JOSEPH AND STEPHANIE HOWARD-GALLO, longtime Illinois residents, have demonstrated lifelong passions for art, music, and family.  In September 2025, they launched the Frank Gallo Legacy LLC, dedicated to the life, times, and enduring legacy of Frank Gallo; Joseph serves as the President and Stephanie serves as the Business Agent for the LLC.  Together they oversee the holdings of and access to the Frank Gallo Archives, providing invaluable insights into Gallo family history and Frank's distinguished career.  

Stephanie is the matriarch and rock of the extended Gallo family whom she cares for with love, food, and hospitality.  Joseph carries forward the art legacy of the Gallo family with dedication and respect.  As owner and director of the Frank Gallo Archives, he presides over the preservation of textual records and artwork, and will guide their eventual deposit in an appropriate repository.  

Stephanie and Joe live in a spacious historic brick farm house in Urbana, IL, and maintain close ties with their two sons, their significant others, and an array of cats.  They recently welcomed their first granddaughter to the Gallo-Howard universe.   

SHIRLEY BURTON, a native of Illinois, graduated from Western Illinois University with a BA and MA in history.  She earned her doctorate at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Shirley wrote her masters thesis on the sculptor Adelaide Johnson and has published in a variety of historical publications.    

During her 20 plus year career with National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), she held leadership positions at its Atlanta, Chicago, Laguna Niguel, and San Francisco facilities.  Prior to her career with NARA, Shirley was a business owner and entrepreneur.

Shirley is the head of Burton and Associates, a business specializing in archival and historical research.  In support of the Frank Gallo Archives, she serves as the Senior Processing Archivist and Preservation Specialist; her work has been invaluable to the development of Frank Gallo:  The Artist & His Art.  

 She lives in a Cotswold cottage revival house with four cats, all of whom she adores.  

JIM MCSWEENEY, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, received a BA in Political Science from San Francisco State University and a MA in American History from San Jose State University.  He worked for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for 40 years, serving in senior leadership positions at its San Francisco, Laguna Niguel, and Atlanta facilities as well as the Office of Presidential Libraries (College Park, Maryland).  

In August 2023, Jim launched McSweeney Research and Consulting LLC, a private firm offering archival and genealogical research services, educational training opportunities, and consultation services related to the use of primary (archival) sources.  His website, A Federal Art Project Mural and the Immigrant Experience, demonstrates how archival records chronicle the American experience.  He currently serves as the Project Manager and Assistant Processing Archivist for the Frank Gallo Archives and website creator/content manager for Frank Gallo:  The Artist & His Art.

Jim is a professed baseball junkie, ardent jazz enthusiast, and pet lover; his grandkids know these qualities only too well.