Crow Canyon People

Our people make us who we are.

Elizabeth (Libby) R. Shafer

Board of Trustees

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.

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.