Announcing the Keynote Speaker for #VAM2025

Meet the Speaker:

Dr. Ashley Atkins Spivey

Executive Director at Kenah Consulting LLC 

Dr. Spivey is a historical and economic anthropologist specializing in the archaeology and culture of Powhatan Algonquian communities located in Tidewater Virginia. Dr. Spivey’s academic and professional experience has centered on supporting tribal sovereignty through tribal cultural and natural resource management and tribal historic preservation. She has worked with tribes, universities, museums, and federal and state agencies to support and implement historic preservation as well as cultural and natural resource management programs that incorporate the needs of tribal communities. As a member of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe, Dr. Spivey has a close connection to the Indigenous communities of Virginia. This has included developing Indigenous led cultural heritage and natural resource management strategies and facilitating administrative capacity building through consultation on program development and implementation.