Who We Are
International Catacomb Society Officers, Directors and Staff
Executive Officers
- President, Arthur Urbano
- Vice President, Nicola Denzey Lewis
- Treasurer, Sarah Madole Lewis
- Secretary, Alfred Wolsky
Operating Staff
- Business Manager, Shira Telushkin
- Web Manager, Jonathan Henry
Board of Directors *
- John Ambrose, NH (2027)
- David Basile, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (ex officio)
- Jennifer Berry, M.A., Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA (2026)
- Matthew Berry, MD, Los Angeles, CA (2026)
- John Bodel, Ph.D., Brown University, Providence, RI (2025)
- Joan Branham, Ph.D., Providence College, Providence, RI (2025)
- Nicola Denzey Lewis, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA (2025)
- Annewies van den Hoek, Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2027)
- Lee Jefferson, Ph.D., Centre College, Danville, KY (2027)
- Robin Jensen, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (2027)
- Sarah Madole Lewis, Ph.D., Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY) New York, NY (2027)
- Jodi Magness, Ph.D., University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, NC (2027)
- Arthur Urbano, Ph.D., Providence College, Providence, RI (2026)
- Alfred Wolsky, Esq., Arlington, MA (2027)
- Pamela Worstell, Esq., Wayland, MA (2026)
* Indicates Board of Directors
Advisory Board
- Angelo Di Berardino, O.S.A., Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, Rome, Italy
- Sible de Blaauw, Radbout Universiteit Nijmegen (emeritus), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- William Caraher, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
- Nathaniel DesRosiers, Stonehill College, Eaton, MA
- Joseph Greene, Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East (retired), Albuquerque, NM
- John Herrmann, Museum of Fine Arts (emeritus), Boston, MA
- Colum P. Hourihane, Princeton Index of Christian Art, Director (emeritus)
- Paolo Liverani, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy; Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, Vatican City
- Christoph Markschies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Rachel Patt, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
- Michael Peppard, Fordham University, Bronx, NY
- Tessa Rajak, Somerville College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
- Tammi Schneider, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
- Karen Stern-Gabbay, Brooklyn College of City University of New York, New York, NY
- Zeev Weiss, Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
ICS Standing and Ad Hoc Committees for 2026-2027
Financial Affairs: Sarah Madole Lewis (treasurer & chair), John Ambrose, Alfred Wolsky, Pamela Worstell, David Basile (ex officio).
Subcommittee for Development: John Ambrose, John Bodel, Matthew Berry, Annewies van den Hoek, Robin Jensen
Nominating and By-Laws: Alfred Wolsky (chair), Annewies van den Hoek, Lee Jefferson, Robin Jensen.
Academic/Shohet Scholars: Nicola Denzey Lewis (chair), Robin Jensen, John Bodel, Joan Branham, Annewies van den Hoek, Jodi Magness, Arthur Urbano.
Website/Media: Arthur Urbano (chair), Joan Branham, Nicola Denzey Lewis, Annewies van den Hoek, Robin Jensen.
Archives: Jennifer Berry, Matthew Berry, Alfred Wolsky, Pamela Worstell.
Events Committee: Shira Telushkin (chair), Jennifer Berry, Robin Jensen, Nicola Denzey Lewis, Sarah Madole Lewis, Arthur Urbano
* Indicates Board of Directors
Emeriti/Former/In Memoriam
Mark D. Altschule (1906-1988)
Miriam Balmuth (1925-2004)
Eleanor Bloom (1921-2016)
Jack Bloom (1921-2006)
François Bovon (1938-2013)
Richard Brettman (1923-1991)
Edwina Rhodes Charyk (1926-2013)
Baldassare Conticello (1932-2011)
Jessica Dello Russo
Dennis Flanagan (1919-2005)
Salvatore Fornari (1900-1993)
Anna Frattaroli
Carney Gavin (1939-2014)
James M. Gavin (1907-1990)
Jean E. Gavin (1924-2016)
Sheldon L. Glashow
Milton Glass (1929-2017)
Renee Glass
Lea Glovsky
Dr. Robert M. Goldwyn
Joseph Horn
Jay M. Jaffe (1944-2012)
Jonathan Kagan
Nonna S. Katz
Liam Kelly
Louise LaGorce Hickey (+1987)
Amy K. Hirschfeld
George E. McCully
Douglas McNair
Henry A. Millon (1927-2018)
Marvin Milton (1931-2015)
David Gordon Mitten (1935-2022)
Robert Morrison (1905-1986)
Walter Murther
Nelida Nassar
Lee M. Nilson
Philip Olander
Leon Pomerance (1907-1988)
John William Pye (1948-2016)
Esther E. Rome (1898-1993)
Nitza Rosovsky (1934-2023)
Nora Lombroso Rossi (1905-2009)
Esther E. Salzman (2006)
Sandra Scheiber
Melvin I. Shapiro (1915-2008)
Sarah Sheldon
Lawrence Shubow (1923-2011)
Marcia Slotnick
Harry Starr (1900-1992)
Allen I. Swartz (1924-2018)
Emma Swartz
Janet Tassel
Theodore H. Teplow (1928-)
Cornelius C. Vermeule (1925-2008)
Howard Weintraub (1930-2011)
Florence Zudell Wolsky (1923-2018)
Leonard Wolsky, MD (1923-1996)
Judith Wyman