A National Geographic magazine staff writer for three decades, Ann is now a freelance writer and editor specializing in archaeology and cultural heritage preservation. She has a B.A. in Classical and Near Eastern archaeology from Bryn Mawr College, and an M.A. in West Asian archaeology with a minor in Egyptology from the University of Toronto.

A former president of ARCE Orange County in California, Robin has contributed to research and booked many A-list Egyptologists on multi-chapter tours during the years of her involvement with ARCE. She organized the ARCE Orange County (California) chapter tour to Egypt in 2010. 

Joe had a successful career in marketing and sales, retired, and took a part time position at the U.S. Naval Academy visitor center as a tour guide and scheduler. He joined ARCE after visiting Egypt and becoming fascinated by the history. He graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in business administration.

Louise has a Ph.D. in history from the University of Memphis focusing on Egyptology with minors in the Ancient Near East, Greece and Rome, and Egyptian art and archaeology. Her dissertation was on the office of nomarch during the First Intermediate Period. She was a participant in the Great Hypostyle Hall Project's epigraphic survey, was co-editor of Causing His Name to Live: Studies in Egyptian Epigraphy and History in Memory of William J. Murnane, and taught ancient world history at the University of Memphis, Southwest Tennessee Community College, and American Military University. 

The recipient of ARCE DC’s 2019 Niedenfuhr Award for archaeology students attending the annual ARCE meeting, Asmaa is a curator at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. She’s a PhD candidate at Cairo University, and her specialty is the iconography that appears on papyri.

After serving as the director of the American Center of Research (ACOR) in Amman, Jordan, for 14 years, Barbara is now the organization’s first ambassador. She earned an B.A. in Classical and Near Eastern archaeology from Bryn Mawr College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in art history and archaeology from Columbia University. She has been a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and has lectured and published widely.