Crow Canyon People

Our people make us who we are.

Shawn K. Collins

Database and Enrollment Manager

Shawn preserves data integrity and manages program enrollment in our customer relationship management (CRM) system.

Julia is an undergraduate studying Anthropology and History at Kansas State University. They are interested in corrugated pottery and its connection to identity, as well as queer archaeology in the Southwest.

Gerardo Gutierrez

University of Colorado at Boulder

Elizabeth (Liz) M. Perry

President & CEO; 1995 Education Intern

Liz is the President and CEO of Crow Canyon. She joined the Board in 2016 and was hired as CEO in January 2018. Liz works closely with the Board to oversee finances, programming, and long-term strategic planning.

Susan Sekaquaptewa

University of Arizona

Susan Sekaquaptewa (B.S./M.A.) is a member of the Hopi Tribe, from the village of Sitchomovi.

Rebecca Morris

2016 Lab Intern

Rebecca studies the interplay between community conformity and individuality through household archaeology and ceramic analysis.

Lance Holly

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

At NREL – the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO – Lance continues working with underserved populations by running Department of Energy-funded prize competitions that aim to get money and resources into the hands of communities and entrepreneurs doing groundbreaking work in renewable energy.

Emerald Tanner

Tanner's Indian Arts

Emerald Tanner, of Tanner’s Indian Arts in Gallup, New Mexico is a fifth-generation trader

James (Jim) Potter

Board of Trustees; Research Associate; PaleoWest Archaeology

Jim is an archaeologist interested in communal ritual and the organization of prehistoric communities.

Tara Travis

Mesa Verde National Park

Albert (Pete) G. Boyce, Jr.

Board of Trustees

Pete is from Manteca, California. He is a retired cattle rancher and business owner and has served on the Board since 1992.

Michael Terlep

North Kaibab Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest

Michael Terlep is the District Archaeologist for the North Kaibab Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest in northern Arizona.