Meredith L. Dreiss

Meredith holds a B.A. in Anthropology from California State University, Sonoma (1978,) and an M.A. in Anthropology with a specialization in Mayan archeology from the University of Texas at San Antonio (1986). She is currently a Research Fellow at the Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin. For over twenty years she has participated in excavation, field camp management, survey, artifact analysis, academic writing and speaking, and other research interests with a variety of academic and commercial partners. Her company, ArcheoProductions,Inc. develops and produces anthropology-related educational and entertainment projects. She was the producer of the documentary film, Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods, and is co-author of the book Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods, published by The University of Arizona Press. Meredith has also been director of the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation since 1992.

Sharon Edgar Greenhill

Sharon has over 20 years of professional experience in the field of architecture, museum design, and historic preservation, including nearly a decade as Director of Planning for Laguna Gloria Art Museum's building project and Vice-Chair on the Austin Historic Landmark Commission. Author of Historic Austin, she has consulted nationwide on museum design and preservation projects. Holding MSCRP and MArchS degrees from the University of Texas School of Architecture, she presently focuses on 16th century, pre-Columbian and Contact Period architecture, iconography, and culture. She participates annually in conferences on Mixtec codices, Maya vases and codices, while archiving digital images of Mesoamerican material. A long-time consultant to ArcheoProductions, she is co-producer of Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods, a film documentary tracing our 3,000 year old passion for chocolate. She has co-authored the book, Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods published by The University of Arizona Press. This companion book to the film explores the sacred realm of cacao and chocolate in Mesoamerica and includes 150 color illustrations.