Board

These are the elected members of the SCA Board for 2023-2024.

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Lisa Mix, President
president@calarchivists.org

Lisa A. Mix is the Director of University Archives & Special Collections at California State University, Fullerton. She leads all aspects of the program, including planning, collection development, outreach, reference, processing, developing budgets, and supervising staff and students. Immediately prior to that, she worked as a part-time contract archivist on the Opioid Industry Documents Archive and did archives consulting work for various non-profits. She was Head of the Medical Center Archives at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York city, 2011-2017. From 2002-2011 she was the Manager of Archives & Special Collections at UC San Francisco, during which time she was active in SCA. She recently served SCA as Co-Chair of the Committee on Labor, Advocacy, and Public Policy (2020-2022) and helped to develop SCA’s Salary Transparency Policy. Her professional interests include advocacy for archives workers, digital
archives, archival ethics, and strengthening the diversity of the archival record through reparative collection and descriptive work.

Nicole Shibata, Vice-President/President Elect
vicepresident@calarchivists.org

Nicole Shibata is the Metadata Librarian at California State University, Northridge where she develops and implements metadata strategies, policies, and workflows to support access to the library’s digital collections. Prior to this she was the Archivist for JAB Art Enterprises, artist John Baldessari’s studio, and the Associate Curator of Graphics at Tulane University’s Hogan Jazz Archive.  She holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree from UCLA and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from California State University, Fullerton.  She has been an active member of SCA since 2016 and has previously served as Chair of the Publications Committee and Co-Chair of the Local Arrangements Committee.

Joanna Black, Secretary
secretary@calarchivists.org

Joanna (JoJo) Black is the Senior Archivist at the William E. Colby Memorial Library at Sierra Club’s national offices in Oakland, CA. In that role, she oversees and safeguards both analog and digital archival collections held at the library, including duties related to collection management, collection development, preservation, and system administration. Prior to working for the Sierra Club, she served as the Director of Archives & Special Collections at the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender (GLBT) Historical Society in San Francisco and the Manuscripts Processing Assistant at the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. She holds a BA in creative writing from San Francisco State University and a master’s degree from UCLA in library and information science with a specialization in archival studies. From 2016-2019, she served as Chair of the SCA Publications Committee as well as Chair of SAA's Issues & Advocacy Section from 2019-2020.

Alex Post, Treasurer
treasurer@calarchivists.org

Alex Post is the Special Collections Research Assistance, Outreach, and Instruction Team Lead. In this position she oversees and coordinates reference services, instruction, and outreach initiatives. Prior to this she has held positions at the San Francisco Public Library and Mills College.

Marie Silva, Membership Director
membership@calarchivists.org

Marie Silva is the Special Collections Librarian & Archivist at the California Judicial Center Library, which serves the California Supreme Court and the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, in San Francisco. Prior to that, she served as Archivist & Manuscripts Librarian at the California Historical Society. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley and an MLIS, with a focus on archival studies, from San José State University. She lives in Alameda with her family.

Mallory Furnier, Board Member-at-Large
membersatlarge@calarchivists.org

Mallory Furnier is Special Collections & Archives Librarian at California State University, Northridge. She previously worked as the Archivist for the Urban Archives and Old China Hands Archives. Prior to joining the team at CSUN, Mallory spent seven years working with archival collections at the Library and Archives of the Autry Museum. There she worked on everything from small collections related to arts and cultures of the American West, to large collections documenting productions that created the imaginary West. She also has experience with large photographic collections, conducting oral histories, and collection moves.  She has an MLIS, an MA in History with a focus in American History and Archival Administration, and is a Certified Archivist.

Stefani Baldivia, Board Member-at-Large
membersatlarge@calarchivists.org

Stefani Baldivia (she/ hers) is the Equity and Outreach Librarian at California State University, Chico, where she engages in reference, instruction, and outreach activities. She holds a BA in Native American Studies from Cal Poly, Humboldt and her MLIS from San José State University. After obtaining her MLIS in 2016, she worked as an archivist at the California State University, Chico in the Special Collections and University Archives. She previously served SCA as the co-chair of the Ethics and Inclusion Committee (2020-2023). Her professional interests include race-radical leadership in libraries and archives, Emergent Strategy in LIS, and diversifying collections through oral histories and community-based archives.

Liza Posas, Immediate Past-President
past-president@calarchivists.org

Liza Posas joined the Autry Museum of the American West in 2005 where she currently serves as the Head of Research Services and Archives. In this capacity, she oversees the long-range planning and implementation of the Autry’s archival program that includes the acquisition, processing, collection management, and curatorial activities of the Autry’s institutional archive and manuscript collections as well as supervises archive and reference staff. Her recent projects at the Autry include the development of interdepartmental procedures and practices related to proper and ethical stewardship for archive collections that contain culturally sensitive information or restricted tribal knowledge. Liza is also the Coordinator for L.A. as Subject (LAAS) since 2009. LAAS is a collaborative network hosted by the USC Libraries that works to promote and preserve the rich history of Los Angeles and Southern California. To this end, Liza facilitates collaborative projects with different organizations and individuals within the LAAS membership. These projects include the LA as Subject Resident Archivist program, grant-funded by IMLS, the Monomania LA video series funded by CalHumanties, and the annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar co-hosted with the USC Libraries.