Zach Johnson is the Associate Director of Digital Special Collections at Vanderbilt University. A native Tennessean, Zach has been at Vanderbilt professionally since 2017 and oversaw the transition to ArchivesSpace, digitization of approximately 10% of Vanderbilt’s manuscript collections, and adoption of JSTOR and Aviary. Jacqueline Devereaux has been Curator of Born Digital Special Collections at Vanderbilt University since 2024. Her professional work focuses on born-digital preservation, public history, and engaging K-12 students in archives. Previously she worked in museums, taught 4th grade social studies, and researched informal memory keeping strategies in theme parks. Tim Gollins has been Director of Special Collections and University Archives at Vanderbilt University since 2023. Formerly Head of Preservation at the National Records of Scotland, he pioneered novel digital preservation strategies at The National Archives (UK) and serves on the Board of the Digital Preservation Coalition. His expertise spans archives, preservation, and information governance.

Mr. Noonan, with 25 years of experience in the archives, records management and library professions, plays a key role in developing a trusted digital preservation ethos and infrastructure at The Ohio State University Libraries. He provides strategy, expertise, and leadership through close collaboration with faculty, staff, and other leaders in the University Libraries; and is a frequent contributor to the wider professional community.

Kirsten Arnold is Service Owner for Digital Selection and Transfer at TNA. She joined TNA in 2018 with two decades of successful experience as a digital leader. Kirsten’s focus is the digital transformation of TNA’s records transfer service. She holds an MSc in Digital Curation. Dr Sonia Ranade is Head of Digital Archiving at TNA. She is interested in service automation, developing archival theory and practice for the digital age and in probabilistic approaches to describing, enriching and linking archival data.