Marsha Semmel and Anne Butterfield were part of a team that crafted a multi-year $2 million interagency agreement between the National Endowment for the Humanities (where Marsha was a part-time reemployed federal worker) and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, where Anne is a consultant. The agreement supports the pilot History and Culture Access Consortium initiative with museums and archives in five Historically Black Colleges and Universities that includes massive collections digitization, in-depth talent pipeline training for nearly 100 emerging and mid-level academic and cultural workers. The project culminates in a major traveling exhibition and catalogue. Anne also was a team member for an awarded $500,000 interagency agreement with the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the same project.

Anne W. Ackerson recently facilitated a strategic planning process for the North Carolina State Archives' State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB). Work was completed virtually, resulting in a three-year plan supporting a revised mission statement. The SHRAB is a program of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and almost every state and territory archives has a SHRAB. In its advisory role, the North Carolina SHRAB supports and advocates for a statewide community of practice that is engaged in preservation and access for historical records.