malloura. Her research interests include cultural heritage protection in politically divided and war-torn regions, ancient Cypriote culture, popular representations of archaeology in the media, and antiquities law. Upon completion of her B.A., Jessica plans to attend graduate school and is currently looking into program options. Elisa Do-Lam joined SAFE in April 2005 as a Public Relations volunteer. She holds an MA in History and Intercultural Communications from the University of Saarland in Germany and a postgraduate diploma in specialist Journalism. She is fluent in five languages and has extensive international work experience. Her particular interests are Ancient Roman history, as well as the culture of Africa and Australia-Oceania. Stephanie Dodaro earned a B.A. in Anthropology and Education from U.C. Berkeley and later attended the school of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York. She has completed work toward her MFA in creative writing at Columbia University and recently finished her degree at the University of San Francisco. In her spare time, Stephanie likes to read about art and archaeology, eat good food, and watch bad documentaries about animals. Nathan T. Elkins is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Missouri – Columbia. He holds a M.A. in the City of Rome from the University of Reading (UK) and a B.A. in Archaeology and Classical Studies from the University of Evansville (IN). His primary research interests are in ancient Roman coinage, but he is also interested in Roman topography, sport and spectacle, and political cultures. He has published on numismatics and regularly presents papers on his research at national and international conferences. In 2004 he was awarded the Parkes-Weber Memorial Prize and Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society and in 2006, at the annual meeting of the AIA, he received Honorable Mention in the Graduate Student Paper Award competition. In 2006 a DAAD research grant allowed him to study at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität (Frankfurt) for his first year of dissertation research – the University is an important center for the study of ancient coins in archaeological contexts. Senta German whose fields of specialty are the Greek Bronze and Iron Ages, received her PhD from Columbia University. She has over 10 years of excavation experience in Greece, Israel, the American East Coast and Alaska and presently teaches Classical Archaeology and Ancient Art at Montclair State University. She recently authored Performance, Power and the Art of the Aegean Bronze Age which was published in 2005. In addition to her academic career, she consults extensively for the Department of Communications at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Elizabeth Gilgan graduated from Sweet Briar College in anthropology and biology and earned an MA in Archaeological Heritage Management from Boston University. She worked as an archaeologist in Belize and developed a heritage management plan with the Belizean Government for the country. She currently works for the Archaeological Institute of America as the Director of Programs and Services. Liz loves to travel, scuba dive, and live music. Elvira Giraldez holds an MA in Arts Administration from New York University. A native of Spain, she is bilingual in English-Spanish and also speaks French. Currently residing in New York City she is pursuing a career in arts administration in the field of historic preservation and landmark conservancy. She has recently joined SAFE because she believes in the importance of informing the public about the problems that result from looting and the illegal trade of undocumented antiquities. Phyllis Halterman creates award-winning advertising and uses innovative thinking to turn around market share in the U.S. and in Europe. Her deep interest in the preservation of cultural heritage led to her joining SAFE and supporting its mission. Phyllis is from the South and is currently writing a suspense novel set in that environment. Claire Hilmer received her BA in archaeology from Boston University in 2006. She became interested in SAFE's mission while serving as co-president of the Boston University archaeology club and taking a class in archaeological ethics and law. She is currently working as a legal assistant in Boston and hopes to attend law school in the following year to study antiquities law. Cindy Ho Born in Hong Kong, Cindy Ho founded SAFE in 2003 in response to the looting of the National Museum of Iraq. She is a graphic designer and advertising art director in New York City. Although her professional work has won accolades, it is her personal work that best shows her power of persuasion. Judith Koron Hoffmann has been fascinated by archaeology since childhood. After majoring in linguistics at the State University of New York at Binghamton, she worked in scientific publishing at Rockefeller University and then in advertising and promotion, creating award-winning advertisements mostly for pharmaceutical products. She has also written pro bono advertising and volunteered for the Mood Disorders Support Group of New York. Alyson Jackere Schultz holds a B.A. in archaeology/anthropology from the University of Colorado and received her Masters in Ancient Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. She has since worked in several NYC museums and as a freelance art historian researching artifact provenance. As a volunteer for SAFE, Alyson hopes to educate the public about the looting and destruction of archaeological sites. SAFE provides a wonderful outlet for her while raising her two young children. Emily Jateff holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in anthropology/archaeology with a focus in maritime archaeology and has participated in numerous archaeological projects throughout the Southeastern US, Canada and Australia. She currently serves as project manager, underwater archaeology liaison, and remote sensing specialist for the cultural resource management firm Brockington, located in Charleston, South Carolina. Ms. Jateff’s research interests include late-nineteenth century shore-based whaling practices, the development of methodologies for archaeological investigation of intertidal environments, disaster management for archaeological collections, in-situ preservation of submerged archaeological sites, and the implementation of legislation for the protection of submerged cultural resources. Through SAFE, she hopes to increase public awareness of the negative impact some modern practices can have on our fragile past. Paul Kunkel holds a Bachelors Degree from the University of New Mexico. A published author of six books and more than 60 magazine and newspaper articles (for The New York Times, Business Week, Wired, Architectural Digest, Connoisseur, Elle, Harper's Bazaar and other publications), Paul currently works as a Business Development specialist and is principal author and developer of the web-based In-Theater Cultural Heritage Training Resource for Iraq and Afghanistan, funded by the Undersecretary of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program. Paula Lazrus is an assistant professor at St. John's University. She has been pursuing her interests in landscape and environmental studies in antiquity while focusing on diverse outreach projects to make archaeology more accessible to the public. In addition, she has spent the last 24 years excavating in different parts of Italy. She speaks at conferences, teaching and investigating ways to aid in the protection of cultural resources and has served as a consulting advisor to a series of conferences at NYU that focused on the creation and preservation of art and culture in the 21st century. She holds degrees in anthropology (BA. from University of Pennsylvania and MA. from Bryn Mawr College) and a Ph.D in archaeology from Boston University. Keli Liu iis a junior at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Chicago where he is on varsity swimming and varsity track. He’s been swimming since 7 and now breathes chlorine instead of oxygen. Keli loves watching Iron Chef on the Food Network, though every time he tries cooking the results aren’t so great … John T. Ma was born into a family with a strong artistic tradition in Wenzhou, China in 1920. His father was a professor of calligraphy and an uncle—a professor of Chinese painting—were among a group of leading artists. During the Sino-Japanese War John joined the AVG, nicknamed “The Flying Tigers”. He went to the United States in 1947 and received his MA from the University of Wisconsin and MS in Library Service from Columbia University. After a series of positions at Columbia University, Cornell University, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, the Sinological Institute of the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, he became the Chinese Librarian at the New York Public Library. Kelly McGannon is an independent researcher of issues of cultural heritage and war, focusing her study on how these issues are created and resolved in the conflicted Middle East. Rachel Moland is a Seattle native. She graduated with a BA in Anthropology and Classical Civilization from New York University in 2007 and has been a SAFE volunteer since 2005, when she attended an NYU colloquium on the illicit antiquities trade. Her interest in antiquity grew during an intensive semester at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome. In 2006, she participated in the Villa delle Vignacce excavation in Rome and traveled to Cyprus on an undergraduate research grant. She hopes to continue studying Classics, archaeology, and cultural property (as well as help with SAFE projects) in the years to come. Samuel Paley is Professor of Classics, at the State University of New York at Buffalo. His specialty is Ancient Near Eastern studies and this is his responsibility in his dept. He received his degrees from Columbia University in Art History and Archaeology and in Semitic Languages, graduating with distinction in 1974. Since 1975 he has been in Buffalo. Dr. Paley has excavated in Cyprus and Israel, where he directed a 13-year long project for the State University of New York, at a site which documented international trade among the Egyptians, Canaanites and Phoenicians. The final publications of that excavation are expected beginning in 2008. He began working in Turkey in 1993, first at Alishar and then at Cadir. Sarah Pickman is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Chicago, working towards a B.A. in anthropology with a minor in art history. A native of the New York area, she first became involved with SAFE as an intern during the summer of 2005, working on the Italian MOU renewal campaign. After college, she hopes to attain a Master’s degree in cultural resource management or public history, and pursue a career in museum work. Sarah is thrilled to be associated with SAFE as it continues to grow. Sarah Pickman is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Chicago, working towards a B.A. in anthropology with a minor in art history. A native of the New York area, she first became involved with SAFE as an intern during the summer of 2005, working on the Italian MOU renewal campaign. After college, she hopes to attain a Master’s degree in cultural resource management or public history, and pursue a career in museum work. Sarah is thrilled to be associated with SAFE as it continues to grow. Melanie Repetski holds an undergraduate degree in history and anthropology from McMaster University, and received an MA in Medieval & Tudor studies from the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. She currently resides in Toronto and works as a historic programs coordinator at a living history museum. In 2007 she worked as part of the development team for ‘Breaking the Chains’ an exhibition that opened in April 2007 at the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum in Bristol, England. Lucille A. Roussin is the founder and director of the Holocaust Restitution Claims Practicum at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City, where she teaches a seminar, Remedies for Wartime Confiscation. She also teaches a course on "Art, the Law and Professional Ethics" at the School of Graduate Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is an associate with the firm of McCallion & Associates and earned her law degree in 1996 from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she was a Belkin Scholar. She was Deputy Research Director of the Art and Cultural Property Team of the Presidential Commission on Holocaust Assets and was an associate in the Art and International Law Practice Group at Herrick, Feinstein LLP in New York City. In 2001, she negotiated the first restitution of a rare Jewish ritual object to a private family in the United States. Rebecca Anne Rushfield received an MA in art history and a diploma in art conservation from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Currently a consultant specializing in research, writing, and editing in the field of art conservation, she has worked on projects for the Getty Conservation Institute, the Sherman Fairchild Center for Object Conservation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Intermuseum Conservation Association. She is on several committees of the American Institute for Conservation, the chair of the Textile Conservation Group, and active in the College Art Association. Charles Sabba a police officer and forensic artist, is involved in art- and antiquities-related crimes. He has a degree in fine arts from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and plans to pursue a master’s degree in art history, specializing in early Italian studies and renaissance art. Genevieve Semple is currently an undergraduate student at New York University, working towards a BA in classics/art history. In summer 2006 she traveled to Greece on an undergraduate research grant where she worked on an excavation at the Gulf of Corinth site of Helike. Genevieve has held various arts related internships including a position in fall 2007 with New York's Museum of Modern Art. Chuck Skorupski has been in advertising business development for 8 years, beginning at Euro RSCG Worldwide. He began his career arranging emergency medical repatriations for American Express, where he developed a love of international communications. A graduate of the American University in Washington, DC, he earned his B.A. in International Relations. He has worked for the Hospitality Committee for United Nations Delegations, organizing goodwill events for UN Delegates and their families. He recently passed the written portion of the Foreign Service Exam and aspires to work in the international nonprofit arena. His interests include history, obscure languages, and medieval Japanese literature. One of the original members of SAFE, he coined the name SAFE for the group. Marina Papa Sokal teaches archaeology and ancient art history at the City University of New York and is a Research Associate in archaeology at the Accordia Research Institute, University of London. She studied classical archaeology at the University of Florence, Italy, with a doctoral thesis on Roman villas in Britain. She participated in fieldwork in both Italy and England and worked as a curator at the British Museum. She has also taught classics and archaeology at the University of London and at New York University. Archer St. Clair Harvey holds a PhD from Princeton University. She is a Professor in the Department of Art History at Rutgers University, where she has served as chair since 2005. Her field of specialization is Late Antiquity. In addition, she teaches the core course on Global Heritage Preservation, as well as a course on Ethics for the university's Certificate Program in Cultural Heritage and Preservation. In 1998, she chaired the international conference, "Art, Antiquity, and the Law: Preserving our Global Cultural Heritage" at Rutgers. She also has served as Associate Director of the American Academy in Rome/Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma Palatine East Excavation, and is currently involved in publication of the three volume final report. Her book, "Carving as Craft" examines the ivory and bone remains from this site. She is a member of the Cultural Heritage Policy Committee and the Program Committee of the Archaeological Institute of America. Her current projects include a study of overpainting of late antique frescoes in Ostia and Rome, and the establishment at Rutgers of a Masters Program in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies. She views SAFE as an invaluable educational and inspirational resource for such programs, as well as for the general public. Ricardo A. St. Hilaire serves as Grafton County Attorney, the chief prosecutor and senior law enforcement authority in northwestern New Hampshire. He has been named one of New Hampshire’s top “40 Under 40” leaders by the Union Leader and the NH Business and Industry Association. In 2006 St. Hilaire received the honor of County Attorney of the Year by the NH Association of Counties. His duties as an elected official focus both on public safety and the development and implementation of criminal justice policy. A prosecuting attorney since 1995, St. Hilaire earned his B.A., magna cum laude, from Columbia University and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. His career has been spent primarily as a trial lawyer responsible for prosecuting serious felony crimes. He is an avocational Egyptologist and is certified by the NH State Conservation and Rescue Archaeology Program (SCRAP) as a survey technician. In 2003 he created ARCHER, the Account for the Recovery of Cultural Heritage, to promote projects dedicated to the discovery, preservation, and protection of cultural resources. Currently, St. Hilaire is leading the effort to draft administrative regulations for the NH Division of Historical Resources, the agency responsible for the stewardship of the state’s cultural property. Peter Stone is Professor of Heritage Studies in the International Center for Cultural and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University, UK. He has published widely on heritage management, interpretation and education. Peter has worked extensively outside the UK and advised UNESCO’s World Heritage Center in the development of the World Heritage Education Program and the drafting of the World Heritage Education Kit. Peter is Honorary Chief Executive Officer of the World Archaeological Congress, a member of the Culture Committee of the UK National Commission for UNESCO, Chair of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site Management Plan Committee, and was the Council for British Archaeology’s special adviser on the implications for road changes at Stonehenge. In 2003 he was the adviser to the Ministry of Defense with regard to the identification and protection of the archaeological cultural heritage in Iraq. Irina Tarsis holds a Bachelors Degree in International Business and is finishing her Masters Degree in History of Art and Architecture, with a focus on the history of book trade. Her research interests include collection provenance and biographies of book collectors and dealers. Charles William Turner a native of Atlanta, graduated from Georgia State University School of Art & Design where he studied art history, photography and film. He currently attends Hofstra University School of Law in New York, studying non-profit and fine arts legal management. He is interested in the relationship between fine art, antiquities, history and law, and plans to establish a practice that will integrate his interests in these areas. In his work with SAFE, he hopes to investigate the role of international law in raising awareness of our ancient cultural assets. |
We are SAFE
Ricardo A. St. Hilaire“Culture theft erases information about people's history and way of life. It's identity theft on a global scale, committed by antiquities looters and traffickers who generate billions of dollars in illegal profits each year. SAFE serves a pivotal role by informing the public and policymakers about this widespread, transnational crime so that we can safeguard our heritage for future generations."
Senta German“Most people are totally unaware of the illicit antiquities trade. I volunteer for SAFE because it's the only group that's trying to raise awareness about this problem."
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