Officers

Elected 2025 – Business Meeting – New York City, NY, April 25, 2025
The Manuscript Society membership in attendance at the Business Meeting on April 25, 2025 elected a new slate trustees and officers. Below is a complete list of both new and continuing officers and trustees.

President
James West
jwest@wrx900.com
509 Basswood Court
St Johns, FL 32259

Vice President
Peter Klarnet
pklarnet@christies.com
284 Fifth Ave, #4-F
New York, NY 10001

Treasurer
Anthony Loscalzo
aloscalzo@msn.com
9511 Collins Avenue, #611
Surfside, FL 33154-2619

Executive Director
Diana Arfine
executivedirector@manuscript.org
PO Box 25
Grand Isle, VT 05458

Trustees

Ending 2026:

  • Dan Hamelberg, Champaign, IL
  • George Snook, New York, NY

Ending 2027:

  • Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore, Williamsburg, VA
  • Vernon Morris, Jr., Sebring, FL
  • Scott Mubarak, Poway, CA

Ending 2028:

  • Ellen M. Clark, Arlington, VA
  • Michael Exstein, Goshen, CT
  • Caroline Mengon, Ambridge, PA

The Board of Trustees includes:

Former Presidents: Allen Ottens, Edward N. Bomsey, Michael J. Dabrishus, Beverly Hill, Robert Hopper, Ellen H. Myers, Kenneth W. Rendell, Douglass L. Rohrman, Mary C. Schlosser, John D. Haskell, Jr., Scott W. Petersen, and Barton L. Smith

Committees

Annual Meeting (2025):
Jim Goldman, 3316 Chatham Place, Media, PA 19063, history@allmail.net

Archives and History:
Robert Hopper, 3440 So. Jefferson St, Apt 519, Falls Church, VA 22041,  hopbandc@gmail.com

Executive:
Jim West, 509 Basswood Ct., Saint Johns, FL 32259, jwest@wrx900.com

Finance:
Anthony Loscalzo, 9511 Collins Avenue, #611, Surfside, FL 33154, aloscalzo@msn.com

Governance:
Douglass Rohrman, 3576 Avendida Amorosa, Escondido, CA 92029, drohrman@rohrman.us

Marketing and Outreach:
Diana Arfine, PO Box 25, Grand Isle, VT 05458, executivedirector@manuscript.org

Nominations:
Ellen Howell Myers, 307 Arcadia Place, San Antonio, TX 78209, myers@manuscript.org

Publications:
Chris Dahl, 108 Charterwood Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15237, chrisandlinda1@verizon.net

Replevin Education:
Douglass Rohrman, 3576 Avendida Amorosa, Escondido, CA 92029, drohrman@rohrman.us

Scholarship:
Ellen Howell Myers, 307 Arcadia Place, San Antonio, TX 78209, myers@manuscript.org