APHA Annual Meeting & Awards (Virtual)

The Board of Trustees of the American Printing History Association warmly invites you to join us for our 2026 Annual Meeting!

The meeting is free, and will take place in person in New York City and virtually via Zoom. As a virtual attendee, you will receive Zoom login information at this email address the day before the event and again a few minutes before the event itself. Please check your spam folder if you do not see these emails.

APHA members in good standing (i.e., current and valid membership status) are invited to vote on the proposed officers and trustees during the election. Vote will be conducted as a secret ballot; if you cannot attend, you may vote by proxy by contacting memberships@printinghistory.org.

Program 

Greeting and Welcome

J. Fernando Peña, President

Reports of Officers

Diane Dias De Fazio, Vice-President for Membership

A moment of silence for members who passed away in the last year.

Danelle Moon, Vice-President for Programs

Josef Beery, Vice-President for Publications

Jim Kuhn, Treasurer

Report of the Nominating Committee and Election

Committee: E. Haven Hawley (Chair), Hosea Baskin, J. Fernando Peña, Sara T. Sauers, and Nina Schneider

Candidates for Election

• President (first two-year term): Virginia L. Bartow (New York, NY)
• Secretary (first two-year term): Michelle McCarthy-Behler (New York, NY)
• Treasurer (second two-year term): Jim Kuhn (Austin, TX)
• Vice-President for Membership (second two-year term): Diane Dias De Fazio (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Vice-President for Programs (first two-year term): Alexandria Post (San Francisco, CA)
• Vice-President for Publications (first two-year term): Todd Samuelson (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Trustee (first three-year term): Seth Gottlieb (Washington, DC)
• Trustee (first three-year term): Ana Rodríguez (Champaign, IL)
• Trustee (second three-year term): Amanda Stuckey (Summerdale, PA)

Report of the President

Presentation of the Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship in Printing History

Committee: Melanie Leung (Chair), Johanna Drucker, and E. Haven Hawley

Presentation of APHA Awards

Committee: Diane Dias De Fazio (Chair), Sarah Allison, and Kara McLaughlin

Individual Laureate: Elizabeth Savage

Institutional Award: Pyramid Atlantic Art Center

Other Business, Closing Remarks and Announcements from the Floor

Reception (for in-person attendees)

Officers and Trustees of the American Printing History Association

Officers for 2026 (presuming election or re-election)

Virginia L. Bartow, New York, NY, President

Diane Dias De Fazio, Pittsburgh, PA, Vice President for Membership
Alexandria Post, San Francisco, CA, Vice President for Programs
Todd Samuelson, Salt Lake City, UT, Vice President for Publications
Jim Kuhn, Austin, TX, Treasurer
Michelle McCarthy-Behler, Secretary

Non-Elected Officers
J. Fernando Peña, Immediate Past President

Trustees
Joan Boudreau, Washington, DC (year 2, term 2, re-elected in 2025)
Seth Gottlieb, Washington, DC (year 1, term 1, elected in 2026)*
Melanie Leung, Washington, DC (year 3, term 1, elected in 2024)
Richard Minsky, Hudson, NY (year 2, term 2, re-elected in 2025)
Pranav Prakash, Oxford, UK (year 3, term 1, elected in 2024)
Larissa Randall, Bentonville, AR (year 3, term 1, elected in 2024)
Ana Rodríguez, Champaign, IL (year 1, term 1, elected in 2026)*
Jessica Salinas, New York, NY (year 2, term 1, elected in 2025)
Amanda Stuckey, Summerdale, PA (year 1, term 2, re-elected in 2026)*

(* presuming election or re-election)

Ex-Officio Board Members
Lauren Emeritz, President, Chesapeake Chapter
Jordan Goffin, President, New England Chapter
Carrie Valenzuela, President, Upstate New York Chapter
Gary Walton, President, Ohio River Valley Chapter
TBA, Presidents of New York, Northern California & Southern California Chapters

Editors

Sam Regal, Printing History Editor

Paul Moxon, Web Editor

Paul W. Romaine, APHA Eblast

Maggie Erwin, Social Media

Officer terms are two years, elected in even years. Trustee terms are three years.

Elected officers and trustees are restricted to two terms in the same position, except the Treasurer.