Libby has professional experience in advertising, marketing, and portfolio management. She served on the Board from 2009 to 2016 and rejoined the Board in 2020. Libby lives in Durango, Colorado.
Elizabeth (Libby) R. Shafer
Board of Trustees
Susan Montgomery
Project Assistant; Lab Volunteer
Susan is a Crow Canyon Earthwatch alumna and experimental potter interested in the archaeology of southwestern peoples.
Todd Surovell
University of Wyoming
Dr. Surovell specializes in the archaeology of hunter-gatherer cultures and the first peoples of the New World.
Matthew Bennett
Bournemouth University
Dr. Matthew Bennett is a Professor Of Environmental And Geographical Sciences at Bournemouth University in Poole, United Kingdom.
Jessica Petrie
2017 Field Intern
Anna is interested in Ancestral Puebloan archaeology, cultural resource management on public lands, and groundstone technologies.
Winona LaDuke
Honor the Earth
Winona LaDuke is a Harvard-educated economist, environmental activist, author, hemp farmer, grandmother, and a two-time former Green Party Vice President candidate with Ralph Nader.
Joan Goldstein
Board of Trustees
Joan is a professional fundraiser and former development officer for the Chicago Architecture Foundation and Museum of Science and Industry. She lives in Boca Raton, Florida, and Chicago and has served on the Board since 2015.
Eric Gilmore
2022 Zooarchaeology intern
Eric is a graduate student at the University of North Texas with focuses in zooarchaeological research.
Ronald Wadsworth
Hopi Cultural Resource Advisory Task Team
Ronald Wadsworth (Hopi), Hopi Cultural Resource Advisory Task Team, is a consultant for traditional Hopi farming practices and an interpreter of Pueblo cul¬tural features and landscapes.
David (Dave) W. Melanson
Board of Trustees; Lab Volunteer
Dave is a retired aerospace engineer and Air Force officer who has volunteered in the Crow Canyon lab since 2015. He currently specializes in analyzing and recording chipped stone artifacts collected from Crow Canyon’s excavation projects. Dave joined the Board of Trustees in 2017 and lives in Cortez, Colorado.
Andres Orozco
2021 Public Archaeology Intern
Andres received his B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Arizona with a focus on the archaeology of the prehispanic Southwest.
Reyna Banteah
Ts’uyya Farm
Reyna Banteah (she/her) is from the Pueblo of Zuni in New Mexico and is founder of Ts’uyya Farm.
