Maya at the Lago PresenterMaxime is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology at Tulane University and a Junior Research Fellow at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library. His dissertation research focuses on the political institution of the Classic Maya royal court.
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Site DirectorDr. Jaime Awe is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Northern Arizona University, as well as Emeritus member of the Belize Institute of Archaeology, where he served as Director from 2003 to 2014.
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Site Director / Onsite ArchaeologistDr. Dionisio Urbina has worked in the field of archaeology for over 25 years. Dr. Urbina’s excavations have spanned everything from big Bronze Age settlements to a medieval castle, including Iron Age, Roman or Visigothic sites: cities, villages, kilns, baths, military camps, and farms.
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Site DirectorKottaridi began her studies of Archaeology and Art History with the Faculty ofAUTHwhere she graduated with honors. Shortly thereafter, she was awarded a scholarship from Germany to continue her postgraduate studies in areas including Classical, Proistoriki and Medieval Archaeology, the History of Art, Ancient and Medieval Studies in Ethnology, and Theatre Studies at the University of Cologne.
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Site DirectorInês Vaz Pinto studied History and Archaeology at Universidade Livre, in Lisbon (Portugal), where she graduated. She got a scholarship from the University of Arizona, in Tucson, where she studied Classical Archaeology and got her MA.
Read MoreFounder and Executive Director / Program DirectorMat’s work at Davidson Day expands beyond the classroom and into Anthropology and Archaeology with AFAR. Not only does AFAR operate field schools every summer, but is host to two major conferences, provides a summer program for elementary students, and is building new programs to provide pre-collegiate students an opportunity to discover and learn about archaeology.
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Program Director / Onsite ArchaeologistCatalina Urquijo met her husband (Dr. Dionisio Urbina) on her first archaeological excavation. At this point in time, archaeology was only emerging as a profession in Spain.
Read MoreOnsite ArchaeologistMs. Christy Pritchard, RPA has twenty years of experience in archaeological research. While much of her work focuses on the development of research designs, furnishing archaeological assessments, conducting investigations and technical reporting, Christy is equally dedicated to archaeology education and outreach.
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Field DirectorGraduated in Archaeology in 2006 and a Master in Archeology in 2011, with the study of terra sigillata of the archaeological site of Tróia (“A terra sigillata da oficina de salga 1 de Tróia: contextos de escavações antigas (1956-1961)”), submitted at the University of Lisbon, under the guidance of Professor Dr. Carlos Fabião.
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Onsite ArchaeologistStanley Guenter studied archaeology at the University of Calgary and La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, before getting his Ph.D. in anthropology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
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Onsite ArchaeologistMarc Zender received his PhD from the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology of the University of Calgary in 2004. He has since taught at the University of Calgary (2002-2004) and Harvard University (2005-2011), and is now an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University, New Orleans.
Read MoreOnsite ArchaeologistJim Pritchard, RPA has been an Archaeology Consultant for twenty-five years. Jim conducts cultural resources assessments, archaeological research, investigations and technical reporting for the federal regulatory process.
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Onsite ArchaeologistIoannis Graikos is an onsite archaeologist. Mr. Graikos earned a degree from the University of Thessaloniki and currently works as a curator of the archaeological site and museum of Aigai (Vergina) and Veria, in the Ephorate of Antiquities of Hemathia, Greek Ministry of Culture and Ahtletics. He is currently working on his PHD.
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Onsite ArchaeologistAlexandros Chatziioanidis is a Greek archaeologist. He earned his BA and MA in Classical Archaeology from the University of Bonn in Germany. Over the last thirty years, he has participated in numerous excavations in Eretria, Wuerzburg, and Thessaloniki.
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ArchaeologistPatrícia Brum is a Portuguese archaeologist who also holds a Master in Museum Studies. The subject of her thesis was the museum planning of the Roman collection of Tróia (Portugal).
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Onsite ArchaeologistFilipa Santos is a young Portuguese archaeologist. She graduated in the University of Lisboa and she participated in several excavations in Portugal and Spain, contributing to the study of archaeological sites from Prehistory, Iron Age and Roman times.
Read MoreOnsite ArchaeologistChristopher “Boone” Sims (MA, RPA) is an archaeologist and sustainability advocate based in Portland, Oregon. He earned a Bachelor’s in Anthropology from Appalachian State University (hence the nickname), and a Master’s degree from the University of Louisville. He has worked with AFAR since 2014, assisting in operating AFAR’s field school in Belize and the annual Maya at the Lago conference.
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Director of PublicationsMaxime Lamoureux-St-Hilaire is co-organizer of the Maya at the Playa and Maya at the Lago Conferences. He is also the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of AFAR’s peer-reviewed, open-access journal, The Mayanist.
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Board ChairDavid Hamme is the Managing Director of Ephesus Consulting, a consulting firm that focuses on driving game-changing initiatives for its clients. David is the author of the Shingo Award Winning book, The Process Focused Enterprise.
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Board Secretary - Communications CoordinatorCarl Gallela is a retired school administrator having spent 38 years as a professional educator in New Jersey. Carl earned an undergraduate degree from Belmont Abbey, a Master Degree from Glassboro College of New Jersey, and completed his doctoral work at Nova University, FL. With his wife, Barbara, he has two daughters and five grandchildren.
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