Leadership
2025-2026 Senior Staff

Terry Taylor
President & CEO

Johanna Brown
Chief Curator and Director of Collections

Tammy Everhart
Controller

Scott Douglas
Director of Education

Paula Pressley
Director of Development

Lauren Rahill
Director of Human Resources
2025-2026 Leadership Team

Pat Albert
Manager, Purchasing and Merchandising

Melissa Bertram
Manager of MESDA Conferences

Rob Casey
Director, Consumer Sales & Marketing

Martha Hartley
Director of Moravian Research

Eric Jackson
Director of Horticulture

Lea Lane
Curator of MESDA Collection

Kim May
Director of MESDA Research

Erik Skarzynski
Director of Facilities

Chad Smith
Manager, Bakery Operations

William Strollo
Curator of Old Salem and Historic Building Interiors
| Old Salem Board of Trustees | MESDA Advisory Board | |
| Mr. David W. Shore, Chair | Mr. John Case, Chair | |
| Ms. Cynthia Skaar, Vice Chair | Ms. Melinda B. Frierson, Vice Chair | |
| Mr. S. Hayes Wauford, Secretary | Mr. Joey Brackner | |
| Mr. William Mariner, Treasurer | Mrs. Cindy Bregenzer | |
| Mr. David Wharton, Immediate Past Chair | Mr. Dale Couch | |
| Dr. Eugene W. Adcock, III | Mr. J. Macklin Cox | |
| Ms. Peggy Carter | Ms. Angela DeHart | |
| Mr. Chris Duvall | Mr. Jeffrey S. Evans | |
| Ms. Juliana Falk | Dr. Torren Gatson | |
| Mr. Ted Gossett | Dr. James Hardy | |
| Dr. Torren Gatson | Mrs. Kay Heller | |
| Dr. Edward G. Hill, Jr. | Mrs. Carol Holcomb | |
| Mr. Tommy Hines | Mr. Richard B. Hudgens | |
| Mr. William E. Hollan, III (Bill) | Dr. Carter Hudgins | |
| Mr. Trent Jernigan | Mrs. Alexandra A. Kirtley | |
| Mr. G. William Joyner | Dr. James W. Lester, Jr. | |
| Mr. Jesse Keever | Mrs. Susan S. Mariner | |
| Ms. Anne Lantry | Mrs. Beth Mercier | |
| Mrs. June Lucas | Dr. Tiffany W. Momon | |
| Mr. Brad Parris | Mrs. Kim Parks | |
| Dr. Thomas H. Sears, Jr. | Dr. Paul Peters | |
| Mr. Barry Sidden | Mr. J. Thomas Savage, III | |
| Mr. Fritz Vaughan | Dr. C. Philip Toussaint | |
| Mr. Fletcher P. Wilson | Dr. Glenn R. Womack | |
| Mr. Brandt Zipp | ||
| Ex-Officio Members | ||
| John Case, MESDA Advisory Board | ||
| Karl W. Kapp, Wachovia Historical Society | ||
| Dr. Gary Daynes, President of Salem Academy and College | ||
| David “Barry” Self, Salem Congregation | ||
| Mary Tribble, Old Salem Residents Association |