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Jodee joined the Board in 2010 and became President in 2011. She has undergraduate degrees in Philosophy and English Literature from Ripon College and a Masters degree in library science from the University of Chicago. She has worked at the Newberry Library, Wayne State University Law Library, Seattle University and the Seattle Public Library where she manages Special Collections. Her interests include local art history, book arts and printing, and book collecting.

Judy Bentley currently serves as Treasurer for the guild; she has served on the board for many years. Judy is retired from full-time teaching but continues to teach a hybrid Pacific Northwest History course (half on-campus, half online) at South Seattle Community College every winter. She is the author of fourteen nonfiction books for young adults and of Hiking Washington’s History, published by the University of Washington Press in 2010. She graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in English and has master’s degrees from New York University in the History of American Civilization and in educational psychology.

Rob K. writes local history with rephotography for Capitol Hill Seattle blog. Previously he wrote for local blog site Seattlest. Rob calls himself a digital historian, focused on digital resources and connecting with people through the Internet. Rob holds a degree in East Asian Studies from Western Washington University and MS in Project Management from The George Washington University. He’s a program manager in the tech industry.

Paul Spitzer is a past president of the Historians Guild, served in several capacities on its Board and originally helped found the organization. His publications have been in the area of aviation and its business history, maritime and Arctic exploration, horseracing gambling and he has special interest in the Seattle general strike of 1919. His holds an undergraduate degree in Physics, MA in History and Doctorate in History of Science and Technology (from Reed College, University of Washington and Johns Hopkins) and has held positions at the University of California-Livermore, Georgia State University, Museum of History and Industry, and he retired as the Corporate Historian of the Boeing Company.

Brian Gann is a graduate of history department of the University of Washington and has done research on a number of local history topics including beverage history. He currently writes for HistoryLink. Brian is working on the 2012 Conference on Century 21 Seattle’s Worlds Fair and planning the monthly membership meetings.

Julia Swan holds an undergraduate degree in history from Whitman College and a graduate degree in museology from the University of Washington. Burke Museum. She has an interest in public history and looks forward to helping the Guild engage its members and community. She is currently a staff member at the Museum of History and Industry in the Public Programs department.

Diana’s B.A. from Texas Technological University prepared her to teach high school English and Latin. After several moves around the country (and one year in England), she and her family settled in Seattle in 1980. A graduate degree in Historic Preservation from Goucher College encouraged her to write Shared Walls: Seattle Apartment Buildings 1900-1939, published in 2011. Her good friend, Jacqueline Williams, introduced her to the Guild.

Did you notice the website has changed? Don’t worry, we’ve held on to our history. Check out the version held by archive.org. Then let us know if there’s something else you’re looking for.

We’re endebted to the men and women who have captained our ship since our founding in 1980. Follow the links for remembrances:

1. Howard Droker, 1981-1982
2. Jack Berryman, 1983 – 1984
3. Doris Pieroth, 1985 – 1986
4. Chuck LeWarne, 1987 – 1988
5. Carla Rickerson, 1989 – 1990
6. Dan Peterson, 1991 – 1992
7. Junius Rochester, 1993 – 1994
8. Phillip Lothyan and Richard Engeman, 1995 – 1996
9. Richard Engeman, 1997 – 1998
10. Mary C. Wright, 1999 -2000
11. Thornton Perry and Chuck S. Richards, 2001-2002
12. Chuck S. Richards, 2003 – 2004
13. Candace Lein-Hayes and Maria Pascualy, 2006 – 2008
14. Paul Spitzer, 2008 – 2010
15. Robert R. Foxcurran, 2010 – 2011
16. Jodee Fenton, 2011 -