Board and Officers

Nancy Kegan Smith

Nancy Kegan Smith

FLARE President

Archival consultant and Retired Director of Presidential Materials Division, National Archives and Records Administration

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Diana Bartelli Carlin, Ph.D.

Diana Bartelli Carlin, Ph.D.

FLARE Vice President

Professor Emerita of Communication, Saint Louis University

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Molly Meijer Wertheimer, Ph.D.

Molly Meijer Wertheimer, Ph.D.

FLARE Secretary

Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and Affiliate Professor of Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus

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Kathleen Spennrath

Kathleen Spennrath

FLARE Treasurer

Kathleen Spennrath has a long career working with fiduciary issues. Her work career has included finance, information technology, education, and publishing.

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Myra G. Gutin, Ph.D.

Myra G. Gutin, Ph.D.

FLARE Immediate Past President,

Professor Emerita in the Department of Communication, Journalism and Media Rider University

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Stacy A. Cordery, Ph.D.

Stacy A. Cordery, Ph.D.

FLARE Member-at-large,

Award-winning teacher, respected author, and popular lecturer.

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Nichola Gutguld

Nichola Gutguld

FLARE Member-at-large

Penn State Lehigh Valley, Professor of Communication

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Christopher Leahy

Christopher Leahy

FLARE Member-at-large

Dr. Christopher J. Leahy is Professor of History at Keuka College, a liberal arts institution located in the Finger Lakes region of New York State.

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Heath Hardage Lee

Heath Hardage Lee

FLARE Member-at-large

Heath Hardage Lee is an award-winning historian, biographer, curator and lecturer who specializes in women’s history.

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Anita B. McBride

Anita B. McBride

FLARE Member-at-large

Executive-in-Residence, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies in the School of Public Affairs at American University

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Katherine A. S. Sibley, Ph.D.

Katherine A. S. Sibley, Ph.D.

FLARE Member-at-large

Professor of History and Director of American Studies, Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia

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Jeanne Ryan Wolfson

Jeanne Ryan Wolfson

FLARE Member-at-large

Author, Strategic Communications Consultant specializing in public relations and integrated digital communications based in Washington, DC metropolitan area

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