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Anna Coon
Program Chair Anna Coon is a professional archaeologist with over six years of regional experience working in archaeology and cultural resource management throughout the Columbia Plateau and Northern Great Basin. She specializes in the analysis of prehistoric sites, with a focus on lithic technologies, traditional land use practices, and resource exploitation.
In addition to her professional experience, Anna also volunteers her time to various public outreach efforts, which include serving on the Board of Directors for the Association for Washington Archaeology (AWA), co-hosting the Digging to the Other Side podcast, and working with the ArchaeoGaming Collective. She is a founding member of both the Washington Archaeology Mentorship Program and Spokane Archaeology Day, and continues to serve on both committees. Anna’s background is particularly strong in education and outreach toward diverse stakeholders and descendant communities, which is something that led to her initial involvement with the AWA. On her exceptionally rare days off, Anna moonlights as a freelance artist, and enjoys nerding out to video games. |
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Julia Furlong
Officer Julia Furlong is pursuing a PhD in Archaeology at Arizona State University and works part time as an archaeologist for Archaeological and Historical Services (AHS) in Cheney, WA. She is also owner and principal investigator of Furlon Services. Having worked as a project archaeologist and GIS analyst for AHS since 2014, and now her own company, she has led numerous projects throughout the Northwestern US. She has taught part time at Eastern Washington University (EWU) and regularly presents research at conferences. Her educational background includes a M.S. in Archaeological Science from Durham University, a Grad. Cert. in GIS from EWU, and a B.S. double major in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology from Kent State University. She has worked on archaeological projects in the Northwestern US, Ohio, Louisiana, and Yucatán, Mexico. In the past two years, she has developed an interest in public education around archaeological practice and preservation. This has impacted both her research and personal life. She believes in public education at large and small scales, be it sharing a beer and light conversation at the local pub (pre covid!) to influencing policy.
Julia serves as Secretary of the Association for Washington Archaeology (2021-2023), having served as a Director at Large her previous term (2019-2021). She currently manages the association’s membership and serves on the membership and mentorship committees. |
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Kelly Bush
Officer Kelly Bush started her archaeological career in British Columbia, Canada in the mid-eighties and received her MA from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. She opened the Equinox Research and Consulting International Inc. (ERCI) office in Skagit County Washington in 2002 and has found that much of her work is in complex or challenging projects with a range of stakeholder interests. As President and Principal Investigator at ERCI Kelly has worked on nearly every type of cultural resources project you can imagine, including hundreds of archaeological and historic research projects, Traditional Cultural Properties studies, Historic Properties Management Plans, and other plans and agreement documents and provided cultural resources training to local governments, contractors, and project designers. She is a hobby farmer and a raiser of young people and loves to camp, swim, and spend time with her dogs Groot and Rocket. Her favorite part of work is developing teams, training archaeologists, and solving problems.
Kelly served as president of the Association for Washington Archaeology from 2019-2021. This has made her more keenly aware than ever that the CRM industry needs to partner with academia and tribes to nurture highly skilled and cultural aware archaeologists. Moreover, these partnerships are needed to raise the profile of CRM and showcase the value to communities that we provide in risk management and in telling their stories. |