Libby Bouvier has been with The History Project since its founding in February 1980. Libby is also the Head of Archives for the Massachusetts state court system and is a co-producer of “LEFT ON PEARL: Women Take Over 888 Memorial Drive,” a film documenting the 1971 ten-day occupation of a building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that lead to the founding of the Cambridge Women’s Center.

Jonathan Chu joined The History Project’s Board of Directors as Treasurer in 2019. He has a BA in Economics from Amherst College and an MBA and MSF from Boston College.

Andrew Elder (he/him) has been a volunteer archivist with The History Project since 2006. He served as chair of the Board of Directors from 2020-2024, and as co-chair from 2016-2019. By day, Andrew is University Archivist and Curator of Special Collections in the Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and is co-developer of RoPA, the Roadmap for Participatory Archiving, which was made possible through a National Leadership grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Andrew holds an M.S. in Library and Information Science, with a concentration in Archives Management, from Simmons University, and a B.A. in English and Women's Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Carisa Cunningham (she/her) has volunteered with The History Project since 2017, and became a member of the board in 2023. Formerly the director of public affairs for GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, she is a communications consultant specializing in social justice non-profits. As part of the Outreach and Events committee, Carisa has helped publicize THP endeavors such as Bob Quinn's AIDS scrapbooks, walking tours of Boston, and documenting the history of Pride. 

Ben Federlin (he/him) has volunteered with The History Project since 2017. He currently works as a fundraiser and grant writer at Revolutionary Spaces. He has previously worked at the Boston Athenaeum, Harvard University and the Natick Historical Society. He has a BA in History and Classics from Brandeis University and an MA in Public History from Northeastern University.

Taylor Feliciotti-Largmann (he/him) is a Fair Housing Legal Advocate at Community Legal Aid and a Co-Chair of the New England Human Rights Campaigns' Political Action & Community Engagement Committee. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Northeastern University and a Juris Doctor from the University of New Hampshire School of Law. As the president of Lambda, the LGBTQ+ student organization at UNH Law, Taylor spearheaded initiatives to promote cultural diversity on campus. He facilitated crucial conversations with the student body, faculty, and administration, and published the LGBTQ+ Agenda, a quarterly newsletter highlighting queer history, local events, and advocacy opportunities at the N.H. Legislature.

Tony Grima joined The History Project Board of Directors in 2008, after volunteering with the group for several years. He helped launch – and continues to work on – the organization’s HistoryMaker Awards and the monthly Out of the Archives discussion series. In 2012, Tony spearheaded the ongoing Boston Deejay Project, which captures oral history interviews from deejays in Boston's LGBTQ bar and club scene. Tony is also the Vice President of Braille Publications at National Braille Press, where he's worked since 2001, running NBP's publications programs, such as the Children's Braille Book Club, ReadBooks: Because Braille Matters!, and NBP's bookstore. He's worked at other Boston-area publishing companies such as Houghton Mifflin and Alyson Publications since 1989, and is a graduate of Bates College.

Marvin Kabakoff was trained as an historian but worked for the National Archives for over 37 years, as an appraisal archivist. He has been involved with The History Project for several years, and on the Board since 2013. He is particularly interested in identifying and bringing in new collections, and in doing presentations on various aspects of queer history to a variety of groups.

Dory Klein (she/her) is the Community History Supervisor at the Boston Public Library. This work centers on supporting the research, expression, and preservation of historically under-resourced and underrepresented communities in Boston. She holds an M.S. in Library and Information Science, with a concentration in Archives Management, an M.A. in History from Simmons University, and a B.A. in English from James Madison University.

Russ Lopez is a historian and author based in Provincetown and the South End of Boston. He has worked at Boston City Hall and the Massachusetts State House and has decades of experience with LGBTQ and straight politics. With his masters from Harvard and a doctorate from Boston University, Lopez’s scholarship is focused on urban studies and the issues affecting people who live in cities, especially those who are often disenfranchised or rarely have an opportunity to have their voices heard. His history books include Boston’s South End, Boston 1945 – 2015, and The Hub of the Gay Universe: An LGBTQ History of Boston, Provincetown, and Beyond. 

C. Shawn McGuffey (he/him), Ph.D., is a professor of sociology and African & African diaspora studies at Boston College. His teaching and research areas include intersectionality, Black feminist geographies, and violence and trauma studies. He has led and served on the boards of multiple non-profits that address issues of racial justice and LGBT rights, domestic violence, and youth empowerment. He has also been a contributor to Basic Black on WGBH public television. He cultivates joy by making time for daily meditation, search and rescue training with one of his rescue dogs, and baking pies while listening to old school hip hop and R & B.