Council

The Conference is governed by a Council composed of the Conference President, Vice-President, Executive Director, Past President, editors of the Hispanic American Historical Review, The Americas, and H-LatAm; and six members elected to two-year terms.

Executive Committee:
President: Alejandra Bronfman
Vice President and President-Elect: Herman Bennett
Past President: Celso Castilho
Executive Director: Erika Denise Edwards

Elected Members:
Adriana Chira (2025-2026)
Ernesto Capello (2025-2026)
Haley Schroer (2025-2026)
Yuko Miki (2026-2027)
Víctor M. Macías-González (2026-2027)
Jennifer L. Schaefer (2026-2027)

Ex-Officio Members:

HAHR Editor: William Summerhill
The Americas Editor: Ivonne Wallace Fuentes
H-LatAm Editors: Marc Becker and John F. Schwaller

Standing Committees

The Conference has several standing committees, including the Nominating and Program Committees, in addition to its prize selection committees.  The Conference can also constitute special committees in order to carry out programs approved by the General Committee and/or the membership.

Nominating Committee:
Raymond B. Craib (chair)
Eric Zolov
Christine Ehrick

Program Committee:
Jeffrey Erbig (2026 chair)
Beau Gaitors (2027 chair)
María de los Ángeles Picone

Regional/Topical Sections

In order to promote scholarship germane to their respective regions and periods, the Conference has established ten Regional Sections as well as a Teaching/Teaching Materials Sections which may be joined only by Conference members. These groups are:

Andean Studies:
Silvia Escanilla Huerta, Chair
Gonzalo Romero Sommer, Secretary

Atlantic World Studies:
Farren Yero, Chair
Ana María Silva Campo, Secretary

Borderlands/Frontiers:
Ximena Sevilla, Chair
Sarah Sarzynski, Secretary

Brazilian Studies:
Courtney J. Campbell, Chair
José Juan Pérez Meléndez, Secretary

Caribbean Studies:
Alexa Rodríguez, Chair
Mónica A. Jiménez, Secretary

Central American Studies:
Melanie Y. White, Chair
Sarah Foss, Secretary

Southern Cone Studies:
Andra B. Chastain, Chair
Jeffrey Erbig, Secretary

Colonial Studies:
Joseph M. H. Clark, Chair
Hannah R. Abrahamson, Secretary

Gran Colombia Studies:
Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez, Chair
Laura Correa Ochoa, Secretary

Mexican Studies
Carolina Ortega, Chair
Luis Herrán-Ávila, Secretary

Teaching and Teaching Materials:
Hannah Greenwald, Chair
Ivonne Wallace Fuentes, Secretary