The Stevenson Society of America
Board Members

President, Dr. Trenton B. Olsen, Associate Professor of English at BYU-Idaho and editor of The Complete Personal Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson. Olsen began volunteering for the museum in the summer of 2023 and looks forward to spending time in Saranac Lake each summer.

Phillip Lopate, leading American essayist, editor of The Art of the Personal Essay, member American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and former Director of Nonfiction Graduate Writing Program at Columbia University.

Secretary-Treasurer, Timothy Holmes, grant writer, research consultant on tourism and economic development, and a former administrator at the Wild Center Natural History Museum.

Andrew Kelly, Paul Smith’s College Library Director.

Dr. Carla Manfredi, Associate Professor of English at the University of Winnipeg and author of Robert Louis Stevenson's Pacific Impressions: Photography and Travel Writing, 1888-1894.

Nicholas Rankin, Royal Society of Literature Fellow, former Chief Producer of the BBC World Service, author of Dead Man’s Chest: Travels After Robert Louis Stevenson.

Dr. Audrey Murfin, Associate Professor of English, Sam Houston State University, author of Robert Louis Stevenson and the Art of Collaboration.

Dan Reilly, writer, business owner, and Kiwanis volunteer.

Tom Delahant, musician and lifelong supporter of the museum.

Dr. Rebekah Greene, University of Rhode Island PhD on Scottish adventure literature. Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester, teaching writing in the School of Nursing.