Our Mission
Red Arch Cultural Heritage Law & Policy Research protects cultural heritage by generating solutions to legal, political, preservation, and risk management problems impacting cultural property endangered by antiquities trafficking, archaeological site looting, war, theft, and vandalism.
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that applies world-class research and actively seeks out professional judgment to answer challenging cultural property law and cultural heritage preservation policy questions.
The cultural property protection research and activities undertaken by Red Arch Research is intended to assist US and global policymakers, legal counsel, law enforcement, museum professionals, archaeologists, art and antiquities dealers, auction houses, collectors, conservators and restorers, and other cultural heritage professionals.
Our cultural property and heritage protection goals are meant to spark informed conversations about the stewardship of America’s and the world’s heritage; to identify and foster shared values that unify cultural property and heritage stakeholders; and to transform conversations about preserving humanity’s cultural property and heritage into real solutions.
Our Applied Research on Cultural Heritage
focuses on:
- Legal and law enforcement issues related to antiquities trafficking.
- Archaeological site looting
- Provenance research methods used by antiquities collectors and museums
- Museum acquisitions and deaccessions of antiquities and other cultural property
- Museum security measures that safeguard cultural property
- Cultural property institutions threat recognition and management
- Antiquities and other cultural property objects in the marketplace
- Repatriation claims for cultural property
- Wartime looting and vandalism of cultural heritage
- Conflict- and post-conflict zone interventions
Our Partners
The Red Arch All-Volunteer Team of Professionals
Red Arch Research is made up of a talented group of cultural property protection leaders who have partnered together to bring intellectual strength and a spirit of innovation to the organization. We are led by volunteer board members, advisors, consultants, and staff who have vast experience in executive administration, law, policy, archaeology, museums, art, law enforcement, intelligence, compliance, and journalism. We have assembled together to protect international cultural heritage.
Because cultural heritage protection is an expansive field, Red Arch Research is singularly committed to collaboration. We seek partnerships with universities and nonprofits to tap into their institutional strengths in the social sciences, historic preservation, archaeology, art history, architecture, criminal justice, the physical and biological sciences, and statistics.
Carolyn Guile,
Ph.D.
President
Associate Professor, Colgate University
Domenic DiGiovanni
Vice President
US Customs and Border Protection (Ret.)
Audra McKay,
CAMS
Compliance Officer
Head of Financial Crimes, Square
Kevin A. Swope,
M.Phil., M.A., SPHR
Treasurer and Secretary
Framingham Historical Commission
Jennifer Amadeo-Holl
Board of Director
Exhibiting Artist & Painter
Roger A. Atwood, M.I.P.P.
Board of Director
Author of Stealing History Contributing Editor, Archaeology magazine
Amanda Nelson,
J.D.
Board Of Director
Attorney, Artium Amore, PLLC
Edward M. Van Dorn, Jr.,
J.D.
Board Of Director
Attorney (Ret.)
Peter Herdrich
Consultant
CEO, Cultural Capital Group Former CEO of AIA Co-Founder, The Antiquities Coalition
Mark Vlasic,
J.D.
Advisor
Attorney | Professor | Advisor Executive Producer, Blood & Treasure
Rick St. Hilaire,
J.D.
Founder/ Past Executive Director
Attorney
Emma Hubbard
Executive Assistant
Yuri Yanchyshyn
Subject-Matter Expert
K-9 Artifact Finders Consultants
Victoria S. Reed,
Ph.D.
Board Of Director
Sadler Curator for Provenance, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Michael Danti,
Ph.D.
Archaeologist | Program Manager
David "Lou" Ferland,
Ph.D. (Ret. police chief)
Criminal Justice Professor, SNHU
Board of Directors Emeriti/Emeritae
Darlene A. Bialowski
Past President
Principal, Darlene Bialowski Art Services Former chair, Registrars Committee of AAM
Melissa Howes, M.A.
Past Board of Director
Managing Director, AJ Promotions Former U.S. Senate aide
Catherine McGovern, Ed.D., J.D., LLM
Past Secretary
Professor of entertainment law
Peter J. McGovern, J.D., Ed.D., LLM (Equiv.)
Past President
Former law school dean Professor of art and entertainment law
Bente Torjusen West
Past Board of Director
Director, AVA Gallery and Art Center
Stacey Yap, Ph.D.
Past Board of Director
Professor (Ret.), Plymouth State University
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